Re: Pentest exams

["Kevin L. Shaw, CISSP, GCIH" <kshaw () eeenterprisesinc com>]

I did not have time with personal and work issues to finish the 
Offensive Security labs; now I don't have the $200 for another month to 
make sure I've got things down prior to taking their Challenge.  3K is 
an impossible nut right now; which makes things a little rougher in a 
cert-centric hiring environment.

Robert Portvliet wrote:
> Taking the course from EC-Council allows you to circumvent the 2 years
> of experience requirement.
>
> A big advantage to taking the SANS courses as opposed to just
> challenging the exam is that the exams are open book, so you're going
> to kind of want access to the SANS course materials.
>
> I'd love to take Security 560, but 3k is a heck of nut to crack right now...
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Eric Kollmann <xnih13 () gmail com> wrote:
>   
> > I can't speak specifically about either of the ones you originally
> > asked about, but comparing the CEH (EC-Council) vs the GCIH (SANS),
> > from a learning perspective, the SANS course was hands down better on
> > what I learned at the end of it.  I learned stuff in the EC-Council
> > course, but not nearly to the extent I did from the SANS one.
> >
> > As for the question if SANS courses are worth the cost, depends on
> > what you want to do in the long run.  At least with the GIAC tests, if
> > you just want the cert, you can challenge it and don't have to take
> > the course.  To get the VCP, from VMware, you have to actually take
> > their class.  I believe that was the same thing with EC-Council and
> > the CEH, though that may have changed in the past 2 or 3 years since I
> > did that course.  The VCP cost me as much as the GCIH, which I did
> > take the course on.  The GPEN I just challenged.
> >
> > Anyway, according to this article a recent IT Trends Survey has GIAC
> > holding 3 of the top 10 most demanded certs out there:
> > http://www.govinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=1807&pg=1
> >
> > This one has 5 of the 10 being the most valued:
> > http://www.govinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=1782&pg=1
> >
> > Ultimately the certs just get you through the door.
> >
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