GCIH Study time?
I took GCIH in person training early Feb, I had scheduled my Exam early April, but due to covid it was cancelled. I really dont remember much. Now with Proctor u being available I can schedule till June 30th.
Will 1 month be enough to re-read through all the books, redo all the labs and create a new index?
Proctor-U wasn't made available for me till today (Not may 18th) So I am a bit upset I only have a little over 30 days to re-study everything.
Thanks.
Will 1 month be enough to re-read through all the books, redo all the labs and create a new index?
Proctor-U wasn't made available for me till today (Not may 18th) So I am a bit upset I only have a little over 30 days to re-study everything.
Thanks.
Comments
I think one month is enough to prepare if you can put some reasonable amount of time (10-15h a week) to study and redo labs. In my case, I did a major review of the 4 first book in May, I am building a small lab to redo some labs for the 5th book (AD attack), but I plan to do another review of all 5 book before the exam. First practice test is in 1 week or so.
Alternatively, you can buy an extension... they are expensive 400$ USD for 45 days.
They should really cut down on the price, so many people are screwed by COVID. But hey, good luck to both of us. I think 10-15h a week is certainly enough. Best of luck Steve!
I wont pay 400$ USD for an extension. They are crazy.
Which SANS class is your next one?
I loved the GCIH course, and believe I will stick towards the IR/Forensics route. I still am not sure yet. I like the MacOS Incident Response course, but it seems like it is only offered in California. Too many great ones to choose from
Will proctor u have labs on the exams? From my understanding the pearson exams do have semi-labs, where you run scripts/small commands to get the answer.
Can I also bring the **** sheets provided by SANS? I feel like that should be enough for GCIH. Other than for basic tools like hashcat/john the ripper etc etc.
I'm on the SANS advisory list and they had this discussion just the other day. The ProctorU exams are 100% the same as the in person, you can bring all the same things you would bring to the in person exams, books, index, etc.
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I hardly used my index, I did take notes on some of the stuff I got wrong, got 1 wrong on the lab.
Thoughts on the practice exam vs the real exam???
That's good that you were able to score in 80s with minimal index use and have that amount of time left. I would brush up on your weak areas, slow down on the questions a bit and you should be set. Good luck!
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I'll be reading up on those and taking my second test tomorrow and trying to use my index more
Thanks everyone
I'm fired up and ready to go!
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