Prerequisite for GIAC certified Windows security administrator

Prerequisite for GIAC certified Windows security administrator

What can you say about the new GCWN SANS certification, GIAC certified Windows security administrator? Would this be better to pursue if I have a background in Microsoft as opposed to the CISSP?


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To obtain the GCWN cert, you must either take and pass the SANS GSEC or supply an alternative, acceptable credential. It just so happens that the CISSP is recogized as such an alternative, and it also happens that the CISSP is better recognized and more frequently requested by name than any other security cert. Thus, you might be best served by pursuing both!


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Ask the Expert: Entry-level certs prior to CISSP


This was first published in September 2002