Agree to some extent. In some places getting a certificate is just a means to get through the door. But yes it has very little to do with actual skills.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s an excerpt from a 2016 Ars Technica article: Recruiter Thomas Ptacek, whose Chicago-based agency Starfighter specializes in recruiting security folk, describes the CISSP as \u201ca joke,\u201d and claims that in his experience a job description requiring a CISSP was a warning flag to industry elite not to apply. \u201cI don\u2019t think there are that many high-level practitioners outside of management who put much stock in the CISSP,\u201d he says. Dan Tentler, founder of the attack simulation consultancy Phobos Group, compares hiring infosec workers based on passing an exam to hiring other professionals on the same basis: \u201cWould you feel comfortable letting a doctor be your primary care physician if all it took was to pass a written multiple choice exam?\u201d He believes that \u201cISC2 is making money hand over fist,\u201d and that the organization is \u201cdiluting the market with<\/p><\/blockquote>\n