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Scholarships for Security Certification
- Subject: Scholarships for Security Certification
- From: guninski at guninski.com (Georgi Guninski)
- Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 15:59:18 +0300
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <CAPkBPbAnkm-wmN=V94O0XhxHVLBD1rPhjoKszXnBck+Wx2jmKw@mail.gmail.com> <[email protected]>
On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 01:10:58PM -0400, John Newman wrote:
> These "ethical hacker" degree programs are, IMO, basically a scam.
> I've screened ppl for interviews at work and basically learned to ignore
> anyone whose only significant qualification is one of these programs...
>
> Amazing how they can get certified and not even know the diff
> between the passwd & shadow file, or su vs sudo, or the most
> BASIC shit...
>
It is highly profitable to be CISO (chief info security officer),
read that salaries are 1M euro/year. Probably such positions require as
many certificates as possible.