Re: CCIE Recert loophole?

I think that it is also so that if one passes say SP written for a
recert and then passes Security writtent in a week, that will not get
him- her a 48 months of cert validation.

A.

Scott M Vermillion wrote:
> While one short-term "advantage" of the recert policy is that you can
> get four years by taking the written the day after you pass the lab,
> the true advantage that I see with the current policy is that you can
> chose to get ahead instead of falling behind. For those of us who
> travel sometimes for months on end, that's a nice safety net. I
> recertified about a year after passing the lab and that took me out to
> that four year point (four years from passing the lab that is). But
> I'm not waiting until the last minute; to the contrary, my target is
> to recert the very first day of my next 24-month recertification
> period and every first day of every recert period thereafter. This
> way I have a 24 month cushion (36 really) if I get caught up in the
> heat of battle and can't dedicate myself to properly preparing for the
> exam. You have to recert once every 24 months and you are allowed to
> recert no more than once every 24 months, so the choice really is
> yours if you're doing that at the beginning, middle, or end of your
> 24-month cycle.
>
>
> On May 11, 2009, at 12:59 , Bogdan Sass wrote:
>
>> D.H. Williams wrote:
>>> I don't know if a loophole, but I will tell you I passed my R/S back
>>> in 2006
>>> then took the Voice written later that year and my recert isn't due
>>> up until
>>> next year. But again, this was three years ago.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Modular <modulartx_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> A buddy of mine at work told me that there's a loophole in the
>>>> recertification process whereby someone
>>>> who has just passed the lab can immediately take the recert
>>>> (written) exam
>>>> and have his/her recert date
>>>> pushed out to 4 years instead of 2. He also mentioned that this
>>>> could only
>>>> be done for your first recert.
>>>> Is this true?
>>>>
>> It's not a loophole - it's just the way the CCIE recertification
>> goes. :) When you recertify, the additional two years are counted
>> from the previous recertification deadline, not from the date you
>> actually take the recertification exam.
>>
>> It was a pleasant surprise for me when (only months after passing
>> the CCIE RS lab) I passed the Security written, and found that the
>> recertification deadline has been pushed more than two years into the
>> future. But if you read (between the lines :P ) the recertification
>> requirements, you'll see that's the way it's supposed to be.
>>
>> However, don't think there's no limit here - according to the same
>> requirements, the recertification exam must be passed in the 24
>> months preceding the deadline. So you cannot push your deadline more
>> than 4 years in the future.
>>
>> --
>> Bogdan Sass
>> CCAI,CCSP,JNCIA-ER,CCIE #22221 (RS)
>> Information Systems Security Professional
>> "Curiosity was framed - ignorance killed the cat"
>>
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