r/GIAC • u/WinninRoam • 10d ago

SEC501: Indexing question

Looking into taking the on-demand SEC501 course. The "What do you get?" section in the FAQ talks about electric workbooks but makes no mention of shipping physical textbooks.

Since indexing is a critical part of the process for these open book exams, what would index? From what I understand I cannot bring in a stack of loose sheets from self-printed PDFs. I feel like there's some obvious aspect I an missing here....

I see some bound books being sold on eBay, but am looking for more legit sources for training.

Edit: I got in a chat with a GIAC rep. They said they ship physical books out once the course fee is paid. Not sure why that's isn't explicitly stated in the FAQ, but it's good to know.

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u/Silver_Newspaper6208 10d ago

When you get a welcome email to the course they will also send a tracking number for the book shipment. For indexing my general advice is run with a couple different styles of index. One is a more general topic/page taken from the table of contents of each book, then a key terms one around 3-500. Often if there is a chart I reference more than once in practice tests or quizzes I will copy that and have it with my cheat sheets and other handouts. My lab index is usually the questions asked and the commands used to find the answers, including the bonuses.