This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. --------------ms48AB192D8E547A80D83C6287 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > At 01:37 PM 22/09/97 -0500, Tina Bird wrote: > >I'm taking the liberty to write the list for a little > >advice. The client organization in my company has recently decided to > >spend money getting some of their people "certified" in networking and > >security (having apparently had some of their proposed connectivity > >solutions questions). I'm in the functional group, so this doesn't directly > >affect me, but my boss has decided that it would probably be good for > >us to have at least one certified security expert in-house, and that's me. Anton J Aylward wrote: > I've just taken the course. The exam is Saturday. > No its not mainframe oriented. > I've been doing this for nearly 20 years and I find the material > a challenge. Despite what people like Paul Robertson say, this is a > true test. Assuming that you are talking about the CISSP certification offered by the (ISC)^2 --talk about an acronym--I agree. While it may not be up to date in the sense that it covers material from late 1997 to 1998, they have done a fairly decent job in updating the test. I would contend that any information security professional looking for an industry specific certification should look into it. Infosec auditors will probably be more prepared for the CISA exam (http://www.isaca.org/cert1.htm), but I know of people with both. The exam covers 10 domains of information ranging from cryptography, physical security, telecommunications security, application development and access control to disaster recovery planning and infosec law. The test is closed-book and around 250 questions and you have 6 hours to complete it. There are some fairly stringent recertification requirements of earning continuing education credits or just retaking the test every three years. Find out more at http://www.isc2.org . -- Bruce K. Marshall, CISSP - bkmarshat_private - Feist Communications 2424 S. 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