Hi everyone,
New to the forum and I hope to get some advise from you. Since a few weeks I am looking into these courses GCFA (GIAC), Certified Computer Forensics Examiner (CCFE), Certified Data Recovery Professional (CDRP) and Certified Penetration Tester (CPT). When looking for the training to do these the costs are wildly high. (Champlain, where i just wanted a quote, spammed me for weeks by trying to have me sign up to their $11.000 course which lasted only a few weeks). I have to pay for it by myself. Currently I am abroad and would need to do the course material online. GIAC was quoting over $5000 for the online material (not even live) for 70 hrs of training. That is way over my budget. Does anyone have any advise on how I can do the training within a tighter budget? Thanks a million!
Hello!
What is it you want to do? I see some of those certs and courses are 'traditional' forensics and others are more penetration testing - what would you prefer to study?
If you're just looking to get into the swing of things, there are a few options which are either free or relatively cheap.
First of all,
For 'trad' forensics, The Sleuth Kit (and it's GUI, autopsy) is an open source set of forensic tools.
For pentesting and the more "indecent-responsey" side of DFIR, you have these options.
If you're feeling super confident in your skills you can also do their
Of course, I haven't covered everything but that bunch is good for starters I think..?
Good luck! And report back with how you got on.