Clarification: SANS is not anti-CISSP. The 2 certs address different audiences. GIAC certs are geared toward practitioners and CISSP is geared toward management types. SANS, in fact, offers considerable discounts to CISSP certified people seeking GIAC certifications.
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 2:55 AM Subject: Re: Article: 10 Hottest Certifications for 2002 > > Finally, the certification was originally designed > > for and by federal gov't types...govvies. Many of > > the questions when I took the exam in '99 were > > heavily weighted toward the Rainbow Series, > > particularly the Orange and Red books. The CPEs > > are heavily weighted toward govvies, as well...I > > don't know many commercial consulting firms that > > can have their employees running off to > > conferences and doing other things that they can't > > bill to, all to get these CPE points. > > Oh, I don't know...I'm a 'govvie' and I'm just a couple > of hours short of recertification for CISSP without > attending a single conference. > > I will admit, though, that all certifications in the InfoSec > field that I've investigated (not just CISSP) are pretty > darned self-serving. They tend to be highly competitive > with one another, and to me that just hurts us in the > overall picture. Certs should ideally be complementary or > reinforcing, not mutually exclusive. I'd be a lot more > inclined to pursue GIAC (I'm a big fan of SANS) if they > weren't so frankly anti-CISSP. I'm sure GIAC folks find the > reverse to be true. Instead of competing against one another, > it would be nice to see some cooperation and a concerted attempt > for each to fill in the gaps left by the other. > > Cheers, > > RGF > > Robert G. Ferrell, CISSP > http://rferrell.home.texas.net/rgflit.html > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
