Hey,
Guess I am half looking to get back into the cert game, so nervous more than anything else,
Debating if I should take the CEH or not. Noticed the version just jumped to version 9 and not sure if the training material has matured enough for me to work off of. And I remember finding the pre-tests to be more esoteric and just frustrating. But the boss just asked me why I never bothered to cert up, and now i feel obligated. Looking for a yes/no from this forum with some 9.x materials recommendations? How do
CEH hacker courses online measure up these days?
--- Background ---
Certs all earned w/o cheats (proud of that!)
MCSE Security
Security+
CCNA Security
Cisco Firewall Specialist
Formal classes:
In Redhat Security, Kali Linux, Pen Testing, Nmap, Puppet Security, Python Secure Programming, Juniper Security classes and attended a handful of security confs.
Experience:
~5 years, 20+ projects including SOX, PCI and data gathering for formal investigations for LE.
OS hardning (patching, HIDS/HIPS, AV, FIM)
Security automation
Firewall and NIPS experience (snort , Juniper and cisco)
SIEM management, Application stack hardening, plenty of hours using Kali, NMAP and some closed source paid solutions
My job had me take informal CEH 7.0 and 8.0 classes over the years. But I really never had an urge to cert up because of sorta random nature of the cert. And I've never really seen any demand from employers. But if the boss is paying ... go/no go? Materials recommendation?
