Well said Bill. I agree that the SSCP is just as legitimate as the
CISSP.
The only exception I would make is for those job hunting or
providing consulting services. Like it or not the "CISSP" is what HR
and potential customers are looking for.
--- In CISSP-Discuss@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Quire" <quire2001@h...>
wrote:
I recently took and passed the SSCP exam. If anyone is interested
in
starting a separate or SSCP self-study sub-list, let me know. I
opted not to
take the CISSP and go for the SSCP because the domains it covers
most
accurately cover all of the areas in which I work. I didn't see
the point in
getting a CISSP just so I'd have that "keyword" for my resume, but
not be
working in a number of the areas it covered. I wanted to assure
that any
credential that purported to validate my knowledge in particular
areas
wasn't just a reflection of memorization for the exam, but that it
reflected
areas I really work in day in and day out. If I find I have the
need for a
CISSP at some point in the future, then maybe I'll take the exam
for that.
For now, I'm studying for the CISA exam in June.
For those of you who think that the SSCP is a "lesser"
certification or
credential because it doesn't have quite the cachet of the CISSP,
please
disabuse yourselves of that erratic thinking. The SSCP is equally
as valid
and as authoritative a credential for those of us who focus on
information
security management and system audits as the CISSP is for those
work in
broader areas of information security. It is not a "little
brother"
credential in any way, shape or form.
Thanks.
Bill
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