Don't Cisco certs require you to perform a function on real equipment? Or did they remove that piece :-(
The tester would "break" a network in such a complex manner that the testee would have to dig deep into their practical knowledge to make it work again... within the allotted time period... I always liked that as a valid "test" of knowledge actually... Michael P. Blanchard Senior Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE Office of Information Security & Risk Management EMC ² Corporation 32 Coslin Drive Southboro, MA 01772 -----Original Message----- From: funsec-boun...@linuxbox.org [mailto:funsec-boun...@linuxbox.org] On Behalf Of Paul Ferguson Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 1:21 PM To: Rich Kulawiec Cc: funsec@linuxbox.org Subject: Re: [funsec] "Skills gap"? On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 5:31 AM, Rich Kulawiec <r...@gsp.org> wrote: > Certifications are, in practice, crap. > Amen. Short story: As an early Cisco engineer, I (and may other very talented people) helped develop the original CCIE program. I wince now when I hear people reference Cisco "certifications" because now, they are absolutely meaningless. Curmudgeonly yours, - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson fergdawgster(at)gmail.com _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.