Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Computer security and forensic investigation certificate?
considering getting this with the associates at my community college? any thoughts, etc? anyone know what certain jobs i could get with it?
thanks !
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Associate degree might be your first step, but most employers are looking for people with system admin experience or professional certificate. You should make sure that your associate degree prepares you for one of the information security certifications. Something like the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or maybe Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
There are the types of job I thought you should be interested. For more information see
http://www.sans.org/20coolestcareers/
If you look at the descriptions for these careers you see the SANS Institute classes that you might take for that career. Compare these classes with what your associate degree covers, to determine how well your certificate will prepare you for one of these careers.
* #1 Information Security Crime Investigator/Forensics Expert
* #2 System, Network, and/or Web Penetration Tester
* #3 Forensic Analyst
* #4 Incident Responder
* #5 Security Architect
* #6 Malware Analyst
* #7 Network Security Engineer
* #8 Security Analyst
* #9 Computer Crime Investigator
* #10 CISO/ISO or Director of Security
* #11 Application Penetration Tester
* #12 Security Operations Center Analyst
* #13 Prosecutor Specializing in Information Security Crime
* #14 Technical Director and Deputy CISO
* #15 Intrusion Analyst
* #16 Vulnerability Researcher/ Exploit Developer
* #17 Security Auditor
* #18 Security-savvy Software Developer
* #19 Security Maven in an Application Developer Organization
* #20 Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Analyst/Manager