Back in July, while studying for the CISSP exam, I proposed that Kerberos (or Cerberus), the three-headed dog from Greek mythology that guards the gates of Hades, ought to be proclaimed the mascot of the CISSP exam.   I furthermore suggested that Busticating a Behemoth into manageable chunks was a good approach to CISSP exam preparation.

Well, I’m pleased to report that I did it!  I received official word this morning that my designation is official.  I can now join the ranks of fellow professionals with the acronym “CISSP” after our names.

I don’t really feel much smarter, but I am gratified to have tackled the big challenge and prevailed.

Father to young son, “If you eat any more ice cream, you are going to explode!”

Son to Father, “Pass the ice cream, and stand back!”

That is about what I feel like right now, although I am ingesting Information Security information rather than ice cream.  If I try to stuff one more arcane detail about encryption algorithms, security models  or communications protocols into my brain, I think it will explode.

So … pass the information and stand back!

I think that Kerberos (or Cerberus), the three-headed dog from Greek mythology that guards the gates of Hades, ought to be proclaimed the mascot of the CISSP exam.  I think studying for the exam (including Kerberos, the computer network authentication protocol) is going to eat me alive.