Am I wasting my time with SSCP?

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So I just finished up with the Darril Gibson's book and I'm really not impressed. A lot of the information I have atleast seen a few times before in my other studies. I wanted to take the SSCP exam because it has been years since I've taken my Sec+ cert, but I'm beginning to feel like it may not be worth it.
My job doesn't require me to get this, but I get antsy when I don't study anything. Should I have just went for CISSP???
My job doesn't require me to get this, but I get antsy when I don't study anything. Should I have just went for CISSP???
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Maybe I got interviews because of it but I'm not too sure because no one really every asked me about it.
So like NetworkNewb said, if the jobs you're looking for are not asking for it, I'd skip it and go at something else instead.
My goal is to move towards the security side and out of the networking side so much. A lot of the jobs in my area always list CISSP but I'm not really that interested enough to take that exam so I thought this would be a nice alternative. I just don't want to take it and I cant do anything with it.
Congrats on that!
At 125,000 certified members and climbing there is really no reason at this point to become CISSP.
- b/eads
Except that since everyone and their mom now has the cert, companies might think of it as an easy requirement and expect people to have. Kinda like how the A+ is to entry level support positions. You don't need it, but you probably should have it.
How were you choosed?
Interesting that you say that because I have no drive to get the CISSP what so ever. However, I do see it mentioned as a preferred qualification a lot of the time. I guess its on to something else now...
The cert alone will do nothing to convince a hiring manager to offer a job to you, but for someone trying to bypass The Wall that is HR, it certainly does help.
They emailed earlier in 2017 asking if I would be interested in it, so they sent me a questionnaire to fill out and that was it. They came back to me last week saying they would like to feature me as in the blog as part of their SSCP spotlight series.
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I already have the sec+ but thought that this cert and the people who write the cert endorsed me more in the security world.
The Daril book isn’t enough to get you through the exam anyway and is quite light reading.
Although it’s a technical exam I still think its still too much theory rather than needing the experience. That said, it doesn't explain exactly how to implement something eg NAT but you know what it does and you know what to google. Maybe that the level its aimed at and shows you know where to look.
Appreciate you for giving me some insight. I think I'm going to go ahead and schedule the exam in a few weeks and see how it goes. It wont hurt...maybe wont help either but who know.
This one is wise, wise beyond their years....
I have my SSCP & security+. I hope to get my CISSP in december.
Believe me I hate studying for it but it is really good for the resume. I always see the CISSP as a job requirement or preferred. I would rather study for CEH. I agree though security is better than networking.
It's probably been devalued enough for everyone's satisfaction to include the ISC(2), guess its time to raise the testing fees. Oooops! I see they beat me to that very point. Raise 'em again. The auto mechanic with ZERO practical experience and CISSP didn't make it through the team interview so my comments were moot before I could pipe in.
- b/eads
The Auto mechanic with zero security experience will not qualify for CISSP unless the experience was somehow falsified.
But do you think he would he have even made it to your interview if he didn't have his CISSP?
I've meet many faux-CISSPs over the nothing new here. I saw CISSP listed on his resume with no number so I cannot look it up. He also listed the CCNP but could barely explain a VPN setup using IKE. I didn't press the 1st and 2nd pass setup exchanges. Besides, without the number listed, what's the use?
@NetworkNewb;
He was interviewing for the senior windows administrator position not a security position. All in all he seemed most comfortable with hardware than Windows, networking or security but had mid level certs to the contrary. I didn't bother to sharpen my knives but simply left them in their scabbards.
- b/eads
Well if you get really creative, installing car alarms sort of deals with physical security. And maybe all that CAN-bus hardening to stretch even farther . . .
Security+, eJPT, CySA+, PenTest+,
Cisco CyberOps, GCIH, VHL,
In progress: OSCP
Congrats on passing 👍
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Hah, believe it or not, this is actually the case. Landed my first IT job in 2015, so I've got some time before I can hit the CISSP.
I've meet many a current CISSP holder I would be forced to agree with this assessment as they still didn't have a clue as to what they are talking about. Hence the real value of much of this paper to me in today's market. Prove you know what your talking about or face utter ridicule.
No, I haven't really changed my stance. Just looking for more targets.
- b/eads