What Would You Recommend for IT Training?

ITPhantom wonders: "It is that time again and my supervisor has been coming around and asking what training and conferences I would like to attend in the upcoming year. I have recently been put in charge of the management and security of a few dozen machines in our department, and our internal network (simple as it may be). While most of the machines that I am responsible for are running Windows, there are a few Linux machines in the mix. I am fairly proficient with Windows, but have not had any real experience managing Linux machines, though I have been a casual user for about a year. With all of the options available, from online training to extensive boot camps and seminars, what would you recommend for training in the areas above?"

Comments

CEH Training

[DaFork]

A lot of admins in my company seem to like the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) training (http://www.eccouncil.org/CEH.htm).

Re:CEH Training

[CastrTroy]

How exactly do you certify ethics? I mean, you can learn about ethics and probably pass quite a few tests on ethics without actually being an ethical person. Granted, it's nice to know how to "hack" since knowing the possible security holes that exist in systems is a great way to ensure high security in your own work. Case in point. I knew a "network admin" who didn't think it was possible to change the MAC address. Invalid assumptions such as this can lead to people assuming their system is secure when it really isn't. Knowing the pitfalls of other systems, security related or not, is of great importance when designing new systems.