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RE: "Professional", RE: RE: CISSP Question
From: "David Harley" <david.a.harley () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 09:23:21 +0100
The CISSP code of ethics explicitly recognizes all of the qualities of a "profession", as described, except the official government licensing stamp. I believe there are those whose ambition is for CISSP, or something like it, to achieve that legal status.
Indeed. http://www.instisp.org/IISPINTRO.pdf for instance. (This kind of relates to initiatives in other specific IT areas such as medical informatics, as well as generally.) Legal recognition, or even recognition by other professions, isn't altogether the point: perhaps the fact that a formidable number of practitioners are bound by professional (or quasi-professional, if you prefer) imperatives is more important. Implicitly or explicitly, working responsibly and ethically is part of what holders of the better certs sign up for. No doubt some fail to meet those standards: I've heard that the same is true of some of the formally recognized professions... That doesn't mean, of course, that you can't work responsibly and ethically if you don't have something like CISSP or GSEC. I just find it odd when people assume that cert holders are usually at least incompetent and probably dishonest... -- David Harley CISSP Security Author/Editor/Consultant/Researcher Small Blue-Green World AVIEN Guide to Malware: http://www.smallblue-greenworld.co.uk/pages/avienguide.html Security Bibliography: http://www.smallblue-greenworld.co.uk/pages/bibliography.html
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- RE: CISSP Question, (continued)
- RE: CISSP Question David Harley (May 03)
- RE: CISSP Question Craig Wright (May 02)
- RE: CISSP Question Craig Wright (May 03)
- RE: CISSP Question Simmons, James (May 03)
- Re: RE: CISSP Question barcajax (May 03)
- RE: CISSP Question Elizabeth Tolson (May 03)
- RE: CISSP Question Craig Wright (May 03)
- RE: CISSP Question David Harley (May 04)
- RE: RE: CISSP Question Simmons, James (May 03)
- "Professional", RE: RE: CISSP Question David Gillett (May 03)
- RE: "Professional", RE: RE: CISSP Question David Harley (May 04)
- "Professional", RE: RE: CISSP Question David Gillett (May 03)
- RE: CISSP Question Elizabeth Tolson (May 03)
- RE: CISSP Question Craig Wright (May 03)
- RE: CISSP Question Simmons, James (May 03)
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- RE: CISSP Question Simmons, James (May 07)
- RE: CISSP Question Simmons, James (May 03)
- RE: CISSP Question Elizabeth Tolson (May 04)
- RE: CISSP Question David Harley (May 04)
- RE: CISSP Question Craig Wright (May 07)
- RE: CISSP Question Elizabeth Tolson (May 07)
- RE: CISSP Question David Harley (May 08)
- RE: CISSP Question Craig Wright (May 08)