![]() Label your booksĪt first glance, each SANS book looks the same. Then take the second exam and repeat this process. If you find the practice exam difficult either because you don’t know the material or your index did not effectively help you, take notes on the questions that stumped you, study the material again, and add to your index. Treat the experience like the real exam and see how effective your index is. You should have a “draft index” built by the time you take your first practice exam. You get two practice exams and they tend to be accurate representations of the type of questions you should expect on the real exam. ![]() In my experience, two months allows you to review one book a week (taking notes and building an index) and then take the practice exams. ![]() We’re all busy people, and depending on your situation, you may need more time. Set aside about two months to study and prepare Finally, remember to print out the index since you can’t bring any electronics with you to the exam. You can follow my guide on how to create a good index. I usually take a highlighter and highlight key points on each page. Building the index will also help you review the material since you’ll need to go through each page to determine keywords and concepts. You’ll obviously still need a good understanding of the material, but the index will help you quickly research trickier questions. In order for the books and notes to be useful, you need to create an index that allows you to quickly find what you’re looking for. The SANS books are thick and highly detailed. GIAC exams are all open book and open note - sounds easy, right? False. ![]() This will keep the material fresh and allow you to recall information quicker. But if you’re serious about passing the GIAC exam, don’t wait too long after class is over to start studying. ![]() SANS classes are intense experiences and you may feel worn out after a long week of technical material has been thrown at you. I’m happy to say that over the weekend I passed (thank you, thank you) and wanted to share my strategy on studying for GIAC certification exams. As I mentioned in a previous post, I recently took SANS SEC 504 and have since been studying for the accompanying GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH) certification. ![]()
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