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Is CISSP worth it?

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 11:00:20 +0000

Once people finish asking me how hard CISSP is, they often follow up with another question: Is CISSP worth it? As long as you have something to back it up with, I think the answer is a resounding yes. Let’s

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CISSP continuing education

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 11:00:30 +0000

Besides work experience, I probably get more questions about CISSP continuing education than anything else CISSP-related. Fortunately, keeping your CISSP can be a lot cheaper and easier than getting it in the first place was. CISSP continuing education is measured

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Taking back the drive time

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 11:00:06 +0000

Several months ago, I started listening to security podcasts in the car during my commute. I probably have my annual CPE requirement tripled by now–I’ll go submit my 30 in a week or two, and I don’t see much point

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CPE opportunity: Exploding the Phone

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 10:46:57 +0000

This week Cnet interviewed Phil Lapsley, the author of Exploding the Phone, a book about the early history of phone phreaking. Phone phreaking is absolutely fair game for the CISSP exam. I couldn’t tell you anymore how many phone phreaking

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Time to make a new rule for work

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:01:42 +0000

I propose a new rule. I think it’s a very modest and very reasonable proposal. It has two parts. 1. No meeting can last longer than 6 hours (the length of the CISSP exam) 2. Material presented in said meetings

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