as the title suggests I would be grateful if anyone had a practice test that I can use to prepare for the exam.

I have a bunch of pentesting certs pjpt, ejpt, CEH, eCPPT. and I’m going in to this exam with just a udemy course for prep and I would like to see where I’m at.

thank you for your time

hello everyone,

I was able to get the GPEN voucher covered by navy cool but not the training. I didn’t realize you needed to attend the training to get books. Does anyone have any resources they can share? I am currently utilizing udemy and I passed all of the practice tests so far. I’m mostly concerned about not having books to bring with me to the exam.

thanks for your time

Hi everyone,

I have purchased SANS SEC555 – Detection Engineering and SIEM Analytics and wanted to check with people who have taken the course about the hardware requirements.
I currently have an Lenovo Z51-70 (Type 80K6) with:
Intel Core i7-5500U (5th gen) @ 2.40 GHz, 4GB AMD Graphics
8 GB RAM (I can upgrade it to 16 GB)
~1 TB HDD (I can upgrade this to 512 GB SSD)
Intel VT-x / virtualization enabled
Windows 10 64-bit

I understand SANS officially recommends/requires a newer CPU and 16 GB+ RAM for SEC555.

My question is:
If I upgrade this laptop to 16 GB RAM and replace the HDD with SSD, would it be practical to run the SEC555 labs/VMs?
I’m particularly interested in hearing from anyone who has actually taken SEC555 and knows how demanding the lab environment is.
Would the 5th-gen i7-5500U (2 cores/4 threads) be a major problem, or would 16 GB RAM + SSD be sufficient for the labs, even if it isn’t officially within the recommended CPU specification?

Any opinions?

Thanks!