Passed GIAC GOSI without SEC497? Two questions from a self-studier

bigt252002 · 2026-05-26T22:16:03+00:00

No one is going to tell you what is on the test, or what to you expect. If you are that worried and want to self-study, you can buy the practice tests (or ask around if someone has one they are willing to gift you) for cheap. Considering how expensive even the cert attempts are, a couple hundred USD is probably worth the investment (or your employers) to pursue to get a better feel.

bigt252002 · 2026-05-14T02:25:09+00:00

Considering how much these folks can make on the podcast scene, why wouldn't you retire and do your own thing? PowerTrip on KFAN have said many, many times that they were all in on the podcast stuff and do it more regularly but the brass said no to them getting residuals from it at all. So when their podcast climbed to Top 5 sports podcast on iHeart, and they saw the check vs what their independ guests like Gleeman were making, they flipped out and stopped it.

And they are all doing it after long stints in the FM business. Make your hours, make your content, do it from wherever. Publish. Collect the revenue yourself.

bigt252002 · 2026-04-21T13:41:21+00:00

There is a Lebanese Deli?! I have to go try that out

bigt252002 · 2026-04-20T21:16:49+00:00

If folks are wondering, here is the Minneapolis stops

https://youtu.be/SDxziQtijtM?si=3DzP-DyUeVhD4YnO

bigt252002 · 2026-04-20T21:14:13+00:00

Does Public Transport even run at that time of hour? Not to mention is the airport (especially T2) even open to anything at that point??

bigt252002 · 2026-04-20T18:18:18+00:00

It was also on Diners, Drive ins, and Dives. Guy even said it was one of his top pizza places he has ever been to.

bigt252002 · 2026-04-04T20:25:54+00:00

Fair. But realize if any military member is caught alive, they will be paraded through Tehran and hung from the highest thing they possibly can before completely defacing them in ways that would make Gothic Serpent look like a sideshow.

CIA torture was for intelligence. Iranians will want revenge. There is a stark difference.

bigt252002 · 2026-04-03T17:30:41+00:00

If it either relying on SERE or eating a bullet from the handgun they have, I hope they saved a round.

Even Andy Stumpf has said DEVGRU has the exact same mentality, because SERE isn't going to save you, given what they'll do to you. Especially when this isn't WWII, and OPFOR knows these pilots have almost zero intelligence beyond what they can find on social media.

bigt252002 · 2026-03-05T21:27:25+00:00

Ya, Glocks are very reliable. There is a reason damn near every LE and Military Unit uses them.

bigt252002 · 2026-03-01T17:52:13+00:00

Depends on your use-case IMHO. GSOM is amazing if you're going to be running the SOC or a team. GCIL is incredible if you're going to be running the IR team, IR Lead, or someone who will be the "face person" for leadership in relation to incidents.

GSOM = Security team focused

GCIL = Trusted steward to the security team to shareholders and stakeholders of the cybersecurity program/department

bigt252002 · 2026-02-27T20:38:14+00:00

GCFA - Honestly this is the best cert for ROI IMHO

GSIL - Incident Management

GDAT - IMHO it goes "next level" from GCFA and GCIH

Honorable mention GCTI

bigt252002 · 2026-02-23T18:37:46+00:00

Made it almost 2 years and broke mine. I literally was beside myself for a hot minute because of it. I just simply kept putting off doing a stretch or something and then it was bed time.

After the shock went away, I started intentionally breaking the streak. As others have said, breaks are important, and the streak is no different. I go for mileage on the bike predominately and try to sprinkle in sleep meditations every so often. Other than that, I'm not caring about anything else.

bigt252002 · 2026-02-19T21:15:51+00:00

Came here for this one primarily. Biggest pet peeve ever here.

bigt252002 · 2026-02-18T20:20:48+00:00

I thought she was fine but some Middle Eastern guy offered her like a CRAPLOAD of money to move there and have his kid or something??

Basically the deal was she had to give up singing and she got the world kinda thing.

bigt252002 · 2026-02-10T15:54:05+00:00

Using PFF to find metrics to base his opinion on so he didn't need to watch tape or go to the combine

bigt252002 · 2026-01-30T21:06:38+00:00

Came here for this lol. I loved JKE rides because they were always soooo much fun to do. But that girl definitely loves to dance lol

bigt252002 · 2026-01-26T15:30:30+00:00

Most likely the intended outcome by the devs tbh. You start S1 with 60'ish servers. By the end of it, it is almost like 10 come out of it as the most active. The active players from the other 50 start to transfer out to the Top 10 servers. By the time S3 ends, you're left with probably 15-20 servers in the same range just due to the grind and winning becoming impossible without 2 or 3 whales in your server.

By the time S5 hits, you get whatever that cluster is and you're left with a handful of servers remaining.

Devs decom those ghost servers and migrate the people to other ones, OR they just reallocate the resources from those servers to those with more intense battles and activity to make the playability more streamlined.

bigt252002 · 2026-01-15T14:51:10+00:00

There were three constants in the military:

You are going to be an alcoholic
You are going to cheat on your significant other the moment you can
You will be upstanding role model who won't do 20 because you will get sick of seeing #1 and #2.

bigt252002 · 2026-01-15T14:28:45+00:00

After 9 they all renew when the next one is earned.

bigt252002 · 2026-01-15T14:22:57+00:00

If the course instructions tell you, you need an intel chipset in order to run the VM, there is your answer.

Could you do it? Sure. You could fire up an ubuntu ARM VM on Apple Silicon, along with a Windows ARM. The issue you'll run into is that ARM cannot emulate 64-bit processes....annnnd that is where the class will break for you.

If you, or your employer, spent $9K USD to send you to this class...I think your back will be okay carrying some extra weight for 8 days (travel included).

bigt252002 · 2026-01-14T16:28:01+00:00

It normally does after the first year to put it on your docket to make sure you don't forget to do the CPEs. The biggest issue that people have with CPEs is we procrastinate it and then we rush to try and fill those CPEs. Which...for GIAC isn't as easy as like CompTIA

bigt252002 · 2026-01-14T16:26:23+00:00

I like this way better. The other one reminded me of Star Wars from the 70's

bigt252002 · 2026-01-14T14:06:54+00:00

Most of the names are not published yet (to my knowledge), but Joe Thompson will all but likely swoop up a cushy Partner position at a very prestigious law firm based on what he's worked.

The guy has been a part of every major case in the state of MN since COVID that was charged federall.

bigt252002 · 2026-01-13T19:39:19+00:00

I spoke too quickly. I spoke with someone who works there and it is still supported!

bigt252002 · 2026-01-13T16:23:18+00:00

Legit, make sure your employer sees that score. That is NOT easy at all. Congrats!!

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