Re: CISSP Test

["Wade Woolwine" <wade () sivodd com>]

Just as with any other certs (or SATs or MCATS, etc, etc, etc) there are
people who are really good at cramming the information from the book and
have mastered the concept of the Multiple Choice questions. This does by
no means represent a good understanding of the subject matter...which
would be why these people don't last long in the buizz.
Again, certs are just the foot in the door...you have to know your stuff
if you're going to be successful in this field.
As far as other certs...I think that SANS (www.sans.org) has some well
respected certs...but I don't think that over-certing yourself is really
worth the time/money. CISSP covers all of the domains and shows that you
have working knowledge of all (at least that's what it's supposed to do).
Just a word on the CISSP, you have to have worked in the field for 5 years
(3 years with degree) in order to get it...otherwise you'll get the ISC2
associates cert...same exam and after the x years period, you will
automatically be grandfathered in to CISSP.

wade


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