Another option is to look for a local Mentor track, find and friend the teacher. They may be aware of additional discount methods that could reduce the cost by up to 50%.
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Seth Misenar <[email protected]> wrote: > Brandon, > > Full Disclosure: I teach for SANS. Don't think that will bias my > response, but just wanted to be clear about it up front.... > > You might already be aware of this option, but, if not, check into > SANS' facilitator (a.k.a. work study, volunteer) program. Details are > here: http://www.sans.org/security-training/volunteer.php The (back > then) volunteer program is actually how I got started with SANS, so I > definitely remember it fondly. > > Basically in exchange for $800, some manual labor, and some > clerical/administrative work, SANS will allow you to take a class, get > access to the OnDemand version of the class, and (I believe) get a > certification attempt. The certification attempt isn't directly > listed at the link above so this might have changed in recent years. > Note: Of course, you will still have to foot the bill for travel and > hotel... HOwever, This is an especially nice option if there is a > conference or Community SANS event running in your area. > > Beyond all the training/cert goodies, at conferences, you will get to > hang out with some pretty great like-minded security folks that are > also serving as facilitators. > > RE: Books > SANS courses, and the associated certifications, get updated pretty > regularly, which, IMO, makes published study guides less helpful than > with other more stagnant courses. The most significant recent changes > to the 401 curriculum that come to mind are major updates to both Day > 5, Windows Security, and Day 6, Linux/Unix Security. The 2003 book > would be woefully outdated. I also doubt the 2009 book would reflect > these recent changes. However, the majority of the thousands of pages > of GSEC material will not have changed substantially since 2009. > Can't really speak with any more detail to these books as I haven't > read them, but I hope this provided a bit of context. > > Best of luck, > Seth > > > > On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Brandon McGinty > <[email protected]> wrote: > > All, > > I am looking into taking the GSEC next Spring. > > However, the $4045, or $3072, that the SECURITY 401 class and boot camp > > would run me, is a bit more than I can stand to spend at the present. > > I can pay the $899 for the exam itself, and I tend to do better with > > self-study anyhow. > > Also, Sans has discontinued selling it's study materials for courses, so > > buying them directly is not an option. > > I have found the following books on Amazon: > > ---- > > GSEC GIAC Security Essential Certification Exam Preparation Course in a > > Book for Passing the GSEC Certified Exam - The How To Pass on Your First > > Try Certification > > Study Guide > > by William Manning (Paperback - Nov 17, 2009) > > ---- > > The GSEC Prep Guide: Mastering SANS GIAC Security Essentials > > by > > Mike Chapple > > (Paperback - Jun 27, 2003) > > ---- > > The first has less than stellar reviews, while the second seems a bit > > outdated, and also has negative comments. > > I was thinking of getting a book for each of the 62? sections of the > > GSEC exam, but that might become rather costly as well. > > Do any of you have any resources that you can recommend? > > Are these indeed the only GSEC books published? > > As always, thanks in advance for your help. > > > > Sincerely, > > Brandon McGinty > > _______________________________________________ > > Pauldotcom mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >
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