I am not trying to knock you, or the CISSP program, but in my experience most accreditation systems are just money making scams. As the saying goes "the proof is in the pudding", if you are capable of securing, keeping a machine secure and fixing machines that have been compromised, then you can claim to be experienced, and it doesn't matter what letters you put after your name.
I second that. However, the way HR departments work can be described with this simple command:
grep -v alphabet-soup list-of-applicants.txt > reject-list.txt
Basically, very often you get screened out long before anybody competent gets a chance to look into your resume. So it is up to you. Not wasting time and money on some alphabet soup and lowering your chances of finding a job, or spending some time and money on some sily title. Sometimes I think this is conspiracy between HR departments and certification organizations... Whatever it is, it is very profitable business. Just look how much Microsoft is charging for classes and certificates...
BOFH... Hmmmm... Wonder how that would look in my resume, gota try it out at least once ;-)
-- Aleksandar Milivojevic <amilivojevic@xxxxxx> Pollard Banknote Limited Systems Administrator 1499 Buffalo Place Tel: (204) 474-2323 ext 276 Winnipeg, MB R3T 1L7
