Training Options
I have been given the opportunity to attend a few training courses. Of course, not having been given this option by an employer before (aside from the occasional book or CBT), I want to make the most of it. As a predominantly self-study type of person, I’m not really sure what constitutes a good instructor-led training. I’m hoping anyone who reads this might be able to help me out.
When considering my options, I’m looking for something relevant to my position as an Information Security Analyst. That being said, I’d also like to stick to the vendor-neutral offerings as much as possible. While it might be useful at some point to go down the Cisco or Juniper path directly, at the moment I would rather have a broader scope.
When I search for security training, the big name that keeps coming up is SANS. I know they have a large number of course offerings, and they appear to be pretty well-regarded. If I were to go this route, I’d probably look at the GSEC course, or the GCFW. I haven’t been able to find many other vendor-neutral security training options.
To complicate things a little further, I’d like to find something in the eastern half of the United States. I am told the likelihood of getting my training budget approved are inversely related to the distance from my office. Since I’m am in the greater New York metropolitan area, that kind of knocks SANS San Diego out of the running.
So how about it? Any great training out there that you’d like to share?
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John,
If you really want SANS trainging (I don’t blame You) but need to stay close to home go to http://portal.sans.org
Their is going to be offerings in NY in April, Boston and Philly in May. They aren’t full conferences like the one in San Diego but they are offering a few different courses.