To The Last Tribe Consulting

As I alluded to in a past post, I have been working on my GCIH Gold paper for the past 6 months.  Well, I submitted it last month, and just found out that it has been accepted/passed!  This means that I now have my GCIH Gold certification.  I will be working on my GSEC Gold certification next.

As for the paper itself, I decided to do original research on social engineering on social networks–specifically, on the amount of information that people give up on the “harmless” quizzes they take on social networks like Facebook.

Below is the abstract:  (You can find the paper online here)

-Josh

Well, I just got back from Charleston, where I had my GCIH exam this morning. 

I was pleasently suprised to find that it turned out to be fairly easy–It probably helped that I have spent the past 4 months studying through the SANS class associated with the GCIH.  After a little under an hour and a half, I finished the exam, with a 96%. 

With two silver certifications out of the way, I now need to complete the two accompaning Gold papers, to apply for the Master’s program.

In an upcoming post, I will review the SANS class I just finished (SEC 504).

Josh