Comments on: Run Away From The CEH Certification http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/2006/06/07/run-away-from-the-ceh-certification/ Bringing Fire To The Village: Your Source For Computer, Network & Information Security News from Dave Lewis, Security Blogger Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:27:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: SKON http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/2006/06/07/run-away-from-the-ceh-certification/#comment-1072 SKON Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:29:50 +0000 http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/2006/06/07/run-away-from-the-ceh-certification/#comment-1072 Some interesting comments on this...dissscussion (mostly mud slinging and throw back the mud on your face). coming to the crux of it and reality stands "CERTIFICATIONS ARE NOT AN END TO PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE IN A FIELD BUT AN ENTRY POINT FOR PEOPLE ENDEAVOURING TO EXPERTISE IN A FIELD". and coming to a new & evolving field like "IT SECURITY" there are bound to be wanna-be companies trying to proving their mark and make profit but making a decision to certify based on remarks above would be a gross mistake . My take would be to look at the certification spread (where trained geographically) , certification brand (market certification knowledge and training associates ) and market acceptance of certification (job postings requiring certification) to decide weather any certification would enhance your industry demand and secure a long term future, other area to look would be course contents if they cover necessary subjects (in either beginner or advanced stages) and the trainer (industry experience) to determine if you have the right staging ground to start learning and enough scope to expand in future. coming to access both the companies (ec-council & mile2) certification on CEH, i would grant ec council to have a first mover advantage and thus have better geographical reach , branding and acceptance , while mile2 have a more evolved and encompassing cirriculum.BUT realising a fact that IF ec-council upgrades it's training material and cirriculum it can overcome mile2 advantage , while mile2 will need a lot of time to reach the market level's of ec-council with more training institutes competiting in the same sector. But please dont take this as advocasy to go for which certification. you have to form your own opnion based on your own perceptions and right knowledge. SKON Some interesting comments on this…dissscussion (mostly mud slinging and throw back the mud on your face). coming to the crux of it and reality stands “CERTIFICATIONS ARE NOT AN END TO PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE IN A FIELD BUT AN ENTRY POINT FOR PEOPLE ENDEAVOURING TO EXPERTISE IN A FIELD”. and coming to a new & evolving field like “IT SECURITY” there are bound to be wanna-be companies trying to proving their mark and make profit but making a decision to certify based on remarks above would be a gross mistake .

My take would be to look at the certification spread (where trained geographically) , certification brand (market certification knowledge and training associates ) and market acceptance of certification (job postings requiring certification) to decide weather any certification would enhance your industry demand and secure a long term future, other area to look would be course contents if they cover necessary subjects (in either beginner or advanced stages) and the trainer (industry experience) to determine if you have the right staging ground to start learning and enough scope to expand in future.

coming to access both the companies (ec-council & mile2) certification on CEH, i would grant ec council to have a first mover advantage and thus have better geographical reach , branding and acceptance , while mile2 have a more evolved and encompassing cirriculum.BUT realising a fact that IF ec-council upgrades it’s training material and cirriculum it can overcome mile2 advantage , while mile2 will need a lot of time to reach the market level’s of ec-council with more training institutes competiting in the same sector.

But please dont take this as advocasy to go for which certification. you have to form your own opnion based on your own perceptions and right knowledge.

SKON

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