Actually, CISSP is becoming more and more of a required certification for a Security Manager or Professional. GIAC and all the other certifications will help as well. I would not doubt that some areas in the US do not know what this the CISSP is. However, that is changing every day. The places that you can make the most money and get the most experience acknowledge the CISSP.
Greg -----Original Message----- From: Meritt James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 6:05 AM To: leon Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Respected Security Certifications Greetings! It is my understanding that the desirability of having a CISSP, and the importance associated with it, varies greatly with geographical location. For example, around Federal and military IS security concentrations (like near DC, Virginia & Maryland, for instance) it is. In much of the midwest (or so I've been told by a CISSP there) there are places that they do not even know what it is. Where are those you are asking? Opinion: Recruiters are, in a majority but not all, are aware of and looking for "buzz words" and understand little of that involved for which they are recruiting. They are in HR, not security or IT. I have looked for non-vendor-specific security certifications. CISSP & CISA are a couple of the high-level IS security involvements that have been around 'longest'. GIAC and such are a "lower view" more technical certification. There are a bunch of vendor-specific certifications. What are you looking for? leon wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I hope we are all having a good weekend. > > Please pardon me if this has been covered on the list already (I > searched the archives under what I thought would be appropriate subjects > and did not find exactly what I was looking for). I am interested in > going after a security certification. When I say security certification > I mean a certification in and of security itself (not a vendor supplied > one like Cisco's CSS-1 or Checkpoints CCSE). I know of the CISSP and > have begun to look into but when I talk to recruiters and peers a lot of > people tell me it is not a very respected cert (nothing against CISSP, > this is just what I am told). I am curious; can someone point me in the > right direction? > > What are some good well respected vendor neutral security > certifications? > Is the CISSP the most respected one? > What are some of the benefits of being a CISSP? > Are there others (certs)? > Does anyone have any links, tips or suggestions? > > All is appreciated and responses are welcome privately as well as > publicly. Flames go to /dev/null heh. > > Cheers, > > Leon -- James W. Meritt CISSP, CISA Booz | Allen | Hamilton phone: (410) 68406566
