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RE: University Degree or CISSP
From: tbost () valocity com
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 19:11:13 -0500 (CDT)
I agree with you. Its about getting the interview AND getting the job. After that, its all about performance. The degree and/or certifications mean nothing after that. Getting the job is marketing yourself. What can you offer or what have you done that makes you stand out in the crowd ? Be different. Get a degree AND the certifications. It doesn't have to be either/or. More importantly though, let the employers know how passionate you are about the field. Go to work extra early. Leave later. Buy books and read,read, read outside the scope of getting a degree or certification. -T
CISSP is likely to be necessary to get to some of the places you might want to go. But you can't get it without experience, so it's not a good answer to your question. At this point, I'd say the degree is most critical. There are too many employers where the HR bureaucracy never heard of any of these certifications -- all they know is that a great way to trim the candidate pool is to chuck out any resume that doesn't include a degree. So without it, you risk never getting to the interviewer who knows the field and the certs and can decide whether you can do the job. David Gillett-----Original Message----- From: soumyadipta_das () yahoo com [mailto:soumyadipta_das () yahoo com] Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 2:30 AM To: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: University Degree or CISSP Is it better (in terms of technology and industry acceptablity) to get a university degree on information security than certifications such as ccna/ccsp, ceh (or security+) and cissp? Soum
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- University Degree or CISSP soumyadipta_das (Aug 30)
- Re: University Degree or CISSP Steven Kalcevich (Aug 30)
- RE: University Degree or CISSP alz3k3 (Aug 30)
- Re: University Degree or CISSP mike (Aug 30)
- Re: University Degree or CISSP Steven Kalcevich (Aug 30)
- Re: University Degree or CISSP Pukhraj Singh (Aug 30)
- RE: University Degree or CISSP David Gillett (Aug 30)
- RE: University Degree or CISSP tbost (Aug 31)
- RE: University Degree or CISSP Mark Teicher (Aug 31)
- Re: University Degree or CISSP Kelly Martin (Aug 30)
- Re: University Degree or CISSP Leif Ericksen (Aug 31)
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- RE: University Degree or CISSP Kumar, Snehal (HP Security Services) (Aug 30)
- Re: University Degree or CISSP nds2a (Aug 30)
- RE: University Degree or CISSP Brunner, Mark (Aug 30)
- RE: University Degree or CISSP Nidschelm, Robert (Aug 30)
- Re: University Degree or CISSP Dave Aronson (SecBasics) (Aug 30)
- RE: University Degree or CISSP Christopher Carpenter (Aug 30)
- Re: University Degree or CISSP bgreene (Aug 30)
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- Re: University Degree or CISSP Steven Kalcevich (Aug 30)