CEH is a class now???? When I started doing database work (dBaseIII) I always told the sysadmins I was an Ethical hacker. That lead them to use me as an assistant Admin when they were gone. It's all be downhill from there
I can guarantee from personal experience that EXPERIENCE is the only thing that will matter. Certs and degrees MAY get your foot in the door, but that's it.
I started dBase programming in '84 and now am the IT Manager for a small city. I do it all for everything. The only cert I have is A+, while I do have a MS in Systems Management from USC.
IF I were to be facing doing it all over again, I'd have to agree that InfoSec is the place to be, as EVERYTHING is based on the presumption that the data is safe and secure.