The one year cert challenge

sexion8

So I sat around for a bit thinking which route I wanted to take since I'm sort of getting bored with security. Without further ado I announce the 1 1/2 year line up for myself. Be advised, I have the CISM booked in December and NSA IAM lined up as well... (Don't ask... Was kind of pushed to take these managerial certs, and they're paid for...)

Anyhow, I hope to take most of these within two month intervals of each other starting maybe in January 2009: Certified Pen Testing Specialist, Certified Pen Testing Expert, OSSTMM Professional Security Tester, OSSTMM Professional Security Expert, OSSTMM Professional Security Analyst (CPTS, CPTE, OPST, OPSE, OPSA)

Lastly, I have to deal with ISC2 sooner or later and figure out who keeps fudging my paperwork for the CISSP of which I've gotten 3 sponsors to vouch for me. I may go back and re-start CCIE Security studies who knows though. Right now I've been playing with more Juniper equipment so I may switch it all up and go the Juniper certification route or something.

Anyone with information advice or knowledge on the above-mentioned exams (advice on the CPTS, CPTE, OPST, OPSE, OPSA exams), please feel free to PM me or shoot me an email. Anyone with knowledge of technical based - lab style security testing/certification, let me know. I enjoy tinkering more than I enjoy reading (ADHD). Far easier for me to manually deal with testing than letting my eyes water reading RFC like exams...

LarryDaMan

sexion8 wrote:

Anyhow, I hope to take most of these within two month intervals of each other starting maybe in January 2009: Certified Pen Testing Specialist, Certified Pen Testing Expert, OSSTMM Professional Security Tester, OSSTMM Professional Security Expert, OSSTMM Professional Security Analyst (CPTS, CPTE, OPST, OPSE, OPSA)

Pretty ambitious. Good luck. I look forward to reading about your experiences

sexion8 wrote:

Lastly, I have to deal with ISC2 sooner or later and figure out who keeps fudging my paperwork for the CISSP of which I've gotten 3 sponsors to vouch for me....

? Curious about what you meant by this