Year: 2008
Andrew Hay, Now With 100% More CISSP
If you couldn’t guess by the title of this blog post, I have indeed passed by CISSP certification exam (phew). I always reserve my judgement on the usefulness of particular certifications until I actually sit down and attempt them (unlike some people in the industry — you know who you are). Was it worth it? I believe it was. Due to the scope of the exam I forced myself to learn aspects of security that I had neither the reason, nor the desire, to understand. I feel that I have grown as a security professional because of my studies and hope that I can help others with the things that I have learned.
I’d like to give a shout out those people (you know who you are) who either helped me or reassured me that I would succeed. Thanks everyone!
Invited to Contribute to The Encyclopedia of Information Assurance
My friend and colleague Rebecca Herold has graciously invited me to contribute a section on Detective Controls: Effectively Using Logs to her upcoming book, the Encyclopedia of Information Assurance (AUERBACH, ISBN 1420066757). I have humbly accepted and look forward to contributing to what sounds like a fantastic resource for the security community.
Andrew, What’s Up?
Hey All,
I thought I’d drop a quick post to let you know what’s been keeping me occupied (and away from blogging) for the last few weeks:
Studying For My CISSP Exam
As many of you know, out of spite, I’ll be taking my CISSP exam on June 28th in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. This is taking quite a bit of my time so I am very “head-down” trying to jam as much information into my head as possible. Wish me luck!
Writing Another Book
I’ve also signed on to write the Nokia Firewall, VPN, and IPSO Configuration Guide (Syngress, ISBN 9781597492867). Note to self, don’t agree to author a book when planning for a large exam.
Drafting Call-For-Papers for Various Conferences
I’ve been trying to get a bunch of CFPs drafted for various fall conferences. Takes a lot of time to produce quality papers that have a chance of being accepted.
SANS GIAC Gold Paper
My SANS GIAC GCIH Gold paper is due August 22nd, 2008 so I’ve been working on getting all the information I need together to draft a killer paper.
Busy, busy, busy 🙂