It doesn't mention in the email anything about using the voucher to purchase the CBT course.  Do we need to use the voucher by end of the night tonight for the CBT course as well?

Anyone going for the DVD instead of the Online Streaming?  I was thinking of doing this for CPTE but then on the page it says they're in the process of updating the DVD.. so not sure.

Whoa!  Glad I checked my email tonight (was out all day).  I thought I would have some time to think about which course I wanted to take.  (CPEH vs CPTE)  Since I only had a matter of a couple hrs to decide, I went with CPTE and registered for the exam.  I haven't looked  yet to see when I actually have to write the exam.  I see a note saying that it's currently in the process of being updated with new labs and dvd's for that course... hope that doesn't mean it's too outdated right now.

Are any of the other winners purchasing a "Course Kit" as well as the CBT course you won? 

Sweeeeet!  Thanks EH. 
I think I'll probably do the CPTE.. looks a bit better than CEH. :-)

Can't wait either to hear back from the Black Hat giveway and last month's giveaway. :-)

hmm.. I'll take a look and pm ya back. :-)

As a Finn myself, I thought this was interesting.  I never even knew there was an Anonymous Finland group.  Man, but why actually post the personal details of 16,000 Finns?  c'mon

http://thehackernews.com/2011/11/anonymous-hackers-hack-neo-nazis.html

$200/yr for any mag is damn pricey!  OUCH 

I received a call from someone at Mile2 and man he was energetic! lol  He mainly had these points:
1. Mile2 was the first vendor to provide CEH training.
2. They remained the largest supporter and vendor for CEH training until they bailed and ran away from CEH.
3. They got tired of waiting weeks for the material from EC-Council only for it to be outdated when they finally got it.
4. They weren't sure why EC-Council couldn't afford to have Europeans or North American security pro's to write the material.
5. He used the line "CEH is not worth the paper it's printed on" and CPTE as well as SANS courses are much more sophisticated, methodical, practical and hands on.

I tend to steer clear of people who bash their competition but in this case, I think he's right. 

Sweet!  I was just there the other day and wondering when they were going to update the list.  They must be overloaded since I can't get to the site now but I'll keep trying.

I do want to try the OSCP but on these forums, it seems that it's better to have a jumping off point with getting the CEH or CPTE training first.  OSCP looks pretty intense and not sure how well I'd do if I jump right into that.  

Yeah, with the training one would receive from taking the CPTE course, you could probably challenge the CEH exam (but I know my work won't pay $600 just to challenge one exam and I can't afford that either unfortunately).  

I assume that I'd learn more by being in person at a course vs virtual training but not too sure.  The CPTE is probably about $1000 more expensive in the end and it's only virtual training.  Hmm...  I'll go compare the syllabus of both courses and see just what the differences are (they still look similar to me).  

I have a feeling that the team I'm on now may say no to everything anyways!    They may just have a budget of around $1K in which case I may end up going for something cheaper like OSCP or eLearnSecurity.

I'm about to submit my training request at work.  So if you're in my position with the certs I have, what would you do? 

CEHv7 (in person) for $2500 (including exam voucher)
   OR
CPTE  (live virtual training) for $3000 + exam fee

I'm also going to ask about CCNA bootcamp.

That's hilarious.  I'll take 2 please. 

I'm up for it and I can make time but I'm unsure if I would even know how to do this. lol

Wow!  I heard all about the RSA breach but I guess I forgot or didn't see that it was also Poison Ivy... man that trojan gets around. 

No kidding!  I'm anxious too.