Why thousands? it's only $450 for exam - I passed it without taking their training courses, just read couple of exam-oriented books to summarize and learn about some areas where my knowledge/experience was rather weak. And my security experience is not so deep as yours - I have about 5 years in infosec. I have not had a chance yet to check if it helps getting employed though :) regards, W. > >While I have the floor, I have one more survey question. The deal is the >same I won't pass on anyone's name or answers, specifically, but will >summarize if the response is great. Here is the question: > >1) How much difference does the CISSP make in getting hired? > >Came up through the ranks, paying my dues at Sun Micro, supporting Sun >Federal when Sun was very small startup firm. Was there when the first >Internet virus hit (the Internet WORM), supported C2 & B1, have worked with >all kinds of firewalls, routers, written policy, PKI, network management, >VPN, C2 audits, handled intrusion detection, post mortem, SSL, encryption, >etc., etc. just don't want to spend thousands of dollars for some training >that is fully redundant to my experience... unless it makes it much easier >to get hired. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
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