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Review: Advanced Digital Forensics and Incident Response (SANS FOR508) Course and GCFA Certification

2/15/2016

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As someone in the cyber/digital forensics community, I always looked at forensics training programs partially as a waste of time and (lots of) money (caveat: for someone already knowledgeable in the field). However, after some convincing from colleagues, I decided to give one a shot in December 2015. The class I participated in was SANS FOR508 (Advanced Digital Forensics and Incident Response) in Washington D.C. In addition, I signed up for the GCFA (Certified Forensic Analyst), taken in January 2016. Here are some of my thoughts now that I've gone through both of them.
SANS GIAC GCFA
Positives
  • Good lecture flow/structure
  • Decent content
Negatives
  • Too focused on some very specific or outdated tools (The Sleuth Kit)
  • Provided workbook was less training and more "fill-in-the-blank"
Things To Improve
  • Focus more on concepts and less on specific tool use
  • Expand on the workbook exercises to explain results to a user

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