As a lecturer, I encounter many students who, while writing their thesis, suffer from bewilderment and time problems. The root of all evil is usually a superficial preparation that has led to an unscientific approach. How would…
How do you learn to lead people? Straight into the deep end! Maybe you first read up on the various theories of staff leadership. Or you ground yourself in the theory during your degree. Or you have a particularly generous employer who sends you on a seminar…
Problem Driven Project Management is a modern alternative to agile project management methods. While the waterfall model still requires everything to be planned through from the top down, and even agile methods still require iterative planning, the point of planning simply falls away in…
It took almost two months for my OSCP (Offensive Security Certified Professional) certificate to arrive from Israel.
I was curious about how widespread the different security certifications are. I put together a small statistic using the advanced search in Xing. As search terms I used the abbreviation of the certification (e.g. CISSP) and the keyword “Security”…
The email just arrived: so far, the OSCP has been the only certification (besides CISSP, CISM, CPSSE, DSB-TÜV) with an unmistakable fun factor. But considerably more exhausting, tougher and far more time-consuming than the others. I can only recommend the OSCP from Offensive Security!
The CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) from the Isc² and the CISM (Certified Information Security Manager) from ISACA are among the most widespread and recognized personal certifications for security professionals. In contrast to the German…
Is the exam hard? I would answer the question like this: Anyone who fails the DSB-TÜV exam after 4-5 days in a data protection officer course either really has very bad luck or simply was not paying attention at all during those days. From the sheer volume alone, you cannot…
After recently seeing yet another job ad for a penetration tester that demanded a CISSP certification, I would like to say a few words about it. The short version: the CISSP has nothing to do with penetration testing or ethical hacking. Absolutely nothing. In…
Which certification should an IT security specialist aim for: CISSP or T.I.S.P.? Characteristics of the CISSP: Higher requirements for professional experience, usually 5 years. The professional experience and basic professional qualification must be endorsed by another CISSP (there are…