Welp, held off on CCIE Security studies. Got bored and was sidetracked by Netscreens and Stonegate's, see latest additions to the frankenstein lab http://www.infiltrated.net/AugDeskPix/ Right now the following is on my plate... NSA IAM, CISM (December seat confirmed), OPST and OPSA. Sadly, the industry is sort of boring me, I'm unsure which way I want to go at this point. Management (CISM, CISSP) is not my cup of tea as politics bore me and I can't have industrial music flaring from an office, wear my Seven for All Mankind jeans and baseball caps...
Currently reading the CISM Review Manual 2008 (ISACA), Security Assessment - Case Studies for Implementing the NSA IAM, Enterprise Security Architecture - A Business Driven Approach, too many NIST, PCI/DSS, Sox stuff to mention. I've been asked to assist with the creation of the OWASP certification, declined SANS' paid invitation to assist with creating VoIP security offering being done by. Dr. Eric Cole, and am in the process of a penetration testing patent...
Where do I go from here... Keatron maybe you can advise... I don't do things for money so I'm not asking "where can I make uber dollars!@" I'd rather my jeans and baseball hats for a corner office anytimeBritish Telecom is offering me a pentesting (Tiger Team) position for a lot of money I intend on turning down... Besides, sometimes I make more doing my own thing outside of work...
So, after 10+ years heavily into security, almost 17 years professional IT experience, what shall I do with myself. I feel like a dinosaur considering I still remember my ColecoVision Adam computer... And if you have to ask what that is... ! ... Should I write a book? Teach courses, Retire from security into something altogether different? ... Ramble on? Is it just me or do others with 10+ years get bored with security nowadays... Nothing surprises me, shocks me, makes me think twice. Not Dan Kaminski's attack, not Kapela's rehashed BGP hijack... Anyhow, what are some interesting, fun, difficult certs to get... I started CCIE studies looooooooong ago, but got bored with them too. I also became puzzled after correcting many a CCIE...
Maybe its the equiv of a 7even year itch or something...
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