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GSEC Study Materials
From: Paul Sebastian Ziegler <psz () observed de>
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 21:55:05 +0200
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Hi list, I am planning to take the GSEC certification. This mail is not supposed to start a discussion on whether GSEC, CISSP or CCSP/whatever is good/better/best for a specific position/career/company. Those discussions have roamed this list on a regular basis. However for various reasons I decided to try GSEC. Now I am not willing to enroll in the official training courses. Mostly because I do not have the 2200$ laying around the charge for the materials _only_. I read the list of subjects covered in the test and I must say that most of them don't really scare me. I know the stuff I work with and that covers about 75% of the exam. However some other parts could become quite nasty. For example I do not have in-depth knowledge of windows-systems. This is why I am looking for materials for self-study that are _affordable_. Of course it would be possible to simply look up all the subjects individually as well. Now I am asking for your opinions and experiences. While googling I found two books on the GSEC: SANS GIAC Certification: Security Essentials Toolkit and The GSEC Prep Guide: Mastering SANS GIAC Security Essentials Does anyone own those books? What were your experiences? Are they any good? They both seem a little outdated to me. However I could be wrong. Are there any other books I should know about? All input is welcome. If you have taken GSEC or will take it soon and prepared for it please lay your experiences on me. Did you study with the course? If so, was it absolutely necessary? Did you study alone? If so, what materials did you use, what books, whitepapers, websites, repositories,etc. Did you find it easy to come up with all the information? How hard is the test for someone who has been working with security for a couple of years? Those are only a few of the questions on my mind right now. All help and input would be greatly appreciated Many Greetings Paul -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGXdaZaHrXRd80sY8RCo7kAJ9pbbplVGEUiRzBhLi72dMwtN1fgQCgr0aX z9lq2vuPKHcuxiA7RyYpUwE= =ojFE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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- GSEC Study Materials Paul Sebastian Ziegler (May 30)
- RE: GSEC Study Materials Nick Duda (May 30)
- Re: GSEC Study Materials Michael Hale (May 31)
- Re: GSEC Study Materials Francois Yang (May 31)
- Re: GSEC Study Materials Michael Hale (May 31)
- Re: GSEC Study Materials Michael Hale (May 31)
- Re: GSEC Study Materials foo (May 31)
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- Re: RE: GSEC Study Materials ddistler (May 31)
- RE: RE: GSEC Study Materials David Harley (May 31)
- RE: GSEC Study Materials Nick Duda (May 30)