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GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
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GCIH at a glance
- Provider
- GIAC
- Credential type
- Professional Certification
- Exam required
- Yes
- Category
- Security
- Level
- Professional
- Cost
- $999 (certification attempt)
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Time to earn
- Not published
- Validity
- 4 years (renew with 36 CPE credits and a $499 fee)
- Format
- 106 questions, 4 hours, proctored online or at a Pearson VUE centre; 69% to pass
- Prerequisites
- None stated by GIAC
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Skills it covers
- Incident response
- Detecting exploitation
- Network and log investigation
- Web application attacks
- Password attacks
Where GCIH takes you
- Cybersecurity Analyst
- Security Engineer
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