SSCP vs CISSP

From: Amit Gandre (agandre@cise.ufl.edu)
Date: 10/05/01 

Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 22:03:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: Amit Gandre <agandre@cise.ufl.edu>
To: SECURITY-BASICS@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
Subject: SSCP vs CISSP
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.05.10110042200260.26515-100000@rain.cise.ufl.edu>

Hi,
    Can someone tell me why one should consider SSCP/CISSP to the
other? How can they be compared with the SANS certification?

    Also, I would like to know good books for SSCP and CISSP. I am
primarily concerend with SSCP.

    
    Thanks

Amit