Item: Infosec Skills
Rating: 10
Author: Joe White

Overall Satisfaction with Infosec Skills

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As a senior penetration tester, I wanted to add to my skillset and looked at the available options, and chose InfoSec Skills to gain a needed certification. Since IACRB uses InfoSec Skills as a primary training platform, the decision was easy to make. I completed the course and took additional resources as well to broaden my knowledge of the area I was concentrating on to finalize and pass the exam. Once I passed the Certified Reverse Engineer Analysis (CREA) exam and obtained my certification I achieved what I wanted. InfoSec Skills was directly responsible for the success I had.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Detailed Training Videos
Specific content related to an information technology subject
Competitive pricing

Cons

Adding to course content with updated material related to today's threats
Matching certification exams with course content so it is more instructive

Key Insights

Do you think Infosec Skills delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Infosec Skills's feature set?

Yes

Did Infosec Skills live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Infosec Skills go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Infosec Skills again?

Yes

Return on Investment

Positive - Increase in salary
Positive - Obtained a 100% remote position
Positive - Life time skill set increase into Reverse Malware

Alternatives Considered

LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)

InfoSec Skills is practical and direct and can be used to gain an industry-rated and recognized certification that can be used to elevate one's professional standing. There are other training platforms, but none that I have found to be directly associated with a world-recognized vendor.

Role-Based Learning

I am able to use the CREA certification I obtained by taking the exam from IACRB through Infosec Skills to elevate my standing in my company. I was given an increase in salary as well.

Hands-On Training

Infosec Skills has a great walk-through lab environment. It's close to on-the-job training and allows the student to get familiar with tools and tasks in a sandbox environment.

Usability

Very user friendly.

Other Software Used

Kali Linux, Nessus, Burp Suite

Likelihood to Recommend

I think with the recent pandemic, having quality training for those of us that had to purchase it out of pocket was great. Everything worked flawlessly and I got the training I was looking for without the huge price tag like some other vendors have. The labs could be more detailed for those areas that might be new to those people who are looking at getting into something different and training in a field that has more possibilities for them.

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