2010 has been my year of security certifications. I have been eligible for quite some time now, both in terms of the pre-requisites and expertise but it is only around mid-2009 that I coaxed myself into attempting various security certifications. Around May I cleared the CISSP and CEH certifications. Last month I cleared the CSSLP [...]
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Take the CISSP, CSSLP and CISM exams in quick succession
December 16th, 2009 · 4 Comments · security
Tags:certifications·CISM·CISSP·CSSLP·tips
The CSSLP exam – quick thoughts
November 9th, 2009 · 8 Comments · reviews, security
I finally took the CSSLP certification exam this Saturday Nov 7. I think I did quite well though there were a ton of ambiguous questions on the exam and I was very unhappy and disappointed due to that. Not ambiguous as in makes-you-ponder-carefully-between-options-ambiguous but ambiguous as in language-and-grammar-usage-ambiguous. Here are a few quick thoughts about [...]
Tags:certification·CSSLP·exam·ISC2·review
Security and usability – Google Chrome’s Incognito mode
September 11th, 2008 · 4 Comments · security, web
Shantanu tells us about Firefox’s Incognito mode and asks us to stop drooling over Google Chrome’s privacy mode labeled Incognito. Does Firefox have an Incognito mode? – Yes. Is it better than Google Chrome’s Incognito mode? – Hell no. When it comes to the masses security is 80% usability and just 20% technology. Picture the [...]
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