Myke <human.virusboy@gmail.com> writes:

> here's a question, being a security group...
>
> what sort of jobs would a CEH suit, i got a qualification in it, but i
> imagine alot of companies would be scared by the word "hacker" in the
> title lol... any ideas?

I'd be more concerned by your email address as a potential employer
than your EC-Council certification.

I know CEH's in penetration tester roles at security consultant
firms. I also know a CEH who's moved into doing forensics/incident
response work.

It's a base level certification and depending on your trainer, a
fairly decent one. It'd best serve you in companies or departments
that have people who understand security, who understand the value of
internal penetration testing and ethical hacking. Joe's mid-size
account firm with a 2-person IT group might not be a good fit per se,
but larger organizations where you ahve dedicated security guys
shouldn't be scared off by the term hacker. In fact, I think ethical
hacking is two words that tell the story very well describing the type
of work done in a penetration test or value added vulnerability
assessment.

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Todd H.
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