The benefits and pitfalls of security accreditations: Do they serve security professionals well?

We all understand the benefits which include: the elevation of security to a professional standing; providing a professional development journey; facilitating a measure of certainty to regulators; incentivising others to develop. But do current accreditations achieve these laudable aims? And what about the pitfalls? After all, not all certification programs are created equal, so how can interested stakeholders, and especially non security specialists, assess what is credible? Only some accred...