Become VALUABLE to BUSINESS

Its a no brainer that business will pay you more in money, in attention, in tenure, if you are valuable to them in terms of their customers and or their business THAN... a person who just has a fist full of certs that do nothing more than know how to 'configure' something.

DISCUSSIONS AROUND BEING MORE VALUABLE TO THE BUSINESS AS AN IT PRACTITIONER IN IT SECURITY

Information Security Community (30,000+ Members)

1. IS it MORE important to work HARD or work SMART?

2. Why companies want to hire GOOD information security professionals (CISSP, CISA, CISM) BUT reluctant to give good salary hike?


3. Why management does not treat Information Security as business enabler and treat as cost center?

4. NOW that the horse has bolted... is it unwise to ask how EFFECTIVE RISK MANAGEMENT really is?

5. SALES PEOPLE USING THE SAME OLD TECHNIQUES? DRIVING YOU CRAZY?

6. Business Drivers for Network and Application Security (YouTube Video)

7. I have a chance to get some training. Which is the better course to take CISA or CISSP?
Timothy Philips points to some great questions its BEST to be ABLE to ANSWER "For the professional seeking to leverage training dollars one must first understand where you want to go. I'd ask my staff to honestly tell me where they wanted to be in 3 to 5 years, then I'd ask them to assess their skill sets against the business objectives we have collectively set for them for the next 12 months, and any deficiency in their skill set requirements for their job today. Now this takes a bit of conversation and a strong level of trust for them to open up, I usually added that it was okay if they didn't see themselves in security in 3 to 5 years."

8. Learn to Land a JOB


Information Security Careers Network
1. CERTS.. Are you Maximising the Return on YOUR Asset?

2. TO WHAT extent do you LEVERAGE Sales REPS to bring GLARING GAPS (in security) to your ATTENTION quickly?

3.WHAT happens when you have got a wheelbarrow of certs but NOT seen as good enough

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