There are 9  user Comments for “(ISC)2 Announces Grandfathering for CISSP Concentrations”
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| 4/30/04: schaffy from Nevada City says: |
This story is incredible! Are its facts to be believed?! |
| 5/1/04: Anonymous says: |
I always wonder why such organization exists at all. Is anyone really interested in getting such certifications? I see no value in it or perhaps I am wrong. |
| 5/7/04: Anonymous says: |
Training and certification today is a pure joke left over from the dot com boom days. Why are companies still charging $1500 and up for a single stupid "certification" (i.e. CCNA). That's 2 to 3 times the cost of a college course that could be going towards a degree. Ridiculous! Besides, what do these certification organizations really give you beyond a standardized test and a piece of paper for your money? NOTHING! What is this world coming to?? |
| 5/7/04: Adrian Amos from Richmond, VA says: |
Anonymous (5-7-04), why pay $30K for a BMW, when a Chevette will get you there? Perceived value. Certifications are important to employers, and that makes them important to us. There are still certifications out there that require lab tests, and generally they match real-world scenarios. There's also the benefit of being book-smart, which is all too often denigrated as pedantic and untrue to the real world. I can honestly say that having read the books has helped me through some very tough situations that people who only had experience could not resolve. And, your argument about the cost is faulty, at best: a full MCSE is as significant to some companies as a whole college education, yet costs 1 tenth or less. The high cost weeds out the uncertain gold-diggers and keeps the industry more honest. By the by, I came through the dot com boom days with an MCSE that was already highly dis-regarded by my peers. The only time that we, as IT workers, perceive certifications as important, is when we're looking at all of the high-paying jobs that we're not yet qualified to do. |
| 5/8/04: Boogie Dunn from Atlanta, Georgia says: |
"The high cost weeds out the uncertain gold-diggers and keeps the industry more honest" I am currently preparing myself for the CISSP exam and found that program's methods of obtaining it were right on, but I disagree that the high costs weed out anything at all. I do disagree with this latest addition of grandfathering. If someone has soooooo many years of this "experience" then let them spend the money, and go test like everyone else. If nothing else, they'll prove their superiority over the less experienced by answering all questions correctly. Maybe Microsoft should grandfather its (worthless) MSCDT to those who have been resizing windows and clicking on start for the last 9 years :) IMHO, worry about yourself and your qualities and let those who live a lie continue to do so. That last comment was not intended for anyone that posted here. Good night |
| 5/9/04: Anonymous says: |
They are only doing this because very few people are bothering to sit there exams. Comptia's Security+ has been far more successful. |
| 5/10/04: Anonymous says: |
Regarding the CISSP exam, it costs to prepare because it covers material in two to three college courses. The exam itself is under $500, but I would like to know where college courses are only that much. All the private schools (good and bad) in my area charge about $1500 per credit. |
| 7/1/04: mv99999 from texas says: |
excellent gestures for those who already possess the cissp ;) just sit down for one test and see how many so called college courses can stack up to it.... |
| 12/20/04: concrete from Isle of Man says: |
I've passed the CISSP and previously looked to do the CompTIA Security exam before hand. After studying the CompTIA it was clearly obvious that the CISSP had more depth of knowledge. The way I judge a cert is to do a quick search on Monster or cwjobs.co.uk (for uk people) for said cert. If there's lots of jobs and lots of money then its worth it. Usually I find the people who whine about certs are the people who aint got them. If employers value it, they value it - end of. |
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