Re: GIAC Dilution

[Daniel Miessler <daniel () dmiessler com>]

On Mar 24, 2005, at 9:39 AM, Aman Raheja wrote:

> GIAC will probably becaome equivalent to the Security+.

Not a chance, guy. Despite the dropping of the practical (which I'm not 
a fan of), the technical tests (plural) for the GSEC were still *very* 
difficult compared to CISSP, Security+, MCSE, or any other test I have 
taken. The stuff was quite technical and those without a strong 
background will not do well on the tests as they exist today.

>  I am not sure how they match up on content or level of knowledge 
> required.

It's fairly stout stuff. Think CISSP, but technical.

I think SANS will keep a decent degree of respect in the certification 
arena, just not as much as when they had the practical requirement. 
That's my hope anyway...

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