I seriously doubt that I will renew my two certs with GIAC. Cannot adequately
express how disappointed I am with the watering down of them. This is not the
first time GIAC has made these certs easier. Hopefully Mr. Northcutt is
subscribed to this list.
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Don Parker, GCIA GCIH
Intrusion Detection & Incident Handling Specialist
Bridon Security & Training Services
http://www.bridonsecurity.com
voice: 1-613-302-2910
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On Mon Mar 14 12:05 , Nathaniel Hall sent:
>I just found out about this too. I can understand how this would make
>it easier to get the certification too, but it still requires money and
>renewal. Not everybody would be willing to renew every two or four
>years unless they really wanted to put forth the effort. Hopefully we
>will see some changes that will keep the certs as a prestigious
>accomplishment.
>
>Don Parker wrote:
>> GIAC has recently made massive changes to their certifications. You now only have
>>
>> to do the exams as there is no more practical portion. A poor decision on their
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>> part in my opinion for this is what made them stand apart from the other certs.
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>>
>> Don Parker, GCIA GCIH
>>
>> Intrusion Detection & Incident Handling Specialist
>>
>> Bridon Security & Training Services
>>
>> http://www.bridonsecurity.com
>>
>> voice: 1-613-302-2910
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat Mar 12 15:31 , Nathaniel Hall sent:
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>>
>>>Mike B wrote:
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>>
>>>>Hello Everybody,
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>>>>I just finished my master's degree in Information Security from Stevens
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>>
>>>>Institute of Technology and I am looking to get my first security
>>
>>
>>>>certification. I've read about the many security certifications out
>>
>>
>>>>there, and I have decided to go with the Security+ certification from
>>
>>
>>>>CompTIA. How does everybody feel about this certification? I would've
>>
>>
>>>>rather tried to get the CISSP but you need experience for that, and
>>
>>
>>>>that's something that I don't have right now. Is this a good first
>>
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>>>>certification in the Information Security Field or are there better ones?
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>>
>>>>Mike B.
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>>>Personally, I would go for the GSEC from GIAC. Visit www.sans.org to
>>
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>>>find out when training is. Unfortunately, the class and cert is about
>>
>>
>>>$3100. It isn't the easiest to get, but if you put in the time and
>>
>>
>>>effort, you get a cert that not everyone gets from an organization that
>>
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>>>is looked up to for security.
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>>
>>>--
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>>
>>
>>>Nathaniel Hall, GSEC
>>
>>
>>>Intrusion Detection and Firewall Technician
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>>
>>>Ozarks Technical Community College -- Office of Computer Networking
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>>
>>
>>>halln_at_otc.edu
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>>
>>>417-447-7535
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>>
>>>GPG Public Key ID: 0xAC187312
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>
>
>--
>
>Nathaniel Hall, GSEC
>Intrusion Detection and Firewall Technician
>Ozarks Technical Community College -- Office of Computer Networking
>
>halln_at_otc.edu
>417-447-7535
>GPG Public Key ID: 0xAC187312
>
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