Re: CCIE Recert loophole?

very well said, mate!

Scott M Vermillion wrote:
> You are correct on that count Alexei. Passing the lab earns the first
> 24 months of active certification. It also begins your first 24-month
> recert window where you *must* recertify at least once and you are
> allowed to recertify *no more than once.* So I passed the lab on Feb
> 5, 2008 and that took me through Feb 5 2010. But I've recertified
> once already, taking me through Feb 5 of 2012. But I'm not eligible
> to recertify a second time until Feb 5 of 2010 or after (and obviously
> no later than Feb 5, 2012). So that "four-year" phenomenon can only
> occur in the case where you recertify just as soon as your eligible
> once and then not again until you're about to lose certification the
> next time.
>
> On May 11, 2009, at 8:54 , Alexei Monastyrnyi wrote:
>
>> 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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