[jgs1]

Disclosure: I was a student in the first round of this course and prior to enrolling, only vaguely knew of Cody as 'that guy who hacked hotel locks'.

For anyone considering this course, it's well worth the price of admission. Especially if your company pays :) Cody challenges each student to think like a breaker. The course is very hands on. I'd plan to spend at least 5 hours a week on the coursework.

As a result of what I've learned, I've found numerous bugs within internal apps at my company, bugs within random email survey links, bugs within vendor code. Bugs, bugs everywhere!

My only nitpick with the course was that there were some unforeseen scheduling issues that affected the pace and caused it to extend out to > 12 weeks in length. But I attribute most of those to being part of the first/beta run. I have confidence that Cody will get everything worked out in future iterations.

It doesn't take long to see that Cody really does have a genuine interest in teaching others about security. His willingness to share his knowledge is a benefit to anyone willing to learn.