Re: Federally Mandated Certification of cybersecurity professionals?
Posted by Louis Brooks on Apr 03
A nationally recognized certification program could lead to a more
professional view of our field. Right now anyone with a laptop, nmap and
Nessus can call themselves a cybersecurity professional. A minimum
standard would at least lend some creditability to the title. It would
also allow…
Re: Federally Mandated Certification of cybersecurity professionals?
Posted by macubergeek on Apr 3
Hmmmm
I thought that the CISSP was supposed to solve this problem?
Jim
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On Apr 3, 2009, at 9:54 AM, Louis Brooks <lbrooks_at_admin.fsu.edu> wrote:
> A nationally recognized certification program could lead to a more
> professional view of our…
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Re: Federally Mandated Certification of cybersecurity professionals?
Posted by Wolf on Apr 3
It is already mandated by Department of Defense that all cybersecurity/information assurance professionals will have a recognized certification. DoD 8570 specifically outlines the whos and whats for that requirement.
While a certification does not guarantee competency, the need for individuals…
URL: http://seclists.org/pen-test/2009/Apr/0027.html
Re: Federally Mandated Certification of cybersecurity professionals?
Posted by Michal Zalewski on Apr 3
> A nationally recognized certification program could lead to a more
> professional view of our field. Right now anyone with a laptop, nmap and
> Nessus can call themselves a cybersecurity professional.
The same argument could be easily made about every other white collar
job – but…
URL: http://seclists.org/pen-test/2009/Apr/0022.html
Re: Federally Mandated Certification of cybersecurity professionals?
Posted by John Bambenek on Apr 03
Because the US federal government is oh so good at weeding out
unscrupulous people?
Louis Brooks wrote:
> A nationally recognized certification program could lead to a more
> professional view of our field. Right now anyone with a laptop, nmap
> and Nessus can call themselves a…
URL: http://seclists.org/pen-test/2009/Apr/0021.html
Re: Federally Mandated Certification of cybersecurity professionals?
Posted by Michael Painter on Apr 3
Staff Working Draft here:
http://lauren.vortex.com/Cyber-S-2009.pdf
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Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 4:17 PM
Re: Federally Mandated Certification of cybersecurity professionals?
Posted by macubergeek on Apr 8
Wolf
I believe there were moves afoot to have something like that in the
civilian fed space as well. This new legislation will do little to
ensure competency. The feds only solution to any problem is to take a
profession already hampered with hoop jumping and to add more hoops.
Jk
On…
URL: http://seclists.org/pen-test/2009/Apr/0056.html
Re: Federally Mandated Certification of cybersecurity professionals?
Posted by J. Oquendo on Apr 9
On Wed, 08 Apr 2009, macubergeek wrote:
> Wolf
>
> I believe there were moves afoot to have something like that in the
> civilian fed space as well. This new legislation will do little to
> ensure competency. The feds only solution to any problem is to take a
>…
URL: http://seclists.org/pen-test/2009/Apr/0061.html
Re: Federally Mandated Certification of cybersecurity professionals?
Posted by Pete Herzog on Apr 14
Hi,
> The field evolves far too quickly for it to be possible to create any
> meaningful technical exam and apply it across the entire
> InfoSec/CyberSecurity/bureaucratic buzzword of the day industry. The
I don’t think the question here is just one of technology. Since the
…
URL: http://seclists.org/pen-test/2009/Apr/0076.html
Re: Federally Mandated Certification of cybersecurity professionals?
Posted by Stephen Mullins on Apr 14
It’s a question of scale. I know there can be solid technical
certification programs as well. But how do you mandate that across
everyone in the U.S. that is going to be calling themselves an
"information security professional" in the next couple of decades?
Sure, everyone wants…
URL: http://seclists.org/pen-test/2009/Apr/0078.html
Re: Federally Mandated Certification of cybersecurity professionals?
Posted by Pete Herzog on Apr 14
> It’s a question of scale. I know there can be solid technical
> certification programs as well. But how do you mandate that across
> everyone in the U.S. that is going to be calling themselves an
> "information security professional" in the next couple of decades?
…
URL: http://seclists.org/pen-test/2009/Apr/0084.html
Re: Federally Mandated Certification of cybersecurity professionals?
Posted by Andre Gironda on Apr 14
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Pete Herzog <lists_at_isecom.org> wrote:
> First, you’re preaching to the choir. I am against federally mandated
> certification and licensing. Very against it. I am certainly not against
> wanting all security professionals to know how to…
URL: http://seclists.org/pen-test/2009/Apr/0092.html