Bear in mind the CISSP is a more vendor neutral, less technical certification that covers a broad scope of security issues (10 domains when I tested in 2012) to include physical security, business continuity, etc.
Do you want a security certification from the consultant/management perspective (CISSP) or more from a technical/engineer perspective (SANS) ? The certification track you choose should depend very much on your career goals and job requirements. On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife < joseph.hea...@wildlife.ca.gov> wrote: > There’s a new position being created in my organization that is > “supposed” to be an infosec type of position. My manager had told me to > look into CISSP training/certification. I know that’s the pinnacle, and > beyond the normal day-to-day stuff of being a systems administrator, > working with a Windows domain, etc, I don’t have a lot of hands-on in the > trenches type of experience with security like I think they look for at > that level. But, I was thinking that the SSCP may be a good way to get my > feet wet, and start working towards CISSP. Any thoughts/advice/tips on > that idea? I’ve been working with networks since 1999, was CNE for > Intranetware 4.11, and upgraded that to 5, but haven’t touched Novell > since. I was MCSE for NT4, and never upgraded certs after that. I’ve > worked with Microsoft products from NT4 and up, we’re currently upgrading > our servers to 2012R2 now. I’ve been the one-man shop, doing networking, > and servers, and I’ve been part of a team doing just servers. Anyway, I’m > going to keep digging into requirements, etc, and looking for training > materials, so if anyone has thoughts on that stuff as well, I’d be very > appreciative. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Joe Heaton > > Enterprise Server Support > > Information Technology Operations Branch > > Data and Technology Division > > CA Department of Fish and Wildlife > > 1807 13th Street, Suite 201 > > Sacramento, CA 95811 > > Desk: (916) 323-1284 > > >
