RE: Question about GCIH

["Dave Koontz" <dkoontz () mbc edu>]

Trust SANS, they will not steer you wrong.  I took the classroom version of
this course with Ed Skoudis.  Frankly I learned much more from him than I
ever could have from just the SANS course books alone... he puts everything
together and in perspective.  In fact, I am not sure I would have been able
to pass the certification without gaining the insight from his personal
examples, stories and class challenges.

So, I would also strongly recommend it!  ;-)


-----Original Message-----
From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On
Behalf Of Melissa
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 4:35 PM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Question about GCIH

Hello all-

I am signed up to take SANS 504 and along with that I can take the
exam to become certified as a GCIH (GIAC certified Incident Handler
is I believe what it stands for). Anyways I called up SANS to ask them
a question and they *strongly* recommended I do the on-demand learning
thing as well to better help me prepare for the exam.

I was wondering if anyone had any opinions on their suggestion. Is it
just a sales pitch or is the on-demand learning a viable, useful tool
to helping one pass the exam?

Thanks!

Melissa