From: Harlan Carvey (keydet89yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Apr 02 2004 - 15:31:29 CST

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> Without the experience behind the cert, any and all
> certs aren't even worth the paper they're printed
on.

This is true, and I couldn't agree more. However, the
thing about certs is that they have to be measureable
and repeatable...which, when one becomes popular, very
quickly leads to bootcamps, etc. There a lot of folks
w/ the necessary experience...but even that doesn't
make a "qualified" security professional.

> With that said, the most notable Security
> cert would have to be CISSP.

The CISSP may be useful for Robert's upper-level
folks, but it's really more of a management level
cert. For what Robert seems to want to do, I wouldn't
think that any certs would be necessary...after all,
are small businesses really going to want to pay the
higher price for folks w/ high-level certs?

Robert, saying you want to set up a security
consultancy for small businesses, what kind of
services do you plan to offer? Maybe that would help
your decision regarding certifications. It might be
advisable to look for folks w/ MCSEs, Red Hat
cert...whatever os's you're going to support.

Hope that helps a bit...

Harlan

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