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The GSEC Prep Guide: Mastering SANS GIAC Security EssentialsIn association with Amazon.com
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by: Mike Chapple
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
* SANS (SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security) has trained and certified more than 156,000 security professionals.
* This book is the cost-friendly alternative to the $450 SANS materials and $1200 SANS courses, providing more and better information for $60.
* SANS is widely known and well-respected, with sponsors, educators and advisors from prestigious government agencies (FBI), corporations, and universities (Carnegie Mellon) around the world.
* A companion CD contains the Boson test engine packed with review questions.
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- No where near adequate coverage for the test.Having read through this book and fully utilizing the practice test I have to say that this book has about 10% to 25% relevance to the material you will actually be tested on. I am so glad that I have years of practical experience, attended the SANS classes and have the original SANS Material.
The tests were not easy and do require you to have intimate knowledge of the material you are being tested on.
This book and the CD of practice questions were a complete waste of ... Read More
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- More like a Pre Study GuideThis is a good book to use if you have never had any experience with security. It's kind of like a GSEC for Dummies. Read this book, and then take the SANS course, and use their materials to prepare for the exam. The SANS course is such an amazing program that really teaches you everything you need to know to not only create the company security policy, but how to set everything up and manage it. Logical and Hands on.
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- No real bang for your buckI spent a few hours looking through this book at a local bookstore only to come away quite disappointed.
The information contained in this book won't come close to replacing the SANS GIAC course material, nor is it a text I would recommend as a supplement to anyone's study efforts.
The information contained in the book is not only in the GIAC course, but can also be obtained freely on the internet with little effort.
The GIAC certifications focus heavily on hands-on exposure and experience ... Read More
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- Helpful, but not enough to attempt the examsThe Wiley book is well laid out and the writing is crisp and clear. Mike has a gift to explain a topic well in the minimum number of words and I hope he continues to write on information technology topics and I look forward to his future books.
I had to give the book a low score, two stars, because it fails to meet its purpose. It purports to be a preparation guide for the GIAC GSEC exam series. I wanted to evaluate the book to be sure the content can prepare students for the exam and in my opinion, ... Read More
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