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Re: What do you folks think about EC-Council
From: "Mark W. Webb" <mark () dolphtech com>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:32:24 -0400
I have attended and passed the CEH exam. Where should I go next. I am a software engineer looking to gather more knowledge in the security realm. My primary goal is to become a security software engineer someday. Clement Dupuis wrote:
Good day Gill, The main reason you did not hear about the CEH cert when someone asked what certification one should be doing when making a move to the security field is simply because the CEH is NOT a foundation certification. If you wish to get into the security field I guess your only choice of recognized certification is the GSEC from SANS or Security+ from CompTIA right now. Both are build for network and system administrators who wish to get into the security field. It has some good foundations that any securityperson should know about. That would be your security 101 course.As far as the CISSP, forget this one if you are simply getting into the field. You need at least 3 years of PROFESSIONAL security experience and a degree or 4 years without a degree to even take the exam. This is a cert that is more management oriented and very high level, it is definitively NOT technically oriented. You could still take the exam without the required experience and that would make you a "CISSP Associate" until you do gain the required experience to become a full blown CISSP. The SANS track are a lot more technical and usually covering ONE specific area of expertise such as forensics, firewalls, IDS, Windows Security, and more. See www.sans.org and take a look at the course content. The CEH exam requires that you do have some security testing experience, it would be hard for you to study a book and attempt the certification as some of the questions are scenario based and do require some deeper knowledge of what you are doing. Overall it is what I would call Security Testing 101 course with a focus on breaking into stuff instead of protecting against such attack. Hope this help Clement Maintainer of:http://www.professionalsecuritytesters.org http://www.cccure.org-----Original Message----- From: Sarbjit Singh Gill [mailto:ssgill () gilltechnologies com] Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 12:30 PMTo: Subject: What do you folks think about EC-CouncilI recently had the opportunity to sit into a presentation from the Technical Director of EC-Council. I somehow did not hear EC-Council being mentioned in security-focus forums when there is a question about what certification should one be doing when making a move into the security field. So what is the response about EC-Council. Is the CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) a good place to start compared to SANS, Security+ or even CISSP. Thanks Gill -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Computer Forensics Training at the InfoSec Institute. All of our class sizes are guaranteed to be 12 students or less to facilitate one-on-one interaction with one of our expert instructors. Gain the in-demand skills of a certified computer examiner, learn to recover trace data left behind by fraud, theft, and cybercrime perpetrators. Discover the source of computer crime and abuse so that it never happens again. http://www.securityfocus.com/sponsor/InfoSecInstitute_security- basics_040817 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Forensics Training at the InfoSec Institute. All of our class sizes are guaranteed to be 12 students or less to facilitate one-on-one interaction with one of our expert instructors. Gain the in-demand skills of a certified computer examiner, learn to recover trace data left behind by fraud, theft, and cybercrime perpetrators. Discover the source of computer crime and abuse so that it never happens again. http://www.securityfocus.com/sponsor/InfoSecInstitute_security-basics_040817 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Current thread:
- What do you folks think about EC-Council Sarbjit Singh Gill (Aug 20)
- RE: What do you folks think about EC-Council Clement Dupuis (Aug 23)
- Re: What do you folks think about EC-Council Mark W. Webb (Aug 31)
- Re: What do you folks think about EC-Council Jude Naidoo (Aug 23)
- RE: What do you folks think about EC-Council Clement Dupuis (Aug 23)