The CISSP helps greatly with some firms, others don't care. But if you're looking for a job, it can only help and not hurt. I get asked if I am a CISSP in my initial phone conversations with most potential employers. G --- hush puppy <wlc26at_private> wrote: > 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1
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