Hello Everybody,I am currently working as a Systems Engineer with a CMMi Level 5 company with few hundreds of strength. Now I have plans to move into Information Security Consultant career in big companies like IBM,ACS, Wipro etc.But, the draw back with me is I DONT HAVE A DEGREE. I could not complete my graduation due to some personal reasons but, I DO HAVE CERTIFICATIONS LIKE SECURITY PLUS, CEH and knowledge about OS, Networks etc.But, I am worried whether big companies as i stated above reject me due to lack of degree.Please help me if i can confidantly apply to jobs in those companies. Mean while i have plans to complete my degree in near future.Any advice is helpful.

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Nov 11th, 2006

Ajay you have mentioned that you dont have a degree.Don's think fo teh past.I woul suggest you to get a degree first with good marks and with good communication skill and with your exp gained you can easily make the entry.All the Best.

Vijayakumar

Jan 31st, 2007

Hi,I would suggest that complete your degree before you move to any company. The big companies, usually they have minimal standard in education. Most of those companies, will not accept if you don't have degree. If you are going to provide third party solutions then degree is not a problem. But think twice that, companies will not outsource in this security related matters. They may hire/employee the people who are good in that. My overall suggestion is, be patient and complete the degree then you will have rivers of opportunity to grab.Thanks,Vijay