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Posted by Tim Jackson on July 22, 2007, 5:28 am
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> I'm puzzled by something on the web site that identifies the requirements
> for CISSP certification, specifically the professional experience
> requirements and the wavers allowed for college education. It says that
> they'll waive a year of the professional experience for someone who has "a
> four-year college degree OR Master's Degree in information security from a
> U.S. National Center of Academic Excellence in information Security":
>
> https://www.isc2.org/cgi-bin/content.cgi?category=1187
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> My question is this: doesn't having a master's degree imply in all cases
> that the person also has a four-year college degree? I know it's possible to
> earn a PhD without first getting a master's degree, but I've never heard of
> anyone being able to skip a bachelor's degree and go directly into a
> master's program. So is the CISSP master's degree waiver statement pointless
> and if not, what am I missing? I first thought that perhaps they meant that
> they'd waive TWO years if you had BOTH a four-year degree and the master's,
> but their web site explicitly says that's not the case ("If you hold both a
> four-year degree and a Master's degree, you may only apply for a one year
> waiver of experience").
>
>
It's a long time ago but I seem to remember having rules like that back
when I worked for a university. I think the point was that it is
possible to obtain a master's degree in a subject (in this case infosec)
on the back of a bachelor's in a different but related subject. So the
rules are worded like that to admit those holders of a master's degree
whose first degree was not strictly "in information security from a U.S.
National Center of Academic Excellence in information Security", but
nonetheless gained them admission to a master's course that was.
So the one-year waiver applies if you have either done a first degree in
the subject, or followed up a first degree in something else with a
master's in the subject. Seems logical.
Tim Jackson
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