Richard,
#I am presently employed as a security consultant for NT OS security in a
#large WAN environment.
#I have reasonable experience with NT, Netware and Linux.
#I would like to strengthen my security skills and obtain a relevant
#qualification.
#My question is what qualification is the most recognised and respected.
#SANS? ISS? or some other?
There are several respected Security certs.
CISSP - www.isc2.org
SANS GIAC - www.sans.org
And there are vendor certs for individual products. ISS has vendor certs
and Security classes. I do not think that ISS has a non-product specific
cert. I am a CISSP and I think the CISSP is a good cert to have but a cert
means NOTHING if you don't have practical EXPERIENCE. The biggest reason I
worked for my CISSP is because I do not have a college degree and I can
point to my CISSP and say that a respected institution says that I know
what I am talking about. The CISSP is the 50,000 foot level cert. It is
for the Security Manager or consultant. I am also looking at getting the
SANS GIAC cert. It is more of a security administrator/man in the trenches
cert. Either of these would be the certificate to earn but I think that
the CISSP is more widely known at the moment.
There are other certs that I have not mentioned
Regards,
Jeffery Gieser
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