CISSP Lapse
I am not even sure I should be asking this here, but I am on the fence on whether or not I should let my CISSP lapse.
I have had the cert since 2004 and it is currently up to expire next summer. I know that it is easy to maintain, but only if you are in a security position, which I am not longer in. By next summer, I will be lacking 40 A type credits, which means I will have to devote time that I don't really have to a cert that I don't currently need.
My thinking is that I can still put it on my resume as expired and I have a good answer to why I let it lapse. I think I spent enough time in security and will not actively seek any security jobs, esp mgmt ones.
I guess I'm really would like to hear that I am not a crazy fool if I let it lapse, but maybe I am.
I have had the cert since 2004 and it is currently up to expire next summer. I know that it is easy to maintain, but only if you are in a security position, which I am not longer in. By next summer, I will be lacking 40 A type credits, which means I will have to devote time that I don't really have to a cert that I don't currently need.
My thinking is that I can still put it on my resume as expired and I have a good answer to why I let it lapse. I think I spent enough time in security and will not actively seek any security jobs, esp mgmt ones.
I guess I'm really would like to hear that I am not a crazy fool if I let it lapse, but maybe I am.
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All that being said, you'll need to make this decision about your career direction yourself.
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I am studying for my CCNP and also have other things in my personal life that makes it difficult to devote the amount of time required to keep the cert. I went though this the last time, 2007, and paid for and attended a Jr College IT Sec class just to get my CPEs. I would have to do something similar again. I really don't mind the $85 fee.
I most definatly would put "expired" next to it. I have a great skill set so I would hope that would trump an expired vs current CISSP, but you never know. I still have a year before it expires, so I am not putting anything in stone quite yet.
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Its a 1 to 1. So if you attend the entire course, you get 16 weeks x 3 hours/week = 48 CPEs. You get no CPEs for study time, and I believe you have to pass the course.
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I also may get to do Juniper IVE (VPN) training, 4 days also sometime within the next year.
Things are looking up for keeping the cert.
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