Re: CCIE Recert loophole?

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
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> Information Systems Security Professional
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