just saw this post so perhaps i'll chip in my 2 cents worth :)

it is true that cissp awareness in singapore is lacking but do look at the
bright side. a colleague who took it last july in singapore said that there
were over a hundred candidates taking them... (not sure how true but then
again why would he lie?). it was also the first time the paper was held in
singapore. hopefully, they'll hold it again here this year cos i wanna take
mine this year :P and if some of you do remember, about a year ago, there
were only less than 5 people listed in isc2 website for singapore... now...
it's more than 40 people...!!!

btw, he was sponsored by my company (hopefully i'll be sponsored too this
year) so i think tat the awareness though low... is spreading at a very
rapid rate.

cheers!
shinobi

----- Original Message -----
From: "Danny Seffens" <DSEFF001@bmcjax.com>
To: <CISSPSTUDY@securityfocus.com>; <andrewjw@singnet.com.sg>
Sent: Thursday, 17 January, 2002 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: Spreading the awareness of CISSP

Singapore isn't the only country where CISSP awareness is lacking. I passed
my certification in November, and I've found since then that very few people
outside the Infosec community know of the cert.

I think there should be a lot more effort put toward marketing the cert and
its value to the IT community as a whole.

Just my 2 cents.

Danny Seffens CISSP

>>> "Andrew Chong" <andrewjw@singnet.com.sg> 01/16/02 09:43AM >>>
Hi,

I'm a Singaporean who has just got my CISSP 1 month ago on my first try.
However I find that alot of Singaporeans are not aware of this
certification. A few months ago, my VP of IT told us to think of a Core
Competence Plus (CC+) topic which everyone need to do. I told my VP that I'd
like to take the CISSP examination and this would be my CC+. Firstly, my VP
don't know what is CISSP and have never heard of ISC2. Secondly, he told me
that "This certification only benefit yourself and it doesn't benefit the
company in any way". His answers didn't affect me in any way. I flew to
HongKong with my friend to take the examination. Luckily, I pass but not for
my friend...he got 696 points! 4 more marks to pass..how unfortunate.

The question here is how can ISC2 spread the awarness of CISSP certification
in Singapore or in other countries.

Thank you

Andrew Chong, CISSP
Senior Systems Architect

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