GIAC GMON SEC511

I seem to get WAY overstressed when it comes to testing for certifications. I sat yesterday for the GIAC GMON SEC511 certification and happy to report I passed!   A very special thank you to my company for sponsoring me. I'd also like to thank Seth Misenar and Eric Conrad for putting together an amazing course. Cannot forget my wife and daughter for being patient with me.   Blue will always be cool! Thanks for helping me "Secure all the Things"

So what is GMON anyway?

GIAC Continuous Monitoring Certification (GMON)

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Description

Preventing all intrusions is impossible, but early detection is a must for the security of your enterprise. The proper use of Defensible Security Architecture, Network Security Monitoring (NSM)/Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM)/ Continuous Security Monitoring will support the hindrance of intrusions and allow for early detection of anomalous activity.

The topic areas for each exam part follow:

Account & Privilege Monitoring & Authentication

The candidate will demonstrate the ability to control the privilege levels of accounts & applications

Attack Techniques

The candidate will learn to distinguish between traditional and modern attack techniques

Configuration Monitoring

The candidate will demonstrate an understanding of the tool and techniques used for configuration change monitoring

Cyber Defense Principles

The candidate will demonstrate an understanding of traditional and modern cyber defense principles

Device Monitoring

The candidate will demonstrate an understanding of the tool and techniques used for endpoint monitoring

Discovery and Vulnerability Scanning

The candidate will demonstrate an understanding of the tools and techniques used for network and endpoint discovery and vulnerability scanning

Exploit Methodology and Analysis

The candidate will be able to utilize network traffic analysis methods and principles of exploit detection to be able to rapidly discover intrusions on the network

HIDS/HIPS/Endpoint Firewalls

The candidate will demonstrate an understanding of how host intrusion detection/prevention systems & endpoint firewalls work, what their capabilities are and the roles they play in continuous monitoring

Network Data Encryption

The candidate will be able to apply principles of exploit detection to be able to rapidly detect encrypted intrusions on the network

Network Security Monitoring Tools

The candidate will demonstrate an understanding of how and why to use an assortment of network monitoring tools to improve the ability to detect intrusions on the network

NIDS/NIPS/NGFW

The candidate will demonstrate an understanding of how network intrusion detection/prevention systems & next generation firewalls work, what their capabilities are and the roles they play in continuous monitoring

Patching & Secure Baseline Configurations

The candidate will understand how to use baseline configuration auditing and patching to make endpoints more resilient.

Perimeter Protection Devices

The candidate will demonstrate the ability to identify points of access into the perimeter and network devices that can be used to protect the perimeter

Proxies & SIEM

The candidate will demonstrate an understanding of how proxies & security information and event managers work, what their capabilities are and the roles they play in continuous monitoring

Security Architecture Overview

The candidate will demonstrate an understanding of traditional and modern security architecture frameworks and the role Security Operations centers provide

Software Inventories & Whitelisting

The candidate will demonstrate an understanding of the benefits of maintaining software inventories and whitelists

Threat Intelligence

The candidate will demonstrate understanding of the techniques used to gain knowledge of potential threats to network systems and targets of attack