Re: Question for information security professionals
From: MT (mt_at_somewhere.com)
Date: 01/24/04
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Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 00:59:31 GMT
Thank you, I think that the Security+ may be what I was originally searching
for when I located the CISSP program. I will lookinto it.
thank you!
"kulm_nd" <g-w@ComcastREMOVE.net> wrote in message
news:pb0Qb.33254$P%1.26098956@newssvr28.news.prodigy.com...
> Security+ cert is the first step. Security typically covers malicious
code,
> attacks like DoS, remote access, e-mail, web server security, directory
and
> file transfers, IM, wireless security, network topology security,
intrusion
> detection, encryption, physical security, computer forensics, and social
> engineering. As you can see, lots of operating system and software
security.
>
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> "MT" <mt@somewhere.com> wrote in message
> news:8u%Pb.45276$f97.14184@fe3.columbus.rr.com...
> > I have been a software developer (mainly C++, Java, Perl and Oracle) for
> the
> > last eight years now and I am interested in taking my career down a
> > different but related technical path. Anyway to get straight to the
point:
> > could anyone please tell me what discipline Information Security falls
> > under. I know very little about it at this point but would like to learn
> > more. Is it something that a developer like myself could transition into
> or
> > is it more of a network engineer or systems administration field? Or is
it
> > perhaps a little of each?
> >
> > Could anyone post some links or refer some books that could get me
> started?
> >
> > I was looking at the CISSP program hoping that it would be a good start,
> and
> > also hoping that certification would aid me in making the career switch,
> but
> > it seems that this program is designed for someone that already has 3-4
> > years of professional information security experience under their belt.
> Are
> > there any other information security certification programs that a
> beginner
> > like myself could use as a guide to get started?
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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