Hi, i am new to this environment and i have seen the post up very useful and great, i used to be a conputer science student in the university years back but i dropped out due to some reasons, i so much love the world of it security and wish to pursue a career in ceh, pen test and many more security fields.

My question is, how do i get started with CEH with my present predicament? i will really appreciate your advices and response.

I am also ready to get self tutorial books on CEH to get started, i need to get a certified and get back on my education track...please advice

Hello, thanks so much for the advice, i really find it encouraging and pushing me forward, yes i can go back to the uni on part time, and what i best thing now is that i have to get started with CEH first before moving on to others like OSCP, CISSP and others. I downloaded a said to be certified ethical hacking and pen testing tutorial written by BRAD CAUSEY and BOBBY ROGERS, i went through it but did not find it as i expected, it is not a written tutorial but its a video that display words and there is a read out like its economics i'm studying for,  it looks more like an introductory speech to ethical hacking.

I still need assistance on getting a better and more educative ethical hacking and pen testing tutorials so i can get started. Also i will still like to know the career involved with it. I'm curious about getting started.

Thanks for the reply once again and look forward to getting more counselling and advice from you. thanks

KrisTeason, you are right it is the VTC videos, i'm gonna delete it right away, not up to my expectations, anyway i already got the VEH Official certified ethical hacker revier guide for exam 312 -50 and also an online tutorial on CEH prep guide Krutz, Ronald and co, its very useful and great, i will have to find the OSCP tutorial also, i love multi tasks so im gonna read all and make sure im well fed with the knowlegde to make me proceed. i find this forum very very useful, thanks all

I really appreciate you guys post and vital response to my question, now i have 2 things in mind, the CEH and the OSCP, but there is something i want to ask again, which one do you guys thing should come first... the CEH first and the OSCP second? or the OSCP first and the CEH second?

Please i need to get to know things fast so i can get started and fully join the world of ethic security.
Viruz

Yea Don, i second what you said and on the advice, its been great, i will have  to do the CEH first before the OSCP, which other materials do i need apart from the tutorial books, i got the Official Certified Ethical Hacker Review Guide: Exam 312-50 by Kimberly Graves  and also, The CEH Prep Guide: The Comprehensive Guide to Certified Ethical Hacking by Ronald L. Krutz. Which other material do you consider great for me to be successful in the course. thanks once again and i give great applaud to all who have responded to my questions.
viruz

I agree with Bill. You should be good to go with those.

as i've said before, OSCP assumes (while not stating this anywhere) that you already know the CEH equivalent knowledge.  if you dont already have that information in your head its going to be a very hard course