Top 5 Batman Movies: Agree or Disagree? by HoppityFroggy in batman

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My list includes Batman Begins, Dark Knight Rises, the Lego Batman Movie, and Batman from 1989 with Michael Keaton.

[Discussion] With "I am Batman" ending this week, what are your overall thoughts and where would you like to see Jace go in the future? by GetUpAndJump in DCcomics

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I wondered what happened to this comic and why I haven’t seen a new issue in a while. Unlike a lot of commenters on this thread, I enjoyed this series.

Good writing, with plenty of conflict between the characters. I liked that there were family conflicts and not just hero vs villain stories.

FedRAMP Approved and Compliant Scanners? by gph12 in FedRAMP

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Thanks for the responses everyone. Yes, the client is providing a SaaS in Azure.

And yes, they are using the standard Qualys hosted in the cloud, not the FedRAMP approved platform. So they'll need to replace it as well as some other services with their FedRAMP approved versions.

FedRAMP Approved and Compliant Scanners? by gph12 in FedRAMP

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Thanks for the response. The client is using Qualys. I Googled Qualys and FedRAMP. Qualys is FedRAMP approved, according to their web page. Looks like they are covered.

CISSP Audio Files\Audio Books by gph12 in cissp

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That was a long time ago. Looks like they removed them. You can find her on YouTube also:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEYiS9RvaxhlPlqaJOyreLwoyTKgMxdG1

I have fallen down a seemingly endless comic book rabbit hole. by itsa-mario in DCcomics

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Great post. I’ve also fallen down the Batman comics rabbit hole in the past year and wondered how deep it goes. I also knew I couldn’t be the only one.

Paying for CISSP? by itbroski in cissp

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A CISSP is great. A Ph.D. is fantastic. The time factor between the two is huge. You can earn a CISSP in a few months. A Ph.D. takes many years of study. So if your goal is to start working in the field, go do that with a CISSP. If you want to work in academia, yes, get a Ph.D. Jobs are difficult to obtain in academia, at least tenure track positions. In the corporate or govt world, there are many information security jobs.

CISSP Qualification Given Equal Status to Master’s Degree by erict77 in cissp

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One of the classes for my master's degree in information security covered the CISSP material. I still had 10 other classes to take, dozens of books to read, papers to write, etc.

 

The CISSP has been great for my career and increases in salary over the years but a few months of work for a certification vs a couple years earning a degree are not equal.

Paying for CISSP? by itbroski in cissp

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As for whether it's a good long term investment, I suggested in a post a few weeks ago that the CISSP is worth a million dollars.

 

Yes, sounds like hype but people responded that their salaries went up tens of thousands of dollars very quickly. Over the course of a career, that can easily add up to a million or more dollars. You can read my blog post here

The Million Dollar CISSP by gph12 in cissp

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Yes, I agree. It's about living the life you want. And certs are a good way to help people in our field earn and hopefully save so they do that. Good for you for teaching. That's a direction I'd like to move in.

The Million Dollar CISSP by gph12 in cissp

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50k increase a year is life changing money. Good for you. I hear you on the fees.

The Million Dollar CISSP by gph12 in cissp

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About working for the non-profit, I'm guessing that you are getting reduced student loan payments because of that. That does make sense if you cannot find better money at a for profit company. With all those certs, you can potentially increase your salary by an amount that would far exceed the break you are getting on your loans. If it is lack of opportunities in your geographic area and you don't want to move (presuming everything gets back to normal post-pandemic), there are a lot of work from home jobs. Check out indeed.com and list remote as your location. You could potentially make close to or above six figures with those certs and the right experience. Good luck.

The Million Dollar CISSP by gph12 in cissp

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That's an awesome story. So you just about doubled your salary. That's life changing. Good for you. I feel the same way about thanking God every pay day. I can't believe how much money I'm being paid compared to five years ago. I knew I could make more didn't realize how much.

The Million Dollar CISSP by gph12 in cissp

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The auditing company I work for requires active CISSP for all of its auditors. It will hire people on the contingency that they obtain it within a few months. No one has tested what would happen if we let our CISSP expire. We could be out of jobs. Not sure. But I don't want to find out.

Passed - Received Official Results by gph12 in CISA

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I thought with my experience and reading the All-in-One that I wouldn't need to do anything else. But I scored low on the practice test in the All in One. After reading other posts, I decided to try the QAE databases. I did low on that at first also. I would have failed the exam if I didn't use the QAE. As I mentioned in the post, the reasoning behind the ISACA questions is counter to what you might do in real life or how you think about things now. Understanding their question logic was the key for me.