RE: CompTIA security+ versus SANS boot camp security essentials...

["Craig Wright" <cwright () bdosyd com au>]

Do CompTIA Security+ if you have collected everything else and just
collect certifications for the sake of it.

SANS (any) are far more valuable. This is especially true if you take
the time and make the effort to be gold certified

I collect them all - Sans bootcamp is general and is a good intro. They
have the option of GCWN later which focuses on Windows specifically. 

As a plug for the IEEE... I am a member of the IEEE and have been for a
number of years. The IEEE offers several "free" (membership is not free
- but is less than the course will cost on its own) courses. Online
training courses for CompTIA Security+ and CompTIA Network+ are both
offered by the IEEE for all members of the computer group (see
http://www.computer.org). 

SANs has the much better career path and training. Have a look at the
GIAC site (http://www.giac.org). Gold certification with SANS (later
after the bootcamp) is very highly valued.

The other certifications you should look at are -
        CISSP (http://www.isc2.org)
        CISM    (http://www.isaca.org)

Craig


-----Original Message-----
From: Murad Talukdar [mailto:talukdar_m () subway com] 
Sent: 25 July 2005 11:46
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: FW: CompTIA security+ versus SANS boot camp security
essentials...




I'm being allocated some of the company's mandatory training budget and
wanted people's experience/views on the differences of the two courses
that I'm sourcing:

CompTIA Security+(in class)
SANS Security essentials bootcamp(online)

Has anyone done both(unlikely, methinks) and which one would be
(slightly) more Windows-centric? Also, which one would be more suited to
a network admin who wants to head more in the security direction.



Kind Regards
Murad Talukdar