With the current situation of professionalism in CF, Gary is bang on, a combination of academic qualifications and certification is best. Any previous CF experience/exposure will obviously help, as would a computer science and/or investigatory background.
Additionally, assignment based coursework/learning may be more effective (contrary to exam based learning), depending on module content and actual assignment topics (how realistic are the assignments to real life investigations and problems). Be warned however, like many other fields, none of these things will automatically guarantee you success. Also some certifications will require you to have had a certain 'amount' of academic and/or work experience, etc. My advice for you would be to do a short course to provide yourself more of an insight into CF, determine if it really is a field where you can find an area which you would like to devote your working life. CF work is often portrayed as glamorous, fast and exciting, whereas it is often the complete opposite. JKP. On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Don Raikes <don.rai...@oracle.com> wrote: > > My question is, is it more helpful to have the degree or the certification > in order to get a job in the field? > > I have a history of getting certificates in various things, but not being to > get a job in the chosen field. > > Before I invest time and funds in to either education or training I want to > make sure that I can earn back my investment. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ntpeck [mailto:ntp...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 3:14 PM > To: Gary Kessler > Cc: <don_gottsch...@mcafee.com>; /Forensics > Subject: Re: Computer forensics training > > I agree with Kess and think that there are also quite a few things online to > educate, the primary difference will be whether you want to be certified by > some organization or not. > > > > On Oct 30, 2010, at 12:19 PM, Gary Kessler <kumq...@sover.net> wrote: > > Hi Don et al. > > You might also want to take a look at online offerings from Champlain > College in Vermont. > > The question that I might have is -- are you looking for training or > education? In some ways, training will get you up to speed in some facets of > computer forensics faster than education might, but I think that education > will provide better long-term value. I think that what you really need is a > combination of both over time.... > > Cheers! > /kess > > > ================================================================= > Gary C. Kessler, Ph.D., CCE, CISSP > GARY KESSLER ASSOCIATES > 2 Southwind Drive +1 802-238-8913 (mobile) > Burlington, VT 05401 gary.c.kessler (Skype) > > g...@garykessler.net http://www.garykessler.net/ > > Member, Vermont Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force > Adjunct Associate Professor, Edith Cowan University, Perth, AUS > Adjunct Instructor, Champlain College, Burlington, Vermont, USA > > PGP e-mail to kumq...@sover.net > PGP Public Key: http://www.garykessler.net/kumquat_pubkey.html > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: listbou...@securityfocus.com [mailto:listbou...@securityfocus.com] On > Behalf Of don_gottsch...@mcafee.com > Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 4:28 PM > To: forensics@securityfocus.com > Subject: Computer forensics training > > Hello everyone. > > I have 15 years in the field of software QA and am now interested in > computer forensics. I have a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Computer > Science already. 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