On 01/12/06, offset <offset@ubersecurity.org> wrote:
On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 07:27:51PM -0000, jlehman@mail.esignal.com wrote:
> I was going to take the SANS mentor class for the CISSP. But I have just
discovered that they are requiring a B.S. degree, which I don't have. I have been
in the I.T. field as a sys admin/telecommunications/pseudo security person for 10
years now. I have achieved SANS silver GCIH and CGNA in the past year and a SCP
(snort certified professional).
> I don’t have a B.S. because I decided to be a chef,a nd got a culinary
arts degree. I did that for 15+yeard and made it to my goal, but I make much more
today than I did as a restaurateur.
>
> So people, should I continue to peruse the SANS track, or somehow get that
B.S and get the CISSP eventually? I see many job postings that are asking for
CISSP certs.
Disturbing that a BS degree is required. I know a lot of bright people without degrees. Mostly due to lack of challenge, rode the 90's tech boom, etc.
I think that a degree just means you need one less year of full-time
experience. Requirements are:
"Have a minimum 4 years of direct full-time security professional work
experience in one or more of the ten domains of the information
systems security CBK or 3 years experience plus a college degree or 2
years experience plus a Bachelor's Degree and a Master's Degree in
Information Security from a Center of Excellence.
Valid experience includes information systems (IS) security-related
work performed as a practitioner, auditor, consultant, investigator or
instructor, that requires IS security knowledge and involves the
direct application of that knowledge."
cheers,
Jamie
--
Jamie Riden, CISSP / jamesr@europe.com / jamie.riden@gmail.com
NZ Honeynet project - http://www.nz-honeynet.org/
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