[sprkyco]

+1 for anything from OffSec I failed their OSCP once and after some reassessing I will not be taking for another year or so. However, there are many companies that list if not require a CISSP and other CISSP holding individuals are hesitant to degrade the efficacy of the cert.

[tptacek]

Generally: a requirement that candidates hold CISSP is a strong negative signal about the job. This observation would have qualified as "insightful" 10 years ago, but in 2015 it's verging on conventional wisdom.