Get qualified Certification - that's the name of the game

摘要

If you are looking for career advancement in information security, you might need more than a strong work ethic. To be sure that job candidates have the knowledge they seek, rising numbers of employers are searching for one specific ingredient on a resume - a certification. Candidates are judged according to certifications, which are seen as a guarantee that someone has the required level of knowledge to be considered for a job, according to some experts. "It's increasingly important to have a certification,particularly if you're going to get to the level of chief information security officer," says David Cullinane, president of Information Systems Security Association (ISSA). "I know some really good people who don't have their CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional), or some equivalent certification, and are having a hard time getting the jobs they want for that simple reason - they can't get past the first cut."