GIAC
GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst
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- Exam cost
- $999 USD (historical estimate)
- Questions · time · passing score
- 1 proctored exam, 106 questions, 4 hours, Minimum passing score of 67%
- Prerequisites
- Practical work experience in intrusion detection, network and host monitoring, traffic analysis, and intrusion detection is recommended. College-level courses or self-paced study may also meet the needs for mastery.
- Estimated salary premium
- 12–12% (historical estimate)
- Renewal requirements
- 4-year cycle · 36 CPE/CEU credits per year
- Difficulty
- Not rated
Domains covered
- ** Network traffic analysis
- Intrusion detection system (IDS) configuration
- IDS rule creation
- Packet capture analysis
- TCP/IP protocol analysis
- Network forensics
- Log file analysis
- Wireshark
- Tcpdump
- SiLK
- Zeek
- Snort
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