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Re: Thoughts and ideas please
Depends if you are into compliance or technical? Both compliance and technical has it own equal amount of depth to branch into. For compliance I would suggest the ISACA certs, CRISC or CISA are the two next certs people usually go for, and finish with CISM in the last. Depending on work areas, ITIL, PMP will help. GIAC… -
Re: CompTIA or Cisco
You seem to have a good plan there. You have a moderately focused mid-career goal and you are taking the proper steps to get there. Off the cuff, I would expect you to spend more than a few years as a security professional before taking on the project management role, but that might just be the way my organization does… -
My Action Plan - Need some advice and insight from experienced Infosec professionals
Good morning guys and gals! I'm so glad I found techexam community, you guys are awesome.I'm looking to make a career transition to infosec but could use some help and guidance. I have 15+ years of experience in IT (server admin, networking, helpdesk, trouble shooting, systems analyst) and 8 years experience in… -
Re: -ISSAP, -ISSMP, and -ISSEP Effectiveness
Hi there, I am a holder of ISSAP and ISSMP (I took my ISSMP together with my CISM), recently I have certified in CCISO and provisionally pass CSSLP, awaiting for ISC2's review to complete CSSLP certification. I did not take any formal ISC2 course but just look at those reference materials or official guide/flash… -
Re: Lost in the sea of certs
Hey there! I feel the most important thing you should do, is to take one or two days off and just really reflect and get a feel of what you want to do. Do you want to move on to doing pentesting and breaking into devices/sites/networks? CEH, eJPT, OSCP, GPEN Do you want to move on to something managerial after your current… -
Re: Ambitious Student in need of Career Advice
1 - graduate from school 2 - don't do drugs. drugs are bad, mmmkay? 3 - plenty of orgs hiring infosec people with no travel needs. plenty of consulting gigs hiring, too, but they require travel. plenty of orgs, though, so no worries. 4 - don't worry about cissp, cism, crisc, cisa for awhile. they require years of… -
Re: Goal is to be in InfoSec, not sure what path of Certs to seek
Certs aren't everything, but when people here ask me what certification path to aim for in terms of security or general flow of learning all things security via certs, I recommend CompTIA Network+ (since you need a basic network foundation for many infosec principles) CompTIA Security+ (base starting point) or SANS SEC301:… -
Newbie seeking security advice
I've gone through some of the posts here and and learned a lot from the advice given to them. But I feel like my case is unique. I'm Victor from Africa. Been on and off various networking jobs. Have Indepth knowledge in Cisco CCNA & CCNP and Checkpoint CCSA. Also recently started software dev (don't know how this would fit… -
Re: Timeline: Your IT Career Progression
Here's with the latest update: Title: Service Desk Analyst Hour/wk: 40-60 Description: Managed Service Provider Company size: 80 Age: 22 How: College classmate Referral Certs: none Education: College - Advance Diploma Pay: 34k CAD Title: Network Consultant Hour/wk: 50+ Description: Managed Service Provider Company size:… -
Certification Dilemma
Hi All, I am seeking for advice as i am in a dilemma. I have about 23 years of experience in IT industry. Currently i am a Project Manager / Product Manager - Consultant for Software Development in my organization. I am 42 married with kids. I am considering whether to reinforce my PM skills or focus on a new field…
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