For the record, I got it because I got tired of HR guys asking me about security certifications just before deciding not to give me an interview. It's like a college degree... it's a piece of paper that is your entrance ticket.
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 9:25 PM, Daniel Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Paul Schmehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> --On May 19, 2008 3:50:37 PM -0400 Elazar Broad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> > Yea, and there are plenty that can't even set up their own home >> > network... >> > >> >> If that's true, I'm sure you can name a few. >> >> Or are you all hot air like two thirds of the bozos that constantly post >> to this list? >> >> Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Senior Information Security Analyst >> > > As Jeff Wilder said before, it's a management certification. > As someone else has said, CISSP provides a baseline for others to make > assessment of your knowledge. > > Two people, both achieved CISSP certification, one took 15 years of work in > the industry, and failed the exam once. The other graduated from uni and > passed the exam on the first try. > > Their knowledge is not the same, the guy that graduated from university and > passed simply has a photographic memory. > > It's to provide a baseline, it's like saying that everyone that graduates > from high school is of the same intelligence as everyone else who graduated > that year... it's a baseline. > > Warning, my fud below... > A director at another company I was talking with told me a story how he and > a friend had to sit an exam the next day, the Director had studied all the > material thoroughly, the other guy didn't, and didn't even study one of the > core subjects of the exam criteria. > The other guy studied the material the night before (the material he didn't > study earlier) for two hours and passed. The Director failed by 7 points. > > The Director asked his friend how he passed when he didn't study the > material and just read it the night before... his friends reply "I have a > photographic memory, in 3 months I won't remember a thing". > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ >
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