Hello all,

      I've lurked the forums for a while now and thought I'd finally bust out a question.

I do admin work and my employer recently informed me that I may (or may not) be attending a Qualified Ethical Hackers course around the end of next month. Here's a link to the course I'll be taking:

http://www.securityuniversity.net/classes_CEH_QEH.php

I was wondering if anyone here was familiar with the course.

It seems like a copycat of the CEH. I called earlier today doing a little recon on the company and got a hold of a woman who claimed to be their CEO
Ms. Schneider
http://www.securityuniversity.net/about_who.php

She said her course differed from the CEH in that it's more "practical" and "hands on".

Does anyone here have any experience or input on this course?

I was just looking at their page the other day and have some of the same concerns. I'd really like to hear from someone who has taken their training, before I would consider taking it myself. Additionally, searching for their certs on monster and dice turned up nada.

On the other hand, they do seem to have a couple things going for them at, at least superficially, lend them a bit of cred:


and

Sorry to bring this back up, but being that I am looking at EH training at the end of this year, start of next year, I found this and wanted to comment.

I have spoken to Ms. Schneider about the SU program, and it does seem interesting. Goodness knows they would knot be the only company trying to take down the CEH crew. I agree that the site is somewhat confusing, and even a little deceptive.

For one, I cannot verify an addition to 8570, as a new revision has not been announced. The QEH is also supposedly 4011 approved, I have been unable to find any way to validate that info. Most sites have a press release from the NSA/CNSS available. I might ask her for this if I call and ask.

Now for the positives. Anytime training offers more updated and hands on training, its a plus. They also offer a free CEH voucher, which could be useful if you want to kill 2 birds with one stone, a Saint Vulnerability Exploit tool with discount code, and a Core Impact 8IP, 7-Day LICENSE FREE CD.

Ms. Schneider appears to be some kind of person in the field, I can find some info on her.

http://preview.pr.com/press-release/60292
http://www.technologytransfer.eu/speaker/2/Sondra_Schneider.html
http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/series/frontlinesecurity.html

She also seems to have decent, realistic recommendations on LinkedIn. So, in the end, I don't know if I will look to SU for my EH training, I may do a combination of Self study and course material, so we will see. If I do chose QEH, I will defiantly come back and update.