Well SANS Network Security 2011 is nearly upon us. The huge event, the GSE practical,that consumed a hefty chunk of my life last year is about to do the same to another embattled batch of GSE candidates. Two of the people I know that have proudly public announced their assault on the GSE exam [...]
Yesterday morning was thrown into disarray by a simple email. Twenty days of replaying possible answers, pondering if I’d done enough and what I’d have to do if I failed came to a screeching stop. Jeff Frisk, Director of GIAC, notified me I’d passed the GSE practical exam and was now a GSE. Relief, joy [...]
Here’s a list of some of the additional material I used to on top of the SANS courseware. I used these as a jump off point to understand some more in-depth points Books: Wireshark Network Analysis: The Official Wireshark Certified Network Analyst Study Guide by Laura Chappell Extrusion Detection by Richard Bejtlich A Practical Guide [...]
I posted the following to a couple of lists to get people thinking about getting off that fence and sign up for the GSE exam. I’ve re-posted here for posterity. Hello All, Jeff Frisk and the folks at GIAC have made a significant effort in making the GSE exam available to more of us to attempt. I have applied [...]
My approach to the multiple choice exam, was to treat it like any normal 500 level SANS exam. My target – life-, work- and proctor-willing, is to take the exam on Saturday the 20th March 2010; which is exactly 42 days from now. As we all know 42 is the mean of Life or is that [...]
