(Dec 9, 2018 05:13 PM)Godfather6 Wrote:  Questions:
1. Is it worth getting the Red Hat certifications?
2. Will it be useful for someone who wants to get into the Cyber Security field?

(Dec 9, 2018 05:15 PM)realsunjester Wrote:  Really it just depends on how much youre paying for it. if it's cheap, do it, it can't hurt. I can tell you though, you won't get hired for that cert in the security industry. It doesn't hurt but it's not like they are going to look at your resume and go, "oh redhat certified, youre in!".

(Dec 9, 2018 05:27 PM)Godfather6 Wrote:  So you telling me it won't have any use in getting in the security industry, but will the modules covered help me practically on the job? To be specific I am trying to get into Penetration testing and if this certification will be useful then I don't mind getting those certs. It costs £500 in the UK to take the test.

(Dec 9, 2018 05:30 PM)realsunjester Wrote:  it cant hurt and might help a bit for the oscp but more than likely it wont affect you much, in my opinion. of course, i am the kind of guy who tries to get as many certs and possible. i usually pay once a year for most of my certs (and sometimes have to retest, ugh), i dont have the rhcsa though.

do it if you dont mind paying.

(Dec 9, 2018 05:40 PM)Godfather6 Wrote:  Alright thanks! If the topics covered don't help as much I will just skip it for now but I am not going to take it off my list. I might do it next year because my uni offers Red Hat Academy material on the second year which is great.

And how many certs do you have? Is it not a pain in the ass retaking them every 2-3 years??

(Dec 9, 2018 05:46 PM)realsunjester Wrote:  if you dont keep up with the industry, it can be hard. i have n+, comptia sec+ and linux+, ocsp, and wapt

(Dec 9, 2018 05:58 PM)Godfather6 Wrote:  True it is always good to be up to date. And those are some pretty impressive certs you have there, wouldn't you consider doing any of the Cisco ones though? I might aim for the CISSP, I heard its highly valued in the cyber security industry

(Dec 9, 2018 06:02 PM)realsunjester Wrote:  I got most of mine working for some security companies, so most were super discounted, which is why i dont have any cisco ones ;)

cissp is pretty dank though

(Dec 9, 2018 09:07 PM)VoIPv2 Wrote:  Probably the best two in the industry. RHCSA may help with the Linux support side, but Penetration testing requires knowing both and OSX operating systems.