Passed the GCED Today:D
After spending 6 days at a downtown Chicago hotel in September. I finally took my GCED exam today The only reason I took this class is because work paid for the Work Study Program and this was the only class available for me. The test lines up pretty well with the class/objectives and there's a bit of everything represented.
I finished with 40 mins to spare. Could have probably slowed down on the last 50 or so questions but I was worried about not finishing them all and guessing. Exam took me about 2 hours, and scored an 78%. I brought my Index some 22 pages ( I found I could not focus on the books, I would think one thing was in one book but it was different book ) I read the books a total of 2 times (once in class, once for index and the week leading to the exam). Know your tools. Play with them. Understand how one is different from other similar ones. If you have the books make sure you read those appendixes. Index every single tool you read about.
Took the following to the exam center:
- SANS 6 books
- index (around 22 pages).
- TCPdump **** sheet
- NMAP **** sheet
- WireShark **** sheet
- RTFM
- intrusion discovery win/*nix).
Small center. Only 2 other people in for testing and both were Overall I'm happy with the materials I learned and it did give me a better understanding of certain aspects of security
My next step is GCIH in a few months.
