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[Ardesco]

I'll have special fried rice please.

Solly, we onley sell special flied lice here !!!

[Ruprect]

I'll have special fried rice please.

I think you mean 'Speh fly ry'

you obviously haven't got passed module 1.

[PerlOfWisdom]

What about Cantonese ?

I'll have special fried rice please.

[DanTheMan]

Would be handy just so I can watch decent films without subtitles I spose

[Ardesco]

What about Cantonese ?

[wantacontract]

no...

no learn mandarin!!! china is the way forward..

[DanTheMan]

Yeah I saw that they audit some people randomly. Could always do the CISM first.

[duke748]

Cissp pre-requisite is that you have worked in the IT security Industry for 3-4 years.

Someone I worked with blagged the experience part and passed the exam - then they went back and checked - Apparently the do this for everyone ) Found he was blagging it - Disbarred Him - And banned him from ever taking the exam again

[DanTheMan]

Re:CISSP - Criticisms From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CISSP):

Although the CISSP is widely considered to be the de facto certification for information security professionals, it has also been criticized by some parties:

1) Being an "inch deep and a mile wide" means that the test has little or no depth, and passing it may prove only that a person is good at memorizing facts and passing examinations.

2) It sometimes tests on outdated information (for instance, the CISSP exam as of 2006 still sometimes asks questions about 10BASE2 Ethernet, which has not been widely used since the 1990s).

3) The test is formulated so that testees are to choose the best answer from among a group, rather than an actual correct answer. Some feel that this is a form of "trick" question, and really just tests attention to detail, rather than the subject matter.

4) Some questions given on CISSP tests, and information in the CBK® itself, is technically inaccurate, skewed, or incomplete. For instance, the Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP Exam, based on the CBK®, says that all host-based intrusion detection systems work by reading audit logs -- completely ignoring the fact that the most common such system used today is probably Tripwire, which does not read audit logs. Critics charge that inaccuracies and wild blanket statements such as this are too common within the CBK®.

---but if it looks good on a CV...

[DimPrawn]

Learn Hindi.

That's the future.

[DanTheMan]

Buzzwords are all the rage. I need something that'll make me look proactive....

[DaveB]

I work with loads of CISSPs who are fecking hopeless. It's the new MCSE you know...

Agreed, but it's still a good buzzword to have in your CV as far as agents are concerned

[ratewhore]

Depends what sort of work you want to get into down the line. Qualifications such as CISM and CISSP are both easily doable just from referance material, guide books etc. CISM quaification required some realworld experiance to actually get certified but it's not hard and you can sit the exam anytime you want. CISSP exam is a little tougher but has no other requirements than passing it.

I work with loads of CISSPs who are fecking hopeless. It's the new MCSE you know...

[Sockpuppet]

PRINCE2 its a nice buzzword and with a little home study the test is ok

[DaveB]

Depends what sort of work you want to get into down the line. Qualifications such as CISM and CISSP are both easily doable just from referance material, guide books etc. CISM quaification required some realworld experiance to actually get certified but it's not hard and you can sit the exam anytime you want. CISSP exam is a little tougher but has no other requirements than passing it.