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On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:01:59 -0400 Dude VanWinkle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 7/17/07, Evan Pitstick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I am looking to become a security consultant(White hat) in a few >years >> and I was looking for some advice on the best certifications to >get, >> graduate level schools and majors, and any web sites that will >continue >> to help me along my path. I am currently a student at a school >in >> Atlanta, USA for Information Security and Assurance. Any ideas? > >What kind of Security do you enjoy most, Auditing, Pentesting, >Compliance, Programming? I recommend you pick the one you have fun >at. >If you dont enjoy any of them, be prepared to be unhappy for a >long >time :-) > > >As far as schools: >I hear www.gatech.edu has a really good program, and its in >atlanta. > >as far as certs: >CISSP will get you more money, but you will learn more from SANS >certs. > >If you want to be a good Security Consultant at the Technical >level it >is important that you have a smattering of everything: programming >networking, administration, etc.. If you walk into a place and >expect >to start telling people what to do, you should at least have >walked a >mile in their shoes before doing so. This means learning Lotus, >Exchange, Sendmail, Oracle, MySQL and MSSQL, Linux, BSD, Solaris, >Windows, etc, ad infinitum. > >If you want to be a great infosec person, you need to be able to >teach >yourself. Much of the territory covered by infosec is new and >unexpected ways of using technology. This cant really be taught. > >hth, > >-JP > >_______________________________________________ >Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. >Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html >Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ -- Turn your passion into a profession. Click here to find a film school near you. http://tagline.hushmail.com/fc/Ioyw6h4dCqY4TEf2xY6Jc9LzJAA92f9Fl5OCPuN8FEpGHxkd002x0s/ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
