Thanks for all the advice. I think the best bet is to volunteer for SANS Fire 2013. I live in the DC area so it would be perfect. I am still going to submit my write up just in case I am not chosen as a volunteer but I am definitely filling out the application tonight.
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Tim Medin <[email protected]> wrote: > I'll second what Mike said. If you can be a facilitator for a class you > get the training and the cert for a significant discount. There is a LOT of > work to do during the week being a facilitator. > > --Tim Medin > > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Mike Perez <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Volunteer for SansFire and cut the cost to $900... >> >> https://www.sans.org/work-study >> >> Sent from my Windows Phone >> ------------------------------ >> From: Pierre Wills <[email protected]> >> Sent: 4/8/2013 23:01 >> >> To: PaulDotCom Security Weekly Mailing List<[email protected]> >> Subject: [Pauldotcom] Help Convincing Employer to Pay for SANS Training >> >> I have already talked to my direct management and they are all for >> sending me to SANS Fire 2013 in Washington, DC. The only issue now is >> that I have to convince upper management that it is worth it to pay for me >> to go to the training. The class I am taking is SEC506 Securing >> Unix/Linux and considering our environment is 97% Linux it should be a no >> brainer. But I was wondering if anyone could help provided me with some >> bullet points I can use in my write up to help convince upper management to >> pay for the course. The company I work for is a contacting company >> mostly to the Federal Government with some Private Industry so anything >> related to the Federal Government would be great. >> >> Thanks >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >> > >
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