You can also apply for/from UK.

The materials from Open Security Training might also help to better understand some of the exploit development basics.

Congrats, guys!

Maybe this one helps to get a better understanding of the basic exploit development process: http://strategicsec.com/2012/08/16/exploit-development-for-mere-mortals/

It's recommended to write the report while you progress through the course rather than at the very end of your course time. This way you have things right in memory and won't need to spend your last time with just report writing, which might take quite a while if you are just starting with it. If you document your findings too sloppy in your temporary format, it might also be difficult to document it properly in your final report (especially if your lab time is over and you can't go back to verify).

There is no standard on how long the report must be. It should contain all necessary information though.

The lab environment for practicing and the exam environment are two different ones. Also, it's not a must to document how you owned machines in the practice lab, but recommended. If you are on the edge between pass and fail of the examination, you might have better chances to pass with a report that also contains your efforts in the practice lab environment.

I'd recommend the Intel Software Developer Manuals.

Has anyone attended Offensive Security's Advanced Windows Exploitation class? Seems reviews on this course are rather rare.

If someone has attended both AWE and Cracking the Perimeter, a comparison of the two courses would be appreciated as well.

Source: http://www.backtrack-linux.org/backtrack/backtrack-5-r3-released/

In my review I gave some general advice regarding the exam. It's also worth to read other reviews on the exam to pick up some more details and recommendations.

Before your exam starts you'll receive an exam guide which contains information about what's prohibited to use.

AWE (Advanced Windows Exploitation) is a live course only. Their Advanced Web Attacks course will most likely become available in an online format by the end of the year.

That's a nice one!