Article: 10 Hottest Certifications for 2002

From: Meritt James (meritt_james@bah.com)
Date: 12/14/01 

Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 11:34:39 -0500
From: "Meritt James" <meritt_james@bah.com>
To: Shannon Rush <srush@affidia.com>, security-basics@security-focus.com

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Vendor: ISC2
Category: Security
Reader Interest Score (out of 20): 7
Buzz Score (out of 10): 9
Total: 16

Sure, there are plenty of great security certifications out there. But
when it comes to reputation, the CISSP leads the pack, and for good
reason -- it's far and away the most difficult to achieve. First,
candidates must provide documentation that they have three years of
hands-on experience in a particular security specialty. Only then are
they given the opportunity to battle the title's monster of an exam (six
hours to tackle 250 questions covering a broad range of material-study
groups, here you come).

So even though not many of you said you're planning to get this
certification next year (thus the low reader interest score of 7 out of
20), it still made into our top 10 based on its buzz (a 9 out of 10 -
the highest score we gave to any certification on this list). Security
is sizzling and will be even hotter in 2002, and certs that are tough to
get are always in demand. All of our experts agreed: For those of you
who meet this title's requirements, it's impossible to go wrong with the
CISSP.

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Full article at
http://www.certcities.com/editorial/features/story.asp?EditorialsID=37 

-- 
James W. Meritt CISSP, CISA
Booz | Allen | Hamilton
phone: (410) 684-6566

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