--Originally published at El Machetero Blog´s
Maybe you know a lot about computer security and feel like you´re ready to go outside and work, or you need to, because you don´t want to die and food isn´t free and we live in a cruel world, but hey either way, you need to work and have to prove companies what you´re worth and can do, the problem is no one will trust you just because, that´s why some organizations create some credentials or certificates, to validate those who own it of certain knowledge in the specified topics.
There are four different sources that provides credentials and certifications:
- Schools and Universities
- “Vendor” sponsored credentials (e.g. Microsoft, Cisco)
- Association and Organization sponsored credentials
- Government
But giving the fact that there are a ton of different certifications, you should only do those that you´re interested in and suits better to what you want to do.
According to this page Top 5 Information Security Certifications, this are the best 5 certifications for 2016
- CompTIA Security+
- CEH: Certified Ethical Hacker
- GSEC: SANS GIAC Security Essentials
- CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional
- CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
But it all depends on what you want to do and where, because some companies only take some certificates, for example Cisco for Networking that even has it´s own certificates, a different certification would be used for cryptography, or pen-testing, you should also take in consideration the level of acknowledgment of who is issuing the certificate like CompTIA, EC Council, Cisco, GIAC, ISACA and (ISC)2.
But as we´ve already said it all depends on what you want to do, so choose wisely.
In collaboration with Miguel and Ari.
