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My current company is too small to pay for something as expensive as SANS, so I have thought heavily about paying for SEC560 out of pocket. Its hard for me to justify the cost, but it is definitely good training and GPEN does have some marketability. My company did pay for the OSCP - so would GPEN even be worth going for?…
Just attended this course in Orlando... Had Peter Szczepankiewicz (S14). A great instructor goes a long way to making a class, S14 is a great instructor. Five day course with lots of labs... Twenty students in the class, with a lot of IR folks and about 5 of us who actually were in Threat Intel roles... Pet peeve here, if…
I thought I'd share my experience. Took the SEC 504 class OnDemand as part of my MSISE degree. I started the class in mid March but didn't really get going on it until sometime in April. First practice exam got an 87%. Went back an updated my index. Initially my index was book,page number topic. I went back and added a few…
The GCIH was my second course in the Sans masters program and I passed it with a 90%. How I study for Sans courses: * Quick run through of all the books (I will usually read all the slides, some of the material below the slides, and only make notes if it seems super important). This stage is just about reviewing what I…
Just like the title says, what's your favorite Sans course and why?
I'm considering a defensive course, however after reading over each syllabus there seems to be some overlap. Here's a comparison of the "You Will Be Able To" sections of SEC530 and SEC511 (GMON), does that not seem almost identical? Is the SEC511 targeted specifically for people working in a SOC? The SEC504 (GCIH) appears…
I started SEC503 in mid-January. It is one of the required courses for the SANS MSISE program and the GSE otherwise I probably would have taken some other courses first. The course was well taught and there was a lot of valuable information information in it regarding packet analysis and IDS tuning, rule writing, etc.…
In January I submitted a request to attend SEC560 which starts next week. The deadline to cancel was 2-May and I already told my boss in March that I wanted to cancel. Much to my surprise I received the SANS registration confirmation email showing my receipt/invoice with the payment in full haha. I requested to cancel…
Hoping to take the SANS FOR508 live course this year, and was wondering if anyone had any tips or experiences to share about it? I know the course has extensive laptop requirements, but any gotchas or recommendations hardware-wise or even just preparatory studies I could pursue? Anything I should not forget to bring? :) I…
How many of you are actually using your knowledge you obtained from attending/taking a cert through SANs? This is the first time I have gotten a cert and IMMEDIATELY used what I learned, on the job. Very nice. I'm feeling very accomplished and extremely optimistic about my next one.
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