Posted on Thursday, 15th March 2012 by Michael

Last February I had to study and re-certify for my SANS GCIH certification. The first time I took this test had been 4 years earlier after attending a SANS boot camp held in Las Vegas. My instructor at the time was Ed Skoudis. I got to say if you ever have the opportunity to take this boot camp I strongly suggest attending his. The class was informative and very fun. He kept us fully engaged and we all learned a lot. After the class I took another month to re read the books and make sure I was ready. The first time taking the tests I scored in the low 90's.

Now jump forward 4 years. I am at a new job that does not offer training opportunities like this so I can not afford to attend another one of these camps on my own so I decide to just pay for a re-cert attempt. These attempts include the new books for the course. The new books did not change much from the originals and while reading them it all came back to me like riding a bike.

Since the test is open book I was not to worried, but you need to remember open book can be your best friend or worse nightmare as the test is timed. I made sure I knew the information inside and out and to get the most use out of the books I wrote the following study guide. If you decide to use my study guide I suggest that you verify the page numbers in it and update it appropriately for your version of books. The study guide lists the key points in each chapter of the book and provides where more details can be found on that key topic. In the sections on attacks it lists the attacks and defense along with the pages to additional information.

This guide and studying helped me score over 95% on the test this time around.

Download it below

SANS GCIH CERTIFICATION GUIDE-V2

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4 Responses to “SANS GCIH Study Guide”

  1. Anonymous Says:

    Hi Michael,

    Surely this study guide helps a lot for all the students.

  2. Sasikumar Says:

    hi, Thanks for your document, I am planning to tak e exam on next month. Could you please share if you have any dumps.

    Thanks.
    sasikumar R
    sasi92r@gmail.com

  3. Adi Says:

    Which is the book referred? I couldn’t find the Book 504 anywhere.

    Would you please help me get a copy of this? Thanks

  4. Michael Says:

    The book is the official course book from SANS. You get it when you register for the class.

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