Updated training materials
TechGuru80
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If I take a SANS course, and either fail or don't take a certification exam...can I still pay a fee in a few years and get the updated materials, or do you have to pass the certification to get the benefit without taking the class again?
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What I would do in your shoes, pay for a practice exam ($250), study the course materials you do have, build a good index and take the practice exam. This will tell you if the course materials you have are good enough to pass the exam, before you pay $1,049 for the exam (discounted rate for SANS alumni rate) After all it's not like they completely rewrite the books each version, they add and remove a little material each time. It would also depend on the course you referring to. SANS courses like the GSEC and GCIH are updated far more often than less popular courses like the GREM and GMON.
Note the SANS alumni rate only applies to courses you took before, but didn't attempt the certification for some reason. So if you took the GSEC, and want to take the certification a year later, 1,049 would be your price. but if you want to take the GCIH exam instead, without having attended the course, your certification attempt is going to cost you $1,699.
That's good to know about the exam cost though...makes those $350 extensions not sound so bad. I wish you could get the updated materials by being an Alumni and not necessarily passing the exam.