Like you said, doing a certification proves little beyond your memorization skills.

The idea of certifications sounds good, but they do little to help: If an idiot obtains a certificate, he will still be an idiot - but with a certificate.

My experience is that corporations rather hire people who have certifications or have worked with say, selling firewalls, because that makes them sooooo much more competent for an IT security position which require analysis and deep technical skills (Spot the sarcastic remark for 10 points).

Bottom line:

I would totally LOVE the certification presented here, i am sure that i would pass with flying colors and some people who have worked with IT Security for years would fail miserably.

Lets get the incompetent people out of the IT Security business!


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