Study plan for 2013: continued education

2012-12-21 06:03:00

Because I like to keep work and my private life very much separated, I usually try to do as little IT stuff at home as possible. "Work is work, home is home", I often say and so far it's made for a pleasant balance between the two where I don't take home too much stress. But, as much as I dislike it, being in the IT workforce means there is a very real need for continued education. So every once in a while I will do a huge burst of studying in one go, to achieve a specific goal or two. Case in point: 2010's CISSP certification.

However, said CISSP certification means that I will now need to start using a different approach in my continued education. I can no longer work with infrequent bursts, as I need to obtain a certain amount of CPE credits every year. Which is why I broke out the proverbial calculator and did some math to determine what I should do on an annual basis to retain my CISSP. Instead of huge bursts of work, I will now be spreading out my studies.

Which is why I made the following planning, for my 2012/2013 studies.

• [X] Calculate required CPE and form a plan
• [X] Attend web-seminars and read a number of InfoSec Pro magazines to get 2012 to 20CPE.
• [X] I read "The Art of deception" in 2011, which can be registered for 5CPE, getting 2011 to 20CPE.
• [X] I finished my article and poster "SSH keys for dummies: three easy steps for key authentication". +5CPE.
• [  ] I want to obtain the ITILv3 Foundation certification, which adds ~15CPE to 2012's domain A.
• [  ] I will read "Information security risk assessment toolkit" for 5CPE in 2013.
• [  ] In Q1/Q2 of 2013 I would like to obtain the RHCSA certificate. Studytime should equate ~40CPE in domain B.
• [  ] After the RHSCA I could start thinking about the RHCE certification, but that's a long way off.

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