Re: Training advice

[Ken Connelly <Ken.Connelly () UNI EDU>]

Teresa -

The Educause Security Professionals Conference is a low-cost event that
lasts1.5 to 3.0 days, depending upon whether you register for pre- or
post-conference events.  This year's event is over, but next year's
event is in early May in Arlington, VA.  See
http://www.educause.edu/SEC07 for this year's program and costs to give
you an idea of what it's all about.  Most presentations are lead by
peers and tend to deal with projects that can be done without a lot of
financial support.

I understand your thoughts about online courses to avoid spending
training money on travel, but the interaction and face-to-face time with
colleagues at this event is a very worthwhile piece of the puzzle.

-ken

Vanderbilt, Teresa wrote:
> I recently stepped into the title of Security Manager. We're a small
> school and this is a new position for us. I'd only maintained the
> servers, switches and firewalls before. I have no one to mentor me and
> very little budget for training. I can spend approximately $3-5K on
> formal training this year. I was thinking of a good online class so
> all the money goes toward training rather than hotels and travel.
> Until now, everything I've learned has been mostly on my own; although
> I recently attended Pentration Testing Training. What other training,
> both formal and informal, would benefit me and my school the most?
> I've been thinking of CCNA and I would like to learn how to use Snort
> since it's free. Will CCNA be beneficial or should I buy a good
> beginners book on Snort. Am I way off the mark for what I need to
> study? I need to get up to speed quickly and can't afford to guess at
> what I need. Please help.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Teresa Vanderbilt
> University of the Ozarks