SANS SEC560: (Global Information Assurance Certification) GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)- Enterprise Penetration Testing Reviews

Hamdi Sevben
5 min readSep 12, 2023

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Please Note — I will follow the GIAC policies and not provide specific details about the course or the exam. This post will be my recommendations based on my experience with the SEC560 course and GPEN exam. Besides, I will share public accessible links.

DISCLAIMER: I cannot and WILL NOT discuss the exam material itself. Please don’t reach out asking about exam specifics, I’m not risking months of work after working hours and on my holidays, to help someone cheat. Don’t cheat yourself out of this.

Long before it begins, the first thing I’m going to say is my recommendation for you to read the following:

The write-up links, resources and some notes I read and studied are here:

Information about the Course and the Exam:

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly:

Thanks for reading and sharing. See you later, stay health and have a nice day.

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Hamdi Sevben

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Hamdi Sevben
Hamdi Sevben

Written by Hamdi Sevben

| Veteran | C3SA | MCRTA | C|CISO | CREST CPSA | GPEN | PenTest+ | CAP | AWS CLF-C01 | eWPTXv2 | eMAPT | C)PTE | C|EH | C)PEH | 25+ CVE's |

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