Time for a new certification

Time for a new certification
Don Parker, 2007-05-01

I wrote a column for Securityfocus some time ago that aired my concerns over GIAC dropping the practical portion of their certification process. That column resulted in a lot of feedback, with most agreeing about how GIAC bungled what was up till then, the best certification around.

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Time for a new certification 2007-05-01
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Rob Shein

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Anonymous (2 replies)

Re: Time for a new certification 2007-05-06
Don Parker

I can understand your frustration with the certification predicament. It is indeed a process which is broken, and now seems to simply be a money machine for those who offer them. That said, certs are not going to be going away any time soon. So I proposed a new cert that would level the playing field. It would test candidates on actual knowledge vice memory. To answer your earlier question "what am I to do?" Reality is that you will need to get certs and continue to recertify. Not all employers need them, but a good chunk do.

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