Lately, I have been spending my time preparing and finally taking the GIAC Information Security Professional (GISP) and the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification exams. I passed both. The exams are very different, though they cover the same material. I figured I would take some time to discuss my impressions [...]
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Security Sects: Destroying Relational Competence
Posted in Application, CISSP, COBIT, Defense in Depth, ISACA, Information Security Governance, Opinion, Policies, Relation Competence, Risk on Mar 21st, 2009
I come bearing no answers, only questions. This being the SecurityMonks website, I could not allow the article, “The High Priests of IT — And the Heretics” to pass without comment. No heretics or high priests here. Only a simple security monk. The author, Cory Doctorow, makes his argument well. [...]
This past week, I took and passed the certification exam to become a GIAC Information Security Professional (GISP). The GISP focuses on the same material covered by the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Common Body of Knowledge (CBK). To prepare for both exams, SANS offers the SANS® +S™ Training Program for the [...]