Re: CEH program and Sybex Study Guide

["gig" <gigabit () satx rr com>]

Alberto,

I've been through a week long CEH class taught by Global Knowledge.  The 
content was ok, but I was frustrated in that the instructor couldn't talk 
about how to defend against these attacks.

Regardless, if you have an interest in hacking, yes, you should pursue this 
certification...and yes, it will help you gain credibility as an Information 
Security professional.

Since we don't know your knowledge or experience level, it's difficult to 
know if this is best use of your time.......but the this general statement 
will always hold true:

All things being equal, having certifications is better than not having 
them.

Hope this helps you.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alberto Medina" <amedinaj () gmail com>
To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 1:59 PM
Subject: CEH program and Sybex Study Guide


Hi all,
I know maybe in this list you have talk a lot about CEH program, but I want 
to know what do you really think about this program (CEH)? Is this really 
useful to start in information security? And what do you think about the 
Sybex Study Guide, by "Kimberly Grave"?
I do this question because a couple of years ago I took the CompTIA 
Security+ exam and passed it, but I wanna to continue the preparation in the 
field of information security and Ethical hacking, and someone recommended 
me the "Certified Ethical Hacker" certification as a good way to continue 
the path, so a bought the Sybex Study Guide for the exam, but I don't see a 
lot of difference between the content of Security+ program and this one, I 
thought I'd find the CEH deeper in the subject than Security+ program.
In fact, I found this Sybex guide is not very actual, there's not any 
mention to Windows 7 or even Vista, the tools mentioned are kind of old, in 
the "cracking password" section they don't talk about rainbow tables, only a 
littler mention; in the "backdoor" sections she (the author) recommend 
adding an additional hard disk to the computer and boot from there for 
protection using the backdoor she mention, or buy a Windows netbook, but 
it's not better using a VM in for testing?
Anyway, I just want to know what you think about this program? If not, what 
do you recommend for continue the path to Ethical Hacking and Information 
Security.

Thank you and best regards,
Alberto Medina

(Excuse my English :) )


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