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Obviously it takes time to build a profession, but you've got to start somewhere, and part of that path is certification. Unfortunately the industry is growing
by raesene6 10y ago
Obviously it takes time to build a profession, but you've got to start somewhere, and part of that path is certification.
Unfortunately the industry is growing far faster than perhaps happened for previous emergent professions, so the time needed to slowly grow professional bodies isn't available.
If it's not commercial organisations that start providing those services, the only other options I can see are some form of union, or some government mandated body. Those are options, but both have their challenges.
Both those options have their downsides.
- tptacek 10y agoNo, you're describing a cart that is pulling its horse. The "certification", in whatever form it takes, must follow the professionalization of the field. Regardless, none of the certificates you've mentioned --- OSCP, CREST, or SANS --- will define information security. None of them have any meaningful credibility to experts.
- raesene6 10y agoInteresting, so what's your view of how professionalization of the industry should get started?