Harlan Carvey wrote: > With that said, the most notable Security > > cert would have to be CISSP. > > The CISSP may be useful for Robert's upper-level > folks, but it's really more of a management level > cert.
Agreed, the CISSP is wide and shallow and management-oriented, the SANS GIAC certs are narrow and deep and engineering-oriented, although they do offer a management-oriented one also. The GSEC that I have is the widest and still fairly deep cert they offer. FYI, of the two, I found the CISSP much easier to pass. I only put it up front because it seems to be more respected, being the oldest of the security certs and now requiring a bachelors degree as a pre-requisite. Curt Purdy CISSP, GSEC, MCSE+I, CNE, CCDA Information Security Engineer DP Solutions ---------------------------------------- If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked. What's more, you deserve to be hacked. -- White House cybersecurity adviser Richard Clarke _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
