Officially a CISSP

Iristheangel

I got my "congratulations" email this morning so I'm now a CISSP.

I had two solid goals to make before I turned 30 this year: Graduate college and get my CISSP. It's a little under 20 days to my birthday and I'm happy to say that I've achieved both goals this year. I'm blessed to be where I'm at. I thank you all for the support and wisdom that I've found here. I'd give you all a hug if I could

NetworkVeteran

And you live next to Disney! Congratulations, Iris. Those are huge milestones.

ejg398

Iristheangel wrote: »

I got my "congratulations" email this morning so I'm now a CISSP.

I had two solid goals to make before I turned 30 this year: Graduate college and get my CISSP. It's a little under 20 days to my birthday and I'm happy to say that I've achieved both goals this year. I'm blessed to be where I'm at. I thank you all for the support and wisdom that I've found here. I'd give you all a hug if I could

Congrats Iris!

Hopefully my audit goes quick.

Iristheangel

I hope it goes quickly as well. They probably just want to call your previous supervisors and verify your previous duties. If they're easy to get ahold of, I couldn't see it taking that long. I would recommend giving your old supervisors a "heads up" call

rwmidl

WTG!

glenn_33

Congrats! I hope to get my CISSP one day when i've got the experience

Jcast

Iristheangel wrote: »

I got my "congratulations" email this morning so I'm now a CISSP.

I had two solid goals to make before I turned 30 this year: Graduate college and get my CISSP. It's a little under 20 days to my birthday and I'm happy to say that I've achieved both goals this year. I'm blessed to be where I'm at. I thank you all for the support and wisdom that I've found here. I'd give you all a hug if I could

Congratulations!!!! Just never stop setting career goals and striving to meet them.

When did you submit your endorsement paperwork?

TeKniques

Congratulations, those are great accomplishments!

Iristheangel

@Jcast: I submitted my paperwork on 6/25/12

Thistleback

Congratulations on both counts! You are to be commended for being goal driven. I'm sure you will go far!

Paula

bigdogz

Congratulations on hitting your goals and I would also like to wish you an early Happy Birthday!!

veritas_libertas

Congratz!

tprice5

Very cool. You deserve to be proud of yourself. Now just to get that MCITP:EA knocked out!

Falasi

Congratulations

cyberguypr

Way to go! Congrats!

JoJoCal19

Congrats!

DarthVader

Iristheangel wrote: »

@Jcast: I submitted my paperwork on 6/25/12

Congratulations Iris!!
Jcast and I submitted our endorsement stuff a couple of days after you so hopefully we won't be far behind.

Good job

Jcast

DarthVader wrote: »

Congratulations Iris!!
Jcast and I submitted our endorsement stuff a couple of days after you so hopefully we won't be far behind.

Good job

I'm hoping it's this week. ISC2 seems to be working on a 3 week cycle for endorsement reviews.

dmoore44

Congrats!

Wait till you get your packet in the mail - ISC2 went all out on making the certificate look as impressive as they could... just short of looking like a diploma.

Iristheangel

Sweet. I'm actually having my GF buy me the mounted certificate for my birthday. It'll go on my wall of accomplishment

badrottie

Congratulations, Iris! Welcome to the club.

ChooseLife

Congratulations on the accomplishments!

Slowhand

Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of the network? Iristheangel does.

Big congrats on finally getting one of the big ol' holy grails of IT on your resume, and here's to all those new goals you get to chase now that you've put this one behind you.

YuckTheFankees

Congrats. After the MCITP:EA, what other certifications were you thinking about getting?

Iristheangel

I'm going to be getting a few from the MSISA from WGU but besides those, I want to get the following:

MCITP:EA (required by my current job)>CCNP>CCIE

I never thought I would enjoy networking so much so I put off the CCNA for a couple years. Ironically, once I started reading Wendell Odom's book, I fell madly in love with it. When I go after the CCIE, it's going to be for me and to better my own knowledge, not for where it lands me career-wise. I figure all of those will keep me busy for the next few years If I end up getting bored after that, I'll probably go after the offensive security track. There's been a few times where I've told myself "Ok, if I just get XYZ certifications, I'll be done. I won't need anymore" but then I hear about another certification or I get really intrigued by material. If I really get into something (i.e. networking, security, etc), I start thinking about the next level I can take that knowledge to. I'm almost compulsive in my studies. LoL. Good thing I have a significant other that understands me or I'd be the cat lady by now. If I get to the end of all those certifications, I don't really know what I'd go for next. Maybe I'll get my head out of the books and enjoy life for awhile

dover

Iris,

Congrats on the CISSP!! I think we're following the same trajectory - and have the same compulsion to study. I just graduated with a BS in System Security in May and got my CISSP in February.

I thought about pursuing a Masters degree but since I'm still paying off my bachelors i decided to suck it up and finish the CCNP Security and go on to the CCIE Security after a brief stop studying the CCNP R/S.

Good luck @ WGU...and if you CAN, take some time to just relax! I think I took a total of about 5 days after graduating before I started back into the CCNP Security studies. Maybe you can do better and take a whole week .

tprice5

Iristheangel wrote: »

I'm going to be getting a few from the MSISA from WGU but besides those, I want to get the following:

MCITP:EA (required by my current job)>CCNP>CCIE

I never thought I would enjoy networking so much so I put off the CCNA for a couple years. Ironically, once I started reading Wendell Odom's book, I fell madly in love with it. When I go after the CCIE, it's going to be for me and to better my own knowledge, not for where it lands me career-wise. I figure all of those will keep me busy for the next few years If I end up getting bored after that, I'll probably go after the offensive security track. There's been a few times where I've told myself "Ok, if I just get XYZ certifications, I'll be done. I won't need anymore" but then I hear about another certification or I get really intrigued by material. If I really get into something (i.e. networking, security, etc), I start thinking about the next level I can take that knowledge to. I'm almost compulsive in my studies. LoL. Good thing I have a significant other that understands me or I'd be the cat lady by now. If I get to the end of all those certifications, I don't really know what I'd go for next. Maybe I'll get my head out of the books and enjoy life for awhile

I truly envy the joy you find in your work.

gdeusthewhizkid

congrats I wish i was like you with the studying but i really like a friday night drinks with my pals.. I hope to be like you with the goals.

jasong318

Congratulations! I think most people on this board also have had that "if I only get this cert, I'll be done" feeling more than once I thought I was going to stop after my CCNA, well, maybe then my CCNA:Security, next thing you know you have a CCNP and are looking at the IE Congrats again and good luck with the rest, because there will be more!

the_hutch

jasong318 wrote: »

Congratulations! I think most people on this board also have had that "if I only get this cert, I'll be done" feeling more than once I thought I was going to stop after my CCNA, well, maybe then my CCNA:Security, next thing you know you have a CCNP and are looking at the IE Congrats again and good luck with the rest, because there will be more!

Yeah...I've recently come to terms with the fact that there is no real end in sight...

Iristheangel

It's like an addiction (*taps vein*). I love learning and there's some topics that I just eat up. I doubt I'll ever get to Scott Morris-level but I'll be happy with well-rounded knowledge.