CEH

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?

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.

--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:37:45 -0600, Todd H. wrote:

> 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.

thanks, thats pretty useful.

as for my email, this is my non-business email, more of a personal email.

i do need to get myself a more appropriate one. i'l probably be looking
at hosting and perhaps do some sort of website to promote what the
differences between hacker and cracker is.