06-17, 17:15–18:15 (US/Eastern), Grand Ballroom Salons A-D
The Wireshark Certified Analyst exam is here. This is an exciting step for the Wireshark Community!
In this session, Chris and Ross, who helped to develop the WCA, go into the steps that were taken to create, develop and deliver the exam. Beyond sharing the objectives, we will explore the intended audience, how to prepare, sample labs, and what types of jobs this certification will support. Time will be taken for live training labs that feature exam objectives, as well as for Q+A about the certification.
Come learn more about the certification and find out if you are ready to become one of the first WCA’s in the world!
Ross has had a diverse career in engineering, beginning as a structural engineer, then project engineer for a gas utility, Ross was always quickly
assigned the de-facto network administrator, typically after no one else was brave enough to break, and later fix, the network. This lead to working as a network engineer designing and implementing enterprise networks for a major university hospital. Here he worked with
Extreme Networks, HP, Cisco, Tipping Point, among other network technology, as well as honed his Wireshark and protocol analysis skills. Ross
spent 7 years teaching data networking at Madison College, and in 2017 started authoring and producing IT training videos in Wireshark/Protocol
Analysis, Cisco, and general networking topics for www.Pluralsight.com. In his free time, you'll find Ross and his dog at the beach swimming and
surfing, traveling, hiking, or snowboarding somewhere in the western US.
Like you, Chris likes digging into packet captures to figure out how things work. When he is not teaching people the art of packet analysis in live courses, YouTube videos, or at conference seminars, you can find him in the packet trenches with clients from all over the world. Chris has been attending and speaking at Sharkfest since 2011 and enjoys learning new things right alongside attendees of all experience levels.