> -----Original Message----- > From: Nicole Nicholson [mailto:nanicholsonat_private] > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 9:30 AM > Subject: Re: OSSTM Training/Certification > > I just got finished taking the OSSTM Professional Security Analyst (OPSA) > class here at Black Hat in Vegas. Don't waste your money. The instructor > admiited that it was the first time the course was offered in the US, and > still needed some work. Greetings everyone, I was the teacher of the mentioned course at Black Hat and I thought it would be appropriate to add to this thread. I apologize for the appearance of "Nicole"'s post, but this response should clear some things up. I would like to start by saying there was no "Nicole Nicholson" in the Black Hat OSSTMM Professional Security Analyst Course this week. I would have to question the integrity of a person who would use a fictitious name to post to this forum. At the conclusion of the course the students were provided an evaluation form where they could share their thoughts on the course. The questions for numerical calculations were based on the technical level of the course content, the knowledge of the instructor, and presentation skills of the instructor. Out of the entire class, we received 83% positive feedback, with a few giving perfect scores. The biggest detractor from being a higher overall feedback percentage was that the course was an Analyst course and not an overly hands on technical course. There was one student who provided a very low review of the course. I saw this review as an opportunity to receive constructive criticism to improve the course for the future. When I ran into this student later I asked them for their honest opinions of the course and where we could improve. It was in this meeting that I shared the fact that this was the 1st time the course had been delivered in the United States. This fact was shared to illicit the constructive criticism, and let them know their input would be taken seriously. Overall, I believe the course was well received and liked by the students as evidenced by the reviews of the course. Perhaps another less "shy" student will chime in when they get back to their respective offices. Until then, please take this one review with a huge grain of salt :). Cheers, Robert Robert E. Lee CTO 3400 Irvine Ave, Building 118 Newport Beach, Ca 92660 T (949) 486-6600 F (949) 486-6001 robertat_private p.s. This is not the first time this individual has posted as "Nicole Nicholson". If you are bored, you may be interested in the following urls. Granted there is no "direct" correlation, but the two definitely have a lot in common. If Nicole is a real person, perhaps this will help them make a love connection :). http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/incidents/2000/02/msg00126.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/snort/2000-09/0248.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/snort/2000-09/0248.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/snort/2000-06/0182.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/snort/2003-01/0016.html http://groups.google.com/groups?q=nanicholson%40hotmail.com&hl=en&lr=&ie =UTF-8&selm=auad8t%242n53%241%40FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw&rnum=1 http://www.redhat.com/archives/redhat-install-list/2003-January/msg02639 .html <--- "Nicole" actually brought this laptop to the class :). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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