Re: GSEC Study Materials

["Francois Yang" <francois.y () gmail com>]

I've taken couple SANS certs, and alot of the questions are based on
the content of the books.  some you should know are pretty general
where anyone taking such test should already know, but some are very
specific to the books.  There were times when i thought I knew the
answer but my answer differs from the books.  So my suggestion would
be to get the original material and study them.

On 5/30/07, Michael Hale <eyeronic.design () gmail com> wrote:
> You really do need the study materials.
>
> A lot of the answers are in the public domain, but a lot are also
> pretty specific to the material.  The wording, if nothing else, will
> throw off your google searches while you're trying to take the actual
> test.
>
> On 5/30/07, Nick Duda <nduda () vistaprint com> wrote:
> > The one and only true answer to this is the official study material. I would look into the Self Study option or SANS@Home 
> (I believe its much cheaper). I did the self study and passed the exam. With self study you get all the official (up to date) 
> course material as well as all the MP3's from the most recent GSEC course. I drive about 1hour each way to work, it took 
> me about 2 weeks to listen to the conference, its like being right there. The good part is you can pause, rewind and replay the 
> conference over and over. You also get 3 practice exams, which are very much like the real exam.
> >
> > I found the GSEC exam had lots of questions that only could be found in the official material. Your going to face 
> questions that would be hard to google for but they are right there in front of you if you used the course material.
> >
> > See if your company will float the bill. I've been in security for many years, and while found the GSEC easy for me, 
> there were things on the exam that only the course material helped to answer.
> >
> > Best of luck, I love the SANS stuff.
> >
> > - Nick
> >
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> > Subject: GSEC Study Materials
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> > 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
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