Re: advice for CEH certification

[andy cuff <lists () securitywizardry com>]

Morning,
I've had mixed reports about the value of EH certifications, I've attended a 
few ethical hacking courses over the years and the value is in the quality of 
the instructor and the real world experience they can share, rather than the 
content.  The actual courses themselves are a snapshot and unless you can 
quickly consolidate their content after the course, the knowledge is soon lost 
(perhaps my age?) As a recruitment agent (pimp) and an employer I hold little 
faith in seeing the certification on a resume, other than the candidate having 
an interest and being able to talk the talk.  I much prefer to see passion 
about security, hence last weeks email and people who can walk the walk.

I place our recruitment consultants on these courses as I wouldn't expect them 
to do anything but talk about the subject and for them to weed out those 
without a genuine desire.  However, some clients do like to see the cert as 
they themselves don't understand the subject and it provides some faith in the 
candidate.

</rant>
We have compiled a list of ethical hacking courses here
http://www.securitywizardry.com/hacking.htm with over 20 ethical hacking 
training vendors, it's a little dated and some no longer provide training but 
it will provide a rounded view of the market place

Best Regards 

-- 
Andy Cuff
Computer Network Defence Ltd
www.SecurityWizardry.com


Quoting Milind Nanal <Milind_Nanal () kaleconsultants com>:

> Hi list....
>
> I need your appreciable advice, I´m thinking to take the certification CEH (
> Certified Ethical Hacking) by my account, someone would recommend to me some
> books, links, tips or anything that can help me to pass the exam.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Milind
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