I have some good news and some bad news. Good news is that Mile2 finally has a CPTS course location in Chicago. Bad news is that after all of my pushing for them to establish something here in Chicago, I can't attend their first training on Dec 18th of this year. My wife's due date for our second child (a girl this time ;-)) is Dec 15.

There will be others. Check out their entire schedule here:
http://www.mile2.com/training_schedule.php

Info on CPTS can be found in this forum and here:
http://www.ethicalhacker.net/content/view/37/3/

If you go, let other EH-Net members know. You can either meet up in class or form a virtual study group in our forums. In either case, just ask, and I can create a new board just for you.

Don

PS - Make sure to let Mile2 that you heard about their certs and their classes from Don at EH-Net. It let's them know that their sponsorship of our Free Monthly Giveaways is working and should continue.