How to Set Up GSEC Certification in a Signature Block

GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) offers professional certification in a range of professional fields, including Forensics, Management, Audit, Software Security and Legal. Certification entails taking an online certification examination specific to your professional field. After you pass the GIAC examination, you are mailed a certificate. You are also entitled to add the GIAC logo to all of your professional correspondence, including your email signature block. Adding the GSEC logo if you are not GIAC certified can result in copyright infringement, and may result in legal ramifications.

Instructions

Get Certification Logo

1. Visit the official GIAC Website at giac.org.

2. Click the “Certified Professionals” tab.

3. Click “Logos.” A list of GIAC certification levels appear.

4. Click the link for the “GIAC Security Essentials GSEC” certification level. If you have gold-status certification, click the “GIAC Security Essentials GSEC-Gold” link, located underneath Gold Status section.

5. Click “Save” to download the GSEC logo onto your computer's hard drive.

Add Logo To Outlook

1. Locate the downloaded GSEC logo on your computer's hard drive. Right-Click the image. Select “Copy.”

2. Open the Outlook mail program on your computer.

3. Click “Tools” from the top navigation menu. Select “Mail Format.”

4. Click the “Signatures” tab. Select “New.”

5. Type any text you want to appear in your email signature.

6. Right-click inside the signature box. Select “Paste” to paste the GSEC logo into the box.

7. Click “OK” to save your new signature settings.

Add Logo To Thunderbird

1. Locate the downloaded GSEC logo on your computer's hard drive. Right-click the image. Select “Copy.”

2. Open the Thunderbird mail program on your computer.

3. Click “Tools” from the top navigation menu. Select “Account Settings.”

4. Click the email address, listed on the left pane, that you want to add the GSEC logo to.

5. Look underneath the “Signature Text” box. Click the radio button labeled “Attach the Signature From a File Instead.”

6. Click “Choose” to browse your computer files for the GSEC logo. Double-click the GSEC logo to upload it to the signature block.

7. Click “OK” to save and apply your new signature settings.

References

• GIAC: GIAC Logos For Business Cards
• Windows Reference: How To Insert A Graphic In An Outlook 2007 Signature
• Suite Minute: How To Add A Logo Or Picture To Your Outlook 2007 Signature
• MozillaZine: Signatures – Thunderbird

Resources

• GIAC: Steps To Become GIAC Certified