Ask HN: CISSP without experience ?

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Post by mshenoy4573 » Tue, Apr 20, 2010, 2:42 PM UTC

To qualify for the CISSP certification one needs to have say 5-10 years of industry experience thats what the website says. So If I do not have any experience but I want to get into the security industry as a fresher or at least attain a few certification to prove my worth what path should I take... Can or should I go for the EC-Council CEH (Certified ethical hacker) certification ? Any tips from anyone in the security industry is much appreciated. Thanks

Re: Ask HN: CISSP without experience ?

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Post by dpritchett » Tue, Apr 20, 2010, 2:55 PM UTC

Ask your local whitehats for advice. Bonus points if you can get to a meetup and start making connections.

I am pretty sure that making positive associations with local white hats will be more likely to get you your first security job than a certification will.

Re: Ask HN: CISSP without experience ?

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Post by mshenoy4573 » Tue, Apr 20, 2010, 3:16 PM UTC

dpritchett wrote: post #2

Ask your local whitehats for advice. Bonus points if you can get to a meetup and start making connections. I am pretty sure that making positive associations with local white hats will be more likely to get you your first security job than a certification will.

Well I am a fresher just got done with my MS in computer science... could you please suggest where I could be part of such an interaction.

Re: Ask HN: CISSP without experience ?

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Post by dpritchett » Tue, Apr 20, 2010, 3:22 PM UTC

mshenoy4573 wrote: post #3

dpritchett wrote: post #2

Ask your local whitehats for advice. Bonus points if you can get to a meetup and start making connections. I am pretty sure that making positive associations with local white hats will be more likely to get you your first security job than a certification will.

Well I am a fresher just got done with my MS in computer science... could you please suggest where I could be part of such an interaction.

Assuming you're still in MA, check out the Boston Security Meetup. Even if it's too general for you I'm sure you'll meet someone who can direct you to a more suitable venue.

http://www.meetup.com/boston-security-meetup/

Re: Ask HN: CISSP without experience ?

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Post by mshenoy4573 » Tue, Apr 20, 2010, 3:51 PM UTC

dpritchett wrote: post #4

mshenoy4573 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well I am a fresher just got done with my MS in computer science... could you please suggest where I could be part of such an interaction.

Assuming you're still in MA, check out the Boston Security Meetup. Even if it's too general for you I'm sure you'll meet someone who can direct you to a more suitable venue. http://www.meetup.com/boston-security-meetup/

Awesome tat sounds good... BTW how did u find out im in MA ..i dnt rem putting up the location info on HN