CHFI Passed!! A few thoughts...
I took the CHFI exam yesterday via ProctorU and passed with an 84%. I was hoping for a higher score but a pass is a pass. I recently asked in another thread if anyone thought it was possible to go after the CHFI before the CEH and I am happy to report that it is absolutely possible.
As far as study material goes I am currently enrolled in WGU's MSISA program so I received all the EC-Council material as well as a Ucertify eBook and practice quizzes. I honestly found the material that WGU provided to be more helpful than the videos and books from EC-Council. It felt that EC-Council was really pushing knowing every single possible program that you will use in an investigation.
I am taking a week or two off before I start work on the CEH so I think I'll work on some Linux stuff. No real reason just want to learn it.
As far as study material goes I am currently enrolled in WGU's MSISA program so I received all the EC-Council material as well as a Ucertify eBook and practice quizzes. I honestly found the material that WGU provided to be more helpful than the videos and books from EC-Council. It felt that EC-Council was really pushing knowing every single possible program that you will use in an investigation.
I am taking a week or two off before I start work on the CEH so I think I'll work on some Linux stuff. No real reason just want to learn it.
B.B.A. in Finance - 2007
A.A.S. in Computer Networking & System Administration - 2014
M.S. Information Security and Assurance - 2016
CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+, CEH, CHFI, CCNA: Routing & Switching
Working on CISSP
A.A.S. in Computer Networking & System Administration - 2014
M.S. Information Security and Assurance - 2016
CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+, CEH, CHFI, CCNA: Routing & Switching
Working on CISSP
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Congrats - go get that CEH and be done with EC Council!
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B.B.A. in Finance - 2007
A.A.S. in Computer Networking & System Administration - 2014
M.S. Information Security and Assurance - 2016
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HillBilly
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Congrats! I'm queued up to take the exam later this week by I'm finding some of the UCertify stuff a few yards past left field and completely irrelevant. Was that your experience on the actual exam?
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IronmanX
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Congrats! I'm queued up to take the exam later this week by I'm finding some of the UCertify stuff a few yards past left field and completely irrelevant. Was that your experience on the actual exam?
I did not do any of the UCertify stuff, but yes the exam has stuff on it that is way out of left field.
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JohnL,
Congrats on the pass!!!
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JohnL
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Honestly, I felt that the UCertify was more beneficial to me passing the exam than the EC Council material. The EC Council textbooks really harped on all of the tools that you would use in an investigation. I found myself just skimming those sections and the exam barely covered any of those tools. The UCertify material did mention the tools but that wasn't a major focus. The Ucertify material was more to the point. I would like to say that the EC Council material did have a lot of great information though but just too much padding.B.B.A. in Finance - 2007
A.A.S. in Computer Networking & System Administration - 2014
M.S. Information Security and Assurance - 2016
CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+, CEH, CHFI, CCNA: Routing & Switching
Working on CISSP
