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From: Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu (Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu) Subject: [ok] Certifications On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:51:43 CST, Anders Langworthy said: > The CISSP, otoh, supposedly requires 4 years of professional full-time > security work (3 years with a college degree, or 2 years with a BS & > Masters in Info Security). Going to a boot camp wouldn't take care of > this requirement. Shouldn't those with 4 years of professional > experience doing security be able to pass the exam without the need for > a boot camp anyway (or is that just foolish optimism)? Are the exp. > requirements so open to interpretation or embellishment? What gives? It's quite possible to be (for instance) a firewall admin for 4 years, and know *every* in and out of all the common exploits you see, but not have a really good grasp on some of the *other* security fields (for instance, how to define a site security policy). On the flip side, you can spend a decade getting good at doing security policies, and not know squat about how to monitor the network.... -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 226 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/attachments/20041122/5822c590/attachment.bin
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