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Title: What's the right IT/Information Security Certification for me? Post by: adrianodl on February 18, 2010, 12:42:56 PM Dear colleagues,
This is a question we frequently ask ourselves throughout our career, but the answer is not as simple as it seems. I've written an article that might help you to build a strategy when pursuing certifications. http://www.myinfosecjob.com/2010/02/whats-the-right-information-security-certification-for-me/ Feel free to comment both here and there; your opinion is always important! Adriano Title: Re: What's the right IT/Information Security Certification for me? Post by: Dark_Knight on February 18, 2010, 08:28:21 PM Good read. I like the Y-Approach so much so that I borrowed it on my blog ;D
Title: Re: What's the right IT/Information Security Certification for me? Post by: adrianodl on February 19, 2010, 02:33:53 AM Good read. I like the Y-Approach so much so that I borrowed it on my blog ;D Dear Dark Knight, thank you very much for spreading the word! In my case, I've sat for many technical certifications in the past (+5 ago), but for the past couple of years I've taken all the Managerial/Compliance as I mentioned in the article (since that's what my current career position asks for). What I see happening to me now is that my technical knowledge got very rusty, therefore I'm planning to sit for one or 2 more technical certifications just to refresh my knowledge. As I said, I've spent the past couple of years performing high level security assessments (ISO, PCI-DSS, COBIT, etc), audits and was happy withthat. Until a couple of days ago when I had an interviewer asking me to "give example of protocols sitting on the transport level"... That was a SHAME. I obviously didn't have the answer at the top of my mind, even though I was a network/firewall administrator for such a long time in my career. I got so upset that I decided to write an article about the topic... I'll let you know ;) Title: Re: What's the right IT/Information Security Certification for me? Post by: Dark_Knight on February 19, 2010, 05:39:06 AM I look forward to that article. I have also been checking out the rest of your site and I must say its great. So I'm now Subscribed.Keep up the great work.
Title: Re: What's the right IT/Information Security Certification for me? Post by: Dutchie on February 25, 2010, 07:36:18 AM Good article Adriano! Thx.
Put choices people have to make within their career path in a good constructive prospective!! Title: Re: What's the right IT/Information Security Certification for me? Post by: j0rDy on February 25, 2010, 09:15:58 AM funny, i started the other way around. when i landed my security job, i immediately pursuit CISSP. i'm not saying it was the best idea, but i'm glad i did. another thing to keep in mind that could come in handy is this:
http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/careers/articles.php?art_id=2025&pg=2 (http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/careers/articles.php?art_id=2025&pg=2) remember that the only gain you will have is with the points mentioned by Adriano! Title: Re: What's the right IT/Information Security Certification for me? Post by: oneeyedcarmen on February 25, 2010, 09:34:54 AM Very nice write up, Adriano! I've also been moving more into a less technical role, doing more audit and C&A type work of late.
Oh, and I, too, have now added your blog to my subscriptions.
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