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Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP), when you stop to think about the role and responsibilities a security professional takes sometimes it is scary.  You are charged with the confidentiality of your organizations information, what could possibly go wrong?  Well one thing that I have unfortunately seen is when something does go wrong they data owners are normally looking for someone to take the blame / fall.  Being the security professional for your organization also means you get to take the blame.  The blame is different then what you may be used to… As a CCNP your job is to keep things working, move data, and allow communications.  When something goes wrong you get yelled at while you are trying to fix it, once it is fixed life goes on. Someone will normally not be fired due to a piece of hardware failing (assuming you have contingency plans to replace/repair and resolve the issue).  As a security professional (CCSP), when something goes wrong what happens.  Someone gains access to information which they shouldn’t be; what are the repercussions?  Someone will most likely have to take the blame and it’s not good enough to say oops my bad. Most defiantly someone will get fired. But could there be lawsuits for the failure? Maybe that is one if the differences between the salaries of a CCNP vs. a CCSP, the stress and the vulnerability of your position.  No one ever said you would get paid well doing an easy job.

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