[Cisspstudy] Need a suggestion wrt certification to be taken (CISSP/CISA/??)

[Surya]

Hi All,

I am currently a security tester working in QA from having 4 years of
industry experience. I have been operating in the security domain since the
inception of my career and aspiring to become a security geek. However, I've
just been a functional QA guy in the security space and have worked on
products relating to security policies, smart cards, authentications, SSO
technology.

I am looking for a certification that would help me progress towards my
goals. I am confused with which certification to take at the moment.
Actually I prepared myself for CISSP around 4 months back and went through
seven of its ten domains. But I found that its more suited for consultants
and sales executives who need to understand the terminology and basic
notions. But I would like to move towards security auditing or security
testing (Like a compliance tester of product against FIPS standards)

Could you please suggest me a good certification that proves me as a
security tester with which I can either get into Auditing (CISA looks like a
good option here, but I am not sure if someone will take me for the auditing
purpose if I achieve it now as I dont have industry experience in auditing.)
or become a pure security tester?

PS: I am sorry if this is not the right mailing list to ask this question.
If there is any such list, please let me know.

Thanks.
Surya
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