10 Scams to Screen from Your Email

Mentioned below are some of the most deadly Scams for which the people have been lured into in recent times.




  1. The "Nigerian" Email Scam
  2. Phishing
  3. Work-at-Home Scams
  4. Fake software updates
  5. Foreign Lotteries
  6. Sexual Enhancement products
  7. Check Overpayment Scams
  8. Pay-in-Advance Credit Offers
  9. Debt Relief
  10. IRS refunds

Visit http://onguardonline.gov/spam.html for more information.
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Highest paying IT certifications for 2009


According to latest survey by ZDNET, the certifications below are highest paying tech certifications in technology industry.

Each certification mentioned below with annual salary being paid to individuals responders that hold these certifications.

1. PMP ( Project Management Professional)

PMP certification is designed to demonstrate strong level of project management and leadership skills. PMP is with an average annual salary of $101,695, this certification is leading the list of highest paying certification of this year.

2. CAPM ( Certified Associate Project Management)

Next highest paying is PMI's certification known as Certified Associate in Project Management. CAPM certification holders surveyed have an average annual salary of $101,103.

3. ITIL v2 Foundations

ITIL v2 Foundations certification came at 3 rd position with an average annual salary of $95,415. ITIL stands for IT Infrastructure library.

4. CISSP ( Certified Information System Security Professional)

CISSP with an average salary of $94,018 came at number 4 in the highest paying certifications list. CISSP is also known as gold standard in security certifications and it is handled by ICS2 (International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium). This is called baseline certification recognized by department of defense and national security agency.

5. Cisco CCIE Certification ( Routing and Switching)

Cisco CCIE Routing and Switching came at number 5 with an average salary of $93,500 in IT industry. Routing and switching are specialized tracks in cisco certified networking expert certification. It is the most famous CCIE track these days covering wide range of subjects, such as LAN, WAN, TCP/IP, Ethernet, OSPF and BGP, IPv6 etc.

6. Cisco CCVP ( Certified Voice Professional)

At number 6 is cisco certified voice professional certification also known as Cisco CCVP with an average annual salary of $88,824.

7. ITIL V3 ITIL Master

ITIL Master Certification came at number 7 with an average annual salary of $86,600.

8. MCSD ( Microsoft Certified Solution Developer)

Microsoft Certified Solution Developer gets average $84,522 annual salary so MCSD got 8th position.

9. Cisco Certified Network Professional ( Cisco CCNP)

Cisco certified network professional is a proof that you have the ability to work with medium sized networks using QoS, broadband, VPNs technology. To get CCNP you must pass four exams or recertify or upgrade CCIE after every three years. CCNA Certification is prerequisite for CCNP but CCIE certification doesn't have any prerequisites.

10. Red Hat Certified Engineer

Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) came at number 10 in this list with an average annual salary of $83,692 for Red Hat Certified Engineers. More information can be found about Red Hat Certification is available here http://www.redhat.com/certification/rhce/

ISO 27001


ISO/IEC 27001, part of the growing ISO/IEC 27000 family of standards, is an Information Security Management System (ISMS) standard published in October 2005 by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Its full name is ISO/IEC 27001:2005 - Information technology -- Security techniques -- Information security management systems -- Requirements but it is commonly known as "ISO 27001".
All organizations today have to respond to a rapidly changing and increasingly threatening range of information security risks – risks which can, if unmitigated, lead to severe financial, regulatory and reputation damage for organizations. Information security investment and control decisions should be specifically driven by the outcome of a risk assessment process that identifies risks to specific information assets. 

Risk assessment is the core competence of information security management. This book provides clear, practical and comprehensive guidance on developing a risk management methodology that meets the requirements of ISO27001, the information security management standard, and how to carry out a risk assessment that will help achieve corporate risk management objectives.

Here is a very good link for templates, study materials and many more things related to ISO 27001.

Follow the link : ISO 27001 Security