Re: First teenaged certified security professional

[InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>]

Forwarded from: Brooks J Isoldi <bjisoldi () acsu buffalo edu>

I agree, its nice to see todays youth doing something constructive
with themselves and going to great lengths as well, as Merchant has
done.  I find it unfortunate that a news article has to be written on
the person before people open their eyes.

Brooks Isoldi
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On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, InfoSec News wrote:

> http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2001dec/gee20011226009461.htm
>
> Dec 26 2001 
> submitted by Ron Kassen 
>
> South Bombay, India resident Namit Merchant, a young man of just 17
> years, created quite the stir when he presented his high school ID
> card to the proctor of the CISSP ("Certified Information Systems
> Security Professional") exam, a 6 hour, 250 question affair. Although
> there are no minimum age requirements for exam candidates, security
> professionals who sit for the exam are required to have at least three
> years of computer security experience.
>
> Not to worry, though. Merchant is the son of a software engineer and
> landed his first job at 13, working for Bombay-based Compuware. His
> responsibilities were implementing security controls into payroll and
> accounting software. He later went on to work for several more Indian
> technology companies, and is currently employed with consulting firm
> Network Intelligence India.



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