Re: Training advice

[John Piercy <jpiercy () RANDOLPHCOLLEGE EDU>]

I have really liked SANS' course offerings. The instruction has a good
pace and is delivered by superbly qualified industry professionals. They
also do some heavy discounting for .edu clients. Check out the available
course descriptions at http://www.sans.org/training/courses.php

 

The training best suited to you will depend largely on you and your
environment. I will say that I've taken two of the 5-day courses:
Intrusion Detection In-Depth and Hacker techniques, Exploits, and
Incident Handling. They were both fantastic. 

 

Good luck in your new pursuit! 

 

 

 

John Piercy
Network Manager
Randolph College*
2500 Rivermont Avenue
Lynchburg, VA 24503
jpiercy () rmwc edu

*founded as Randolph-Macon Woman's College

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From: Vanderbilt, Teresa [mailto:tvanderb () OZARKS EDU] 
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 3:02 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Training advice

 

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