Finally. Took the exam tonight, completed all the required challenges and sent off the proof to be marked. I had a few minor problems trying to get my connection details to start the exam, but these were swift resolve by one of the very able admins in the IRC #offsec channel. He was a gentleman [...]
I decided to take a very large leap and attempt one of the toughest, non-specialised, security exams out there, the GIAC Security Expert (GSE) certification As of today only 16 people hold this qualification. I’ve meet a few of those that hold this certificate and am in no doubt they know their security stuff. I [...]
I’ve booked myself on to this course. This time I blame Ash for making me take this one, but the deluded voices in my head also have something to answer for. Four months to get to grips with the 25 hours of study material and play with exercises. Should be simple right? What is this [...]
Being generous of nature, I thought I’d share how to stuff up the exam of Offensive Security 101 course. All the blog postings I’ve found on the exam is how they succeed. Well this is a bit different. I managed to get a remarkable poor result which I can attribute to the following: Not being [...]
It is the first time the Advanced Security Essentials – Enterprise Defender (SEC501) class has been run in Australia and to have the course author, Dr Eric Cole, teaching it was fantastic. I have had said before, Eric is a fantastic speaker, bring a huge amount of energy and real world experience to the material. [...]
