On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 19:44:45 -0500, Kevin Lombardo <kevin.lombardo at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello- > > I requested to attend a SANS training course in San Francisco this > November, but due to budget constraints, my manager has asked me to > consider equivalent training locally. > > Does anyone know of anyplace in the metro that has similar courses? > > I wanted to take the "Hacker Techniques,Exploits, and Incident > Handling", but I would be open to anything involving securing > Linux/Unix/Windows, computer forensics, etc. I took this course when they offered it here in Minneapolis in June, and while not a bad course (Ed Skoudis is great) a copy of Hacking Exposed, combined with a few practice penetration tests done from home will teach you almost as much. In that vein, just following Bugtraq or the SecurityFocus pen-test list can teach you quite a bit. Of course, neither technique provides letters to add to a business card, so if that's [part of] what you're looking for... You can also do SANS at Home, which, if you register at the right time, can get you an iPod for "free" (i.e. your employer paid for it by paying SANS). SANS also does a fair amount of instructor-led online training and local-mentor courses. One of these may be just right, and I know one was set up to start soon (if it hasn't already) in the area. (Thank you, SANS SPAM for educating me, and thus TCLUG!) _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list