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Article: Managing security projects.(Zalud Report)(Certified Security Project Manager program)
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- August 1, 2004
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It's a new day for security professionals. For Bill Jacobs, corporate security manager at Cisco Systems, Security by Design chairman Ed Chandler, and many others of their profession, this new day dawned as the Security Industry Association (SIA), an Alexandria, Va.-based trade group, introduced the Certified Security Project Manager (CSPM) program earlier this year.
The program reflects the growing technical complexities of security projects as well as the diversity of people involved in design and decision-making. Jacobs informed me that "first and foremost, a security project manager has to understand client needs. They need good listening skills, interpret ...