GSEC index
In a couple of months I will be taking GSEC, this will be my first certification exam.
Are there any indexes out there, that could be used as a good starting point for adding my own stuff?
Any other tips for taking this exam?
Are there any indexes out there, that could be used as a good starting point for adding my own stuff?
Any other tips for taking this exam?
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Book.page | term | description
for example-
with this method I can quickly search for the term, read the brief description that I wrote to see if that helps answer the question, and if not, I know what book (3) and what page number (32) to look at.
I don't think the GSEC has any practical labs (hands on stuff, only multiple choice) but know the labs and the material there, as it may be tested as well.
As everyone will say, building the index will help reinforce the material. Depending on your experience/previous knowledge, it is fair to expect your index to be 10-25 pages.
(edited because of formatting of my paste from Excel)
I've found as part of this process that there are terms I might look up in different ways, so I create different line items for them since you would sort the terms column by alpha. Random example say cross site scripting. You might have
1 - 10 XSS Cross site scripting - details about it
1 - 10 Cross site scripting - XSS - details about it
1 - 10 Web attacks - XSS - details about it
Etc, that way if you get flustered during the test and want to confirm info in your index you aren't going to miss it based upon the different ways you might use to look up the term.