2 years experience for CEH

tkdvipers

Hi

I plan on taking this exam but it is on a long list so isn't iminant. By september next year I will have been the network administrator at the school I work at for 2 years.

I am the only guy here with any technical knowledge so do everything from building the machines to maintaining the server and locking it down against atacks.

Will the two years I have served at the school be enough to allow me to take this exam? I understand that I have not been working for a specfic security organisation, however I do have to maintain and keep a network running which obviosly involves the subject of security. Plus the fact that I have 800 13 year tech savvy kids trying to pro rat my systems. < Little blighters

Thanks for any responses

Ten9t6

this would depend on how you word your resume, when you send it to them. I am not saying you lie.....If you have been a network admin for two years, you should have been doing security stuff during that time frame....Access control, Antivirus, Firewalls, Access lists on devices, pen testing your network...and so on.

Kenny

tkdvipers

Thanks very much for your reply.

I thought this was going to be the answer, I understand its not lying but unless they give you specfic criteria for exactly what they mean by security experince I guess I can word my cv i such a way that is favorable with them.

Thanks again

Webmaster

I heard being Security+ certified, or having other basics infosec certs helps a lot to get the approval.

crap I forgot my old pwd

I really hope Security+ helps. I am also studying for SSCP which I am almost ready for, but yeah...CEH is definately on my list.

tkdvipers

I am going to do sec+ before the ceh. and hopefully most of an mcse. I have had to sit down and draw a map of the way I want to go with certs so I can visually see what I am trying to achieve.

When I do make my overall job < security specialist or ethical hacker I will still do certs. I find it pretty fun

Thanks

keatron

Johan is right. Security+ is a big +

milliamp

I vote that 2 years in network administration = 2 years in security.

Very few people have jobs that deal _only_ with security and the people that do usually have > 10 years of experience. Those jobs also typicially require security certifications to get in the door.

I am sure the CEH and CISSP people probably know that.

keatron

Well don't be so quick the lump the C|EH people and ISC2 people in one group. Trust me, the CISSP requirements are tons more strict and tons more enforced compared to C|EH. And if you get audited? You better make dang sure everything you put on that application is 100% true and verifiable.

Webmaster

I agree, 2 years experience for CEH is not the same as 2 years experience for CISSP. The latter requires 'direct full-time security professional' experience. CEH basically requires infosec 'related' experience. A sys admin or network admin with a couple of years of experience, and as mentioned and confirmed above, some security certs, won't have any trouble getting the approval.