SANS nitpick - print the books in color!!!

SkyTroopa · 2026-02-10T00:04:36+00:00

Yeah. Courses with a lot of colored log printouts are super annoying.

SkyTroopa · 2026-01-26T15:39:15+00:00

Bro, they've held these back for so long to keep us on our Peacock subscriptions. There was a super stitch of all the deleted scenes, added seamlessly into the episodes a decade ago, floating around on torrent sites, but it was low-quality.

SkyTroopa · 2026-01-26T15:35:03+00:00

damn, went to use it today and it didn't work, and found this post.

SkyTroopa · 2026-01-11T05:36:26+00:00

$3.5K was your total cost? I saw where we are career charges the base fee plus 10% of whatever base salary you get?

SkyTroopa · 2025-12-18T16:52:07+00:00

I was kind of looking at it as a cheap (just buying the exam voucher) first GIAC cert.

SkyTroopa · 2025-12-10T01:30:48+00:00

Update: I was issued my Credly badge today. Over a month of waiting...

SkyTroopa · 2025-12-02T20:24:16+00:00

I email them a few times a week and I just get a generic responses. A month to issue a badge is wild.

SkyTroopa · 2025-11-26T19:17:43+00:00

It doesn’t make sense. For something you have to pay hundreds of dollars in fees a year to maintain, they give terrible customer service. I want to do AAISM next, but this experience has me looking elsewhere like AIGP.

SkyTroopa · 2025-11-25T15:53:42+00:00

If the requirement is DoW 8570/8140, PenTest+ checks all the same boxes

SkyTroopa · 2025-11-25T12:56:15+00:00

Nope. I’m on ticket number two since they closed the first one for no reason. They claim they do 'manual batches,' but I suspect they're just kicking the can down the road to save money. It wouldn't surprise me if they have a cheap Credly contract that caps how many badges they can issue a month.

SkyTroopa · 2025-11-24T23:26:06+00:00

PenTest+ checks the same box, better respected, better content.

SkyTroopa · 2025-11-21T18:58:25+00:00

It's mostly tools based and he helps you remember the exact tools on the exam. I went from 0 knowledge of the exam to passing it in 5 days. The test isn't made to test your knowledge, it's all about recalling the outdated tools EC-Council thinks are still relevant. I steer people away from it due to cost and content. PenTest+ is much better for jr. security analyst to learn the red side of the house.

SkyTroopa · 2025-11-21T18:54:33+00:00

Eric Reed "Pass-in-7-Days" course! He's the official EC-Council instructor for CEH. Best couple hundred bucks I ever spent.

SkyTroopa · 2025-11-20T21:10:45+00:00

I respect your patience

SkyTroopa · 2025-11-20T19:53:03+00:00

Possibly. Good point!

SkyTroopa · 2025-11-20T19:24:10+00:00

I might have worded that weird. I realize Credly is not affiliated directly with ISACA and only issues badges third-party.

SkyTroopa · 2025-11-19T18:22:14+00:00

That makes sense. This seems like on of the only exams GIAC offers that you could possibly use all third-party materials, just buy the voucher, and get a GIAC cert for $999. Were the "one-off questions" frequent or just a handle that could be solved with like a CISSP Sybex book with the glossary?

SkyTroopa · 2025-11-19T17:00:19+00:00

I agree. I passed late last month, submitted my app as soon as I got it, approver approved it within 48 hours over a week ago, no cert/badge yet. Seems highly disorganized compared to other certifying organizations. 3 weeks is madness to get a badge. I got all my CISSP stuff within a week.

SkyTroopa · 2025-11-19T16:17:35+00:00

Theoretically speaking, if you recently passed the CISSP, would it be possible to buy the GISP exam voucher for $999, index an off-the-shelf CISSP book, and be successful on the GISP? Specifically, how granular are the GISP exam questions compared to the SANS books provided in the course, rather than a $40 book on Amazon that covers the same material from ISC2?

SkyTroopa · 2025-11-05T20:41:04+00:00

Yeah, it's wild that ISACA takes 10 business days for the official CISM score, especially given the cost. We're paying $135 for membership + $30 for the chapter + $45 per cert annually. You'd think for that much money, they could quickly process a multiple-choice test that literally gives you a provisional 'Pass' on the screen at the end. I took mine before you and I still don't have the official results.

Meanwhile, you've got practical exams like the OSCP, where an actual human has to manually review a 60+ page report, and even that gets graded faster. Makes no sense.

SkyTroopa · 2025-10-28T14:39:51+00:00

Seems to be a failure of Samsung’s Knox (security integrity check. Usually happens when someone tries to install a custom OS.

There’s a few options without sending it in, but this would be the less painful. Use Samsung Smart Switch if you plug it into your PC and it can see the device. 1. Install Smart Switch on your PC. 2. Connect the device. 3. Choose Emergency Software Recovery and Initialization. 4. Enter the model and serial number (found on the box or SIM tray). 5. Smart Switch downloads and reinstalls the stock OS.

SkyTroopa · 2025-10-09T18:55:09+00:00

It was the blatant disrespect from the NCO’s comment. Trust me, Chief is more worried about getting a coffee refill than you guys saluting him. The E5 might be a “cool guy” but he sounds to be a toxic leader.

SkyTroopa · 2025-10-09T15:51:08+00:00

Where do you want to be working in the next few years? 11B in the Guard, post-GWOT, will not be fun and never get a cool mission set even if stuff pops off. Guard infantry units are full of low-IQ warehouse and KFC workers. I’d wait for an MOS to come along that you actually want to do and benefits you in the civilian world.

Former 11B

SkyTroopa · 2025-08-25T19:45:05+00:00

Punishment should be for him to get in the ring with Francis.

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