From: Andy Cuff [Talisker] (lists@securitywizardry.com)
Date: Fri Jan 16 2004 - 16:56:27 EST
Hi Rob,
I've seen something related this week, where a different up and coming
training company were insisting that their training must be good because
Intelligence Organisation X and Military Unit Y had used them in the past.
When in reality the attendees probably just fell on the course through
Google or preferably my site ;o)
I explained to the salesman that we would want to evaluate the course and
that if the course was as good as he claimed there would be no harm in
providing the eval course for free as we would have to come back for more.
Needless to say he said no, which made me suspicious.
In all seriousness in order to evaluate such a course fully you have to send
someone who has already attended at least one such course previously so that
you have a benchmark from which to base the evaluation on. I try to explain
to the providers that as a customer I'm already losing a guy for a week,
paying for their accommodation for knowledge my guy most probably already
possesses. You can also suggest to the provider that whoever attends the
course provide substantial constructive feedback (sing for their supper) I
can understand a providers reticence where you evaluate a course by sending
a newbie
.
If all that fails and you still can't get a freebie ask if you can attend a
future beta tests of major revisions of the course you wish to attend. Or
other courses offered so that you can at least test the facilities and
knowledge of the instructors.
Talisker Security Tools Directory
http://www.securitywizardry.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Shein" <shoten@starpower.net>
To: "'Andy Cuff [Talisker]'" <lists@securitywizardry.com>;
<pen-test@securityfocus.com>
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 8:58 PM
Subject: RE: Ethical Hacking Training
> One thing to watch out for is something Foundstone did at one point. They
> took note of the companies from which everyone came, and eventually ran a
> rather large advertisement which named every company that in any way
> competed with them, which further insinuated that these companies only
knew
> what they knew from attending Foundstone training. I know this because
the
> company I worked for at the time was named; one of our people had attended
a
> seminar out of curiosity (he was let go as a result).
>
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