Rather than a certified /minimum/ standard, an interesting model
are the CCIE and CISSP certifications. The former is Cisco's most
difficult exam; IIRC there are less than 4000 holders worldwide,
and many of them are internetworking gurus, involved in IETF
working groups or running enormous global networks. The CISSP
("Certified Internet Security System Professional") is a vendor-
neutral, 6 hour exam covering every aspect of IT security, in
great depth. You can't even sit the thing unless you can
demonstrate at least three years in security-related employment.
These both indicate a very high level of competence, gurudom
in fact. It's pretty easy to get a networking or security job
with no formal certs at all, but a CCIE or CISSP are both good
indicators of knowledge -and- experience.
Not that I'm particularly keen on a Perl certification, but
these are very different from the MCSE-type qualifications.
You won't get a CISSP by reading a couple of books.
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