IT Security Courses

oreillb

Hi,

Has anyone advise on the best IT Security course currently on the market. I was looking at the Certified Etical Hacker course, seems like a decent course which also covers penetration testing. Any recomendations would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Barry

Blowfish

That depends. Do you want something that looks good on the CV or something where you'll actually learn valuable stuff?

CEH and CISSP would be the former, the likes of OSCP or SANS GPEN would be the latter.

oreillb

Blowfish wrote: »

That depends. Do you want something that looks good on the CV or something where you'll actually learn valuable stuff?

CEH and CISSP would be the former, the likes of OSCP or SANS GPEN would be the latter.

OSCP sounds like a great cert to get, however id imagine you'd need a serious amount of experience. Just had a look at SANS, I have heard of these, seem to be well recognised but very expensive. I'm currently working with vmware and wintel. To get my foot in the IT Security door would you recommend CEH or SANS? Ideally through distance learning. I'm thinking with the cloud environment there will be a great demand for IT Security Specialists. I was looking at CEH online with espion, they have online ceh course for 1000 euro. Ive used cbt nuggets before which is another option. Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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I came across this today and was just about to post.


http://www.itmasters.edu.au/free-short-course-ethical-hacking/

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http://www.itmasters.edu.au/free-short-course-ethical-hacking/

The aim of the short course is to give you a taste of what it is like to undertake Postgraduate study via Distance Education with Charles Sturt University. The Ethical Hacking short course covers sections of our subject ITE516 Hacking Countermeasures, an elective subject in the Information Systems Security Masters Degree at Charles Sturt University.
The short course will be run over 5 weeks with lectures being delivered via weekly after hours Webinars (recordings of the Webinar will be available if you are unable to make the live event). In between the Webinars, you will be asked to do 10-12 hours of study.
The course is free to undertake.
Course Schedule (recordings of Webinars will be available if you are unable to make it to the live event)

Week 1: 28th May – 3rd June

Module 1: Introduction to Ethical Hacking
Module 2: Footprinting and Reconnaissance
Demo: How do hackers “hack”?
Webinar: 7:00 – 9:00pm, Wednesday 28th May AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time UTC +10)
Week 2: 4th – 10th June

Module 3: Scanning Networks
Module 4: Enumeration
Demo: U w1ll 0w3n T3hm 500n
Webinar: 7:00 – 9:00pm, Wednesday 4th June AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time UTC +10)
Week 3: 11th – 17th June

Module 5: System Hacking
Module 6: Trojans and Backdoors
Module 7: Viruses and Worms
Demo: See how Malware infects our systems!
Webinar: 7:00 – 9:00pm, Wednesday 11th June AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time UTC +10)
Week 4: 18th – 24th June

Module 8: Penetration Testing
Demo: What Pen Testers do to fight back against bad guys!
Exam Review
Webinar: 7:00 – 9:00pm, Wednesday 18th June AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time UTC +10)
Week 5: 25th June – 1st July

Online test. A free, open-book test.
Students will have the opportunity to sit this timed (1 hour) test once within the exam week, at any time that suits them. Those who pass the test will be awarded a certificate of achievement from IT Masters & Charles Sturt University.

maracas

Raylee Green Lubricant wrote: »

http://www.itmasters.edu.au/free-short-course-ethical-hacking/

The aim of the short course is to give you a taste of what it is like to undertake Postgraduate study via Distance Education with Charles Sturt University. The Ethical Hacking short course covers sections of our subject ITE516 Hacking Countermeasures, an elective subject in the Information Systems Security Masters Degree at Charles Sturt University.
The short course will be run over 5 weeks with lectures being delivered via weekly after hours Webinars (recordings of the Webinar will be available if you are unable to make the live event). In between the Webinars, you will be asked to do 10-12 hours of study.
The course is free to undertake.
Course Schedule (recordings of Webinars will be available if you are unable to make it to the live event)

Week 1: 28th May – 3rd June

Module 1: Introduction to Ethical Hacking
Module 2: Footprinting and Reconnaissance
Demo: How do hackers “hack”?
Webinar: 7:00 – 9:00pm, Wednesday 28th May AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time UTC +10)
Week 2: 4th – 10th June

Module 3: Scanning Networks
Module 4: Enumeration
Demo: U w1ll 0w3n T3hm 500n
Webinar: 7:00 – 9:00pm, Wednesday 4th June AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time UTC +10)
Week 3: 11th – 17th June

Module 5: System Hacking
Module 6: Trojans and Backdoors
Module 7: Viruses and Worms
Demo: See how Malware infects our systems!
Webinar: 7:00 – 9:00pm, Wednesday 11th June AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time UTC +10)
Week 4: 18th – 24th June

Module 8: Penetration Testing
Demo: What Pen Testers do to fight back against bad guys!
Exam Review
Webinar: 7:00 – 9:00pm, Wednesday 18th June AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time UTC +10)
Week 5: 25th June – 1st July

Online test. A free, open-book test.
Students will have the opportunity to sit this timed (1 hour) test once within the exam week, at any time that suits them. Those who pass the test will be awarded a certificate of achievement from IT Masters & Charles Sturt University.

Do people think that something like this is worth while apartment from the access to resources and personal development, would it stand to you from a job hunting prespective

maracas

maracas wrote: »

Do people think that something like this is worth while apartment from the access to resources and personal development, would it stand to you from a job hunting prespective

I don't have a masters nor do I have a degree in this field. I do however love it and spend a lot of time outside of work learning about Vulnerability Assessment, Ethical Hacking, Programming, Incident Handling etc.... I've done a lot of free online courses like this, I've just got a job with the leaders in this field.

The feedback from my interviews was that I've shown a great deal of interest and spent a lot of time learning on my own watch which they liked. So the answer is if you have a genuine interest in this field and really want to get into it then doing courses like this is a great idea!