What's the industry's view on the CISM cert? I know the CISSP is like the gold standard but what about the CISM? Lots of higher level roles require one or the either so it seems like there is value?

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From what I know about it the CISSP still trumps it, but a lot of jobs will take the CISM as an alternative to the CISSP.

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Experience is king. I for one got CISM since it fits more with my career path

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Depends on your audience. Do what you can to catch the eye of recruiters, but paper won't mean much for practitioners. Experience is king in incident management.

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Isn't your experience audited when applying for the certification once you pass one of the tests?

I'd say relatively close to those that know them, but CISSP is more widely recognized and would probably open more conversations.

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