Re: Which Certification track is better? ISACA vs. ISC2 vs. SANS vs...?

clusterfsck@xxxxxxxxx writes:

Don't want to start a "my cert is better than yours" war here, but
which is better?

SANS -- It seems that SANS is very well recognized, but I am curious
about how it is you take a 5 day class and are now ready to test into a
cert.

The secret is: Not everyone passes. :-)

it also seems that they are far more granular, I don't know if
this limited scope is what makes the 5 day class do-able, or if it is
simply a way to generate more revenue by offering more classes and more
tests (SANS classes are some of the most expensive I have seen)

ISC2 -- ISC2 offers the CISSP and several others which are rather broad
in scope and seem more focused on the security manager/exec than the
security implementer or architect.

I'd disagree. While CISSP is a fairly broad, shallow cert, it is
probbaly the best recognized out there.

ISACA -- ISACA offers the CISA and CISM, which seem more global in
scope than the SANS certs and a more middle-of-the-road path between
executive and implementer/architect.

This one isn't on my radar, fwiw.

EC-Council also has their Certified Ethical Hacker certs, and the
training and certification are challenging bootcamp style things.
Less than half of a recent class was able to pass the first attempt at
the test. Infosec Institute does a nice job with training on these.
I might add this to your list, though I don't think they are as well
known as SANS or CISSP.

Best Regards,
--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/
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