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GIAC (SANS)GIAC Mobile Device Security Analyst
The GIAC Mobile Device Security Analyst (GMOB) certification validates your ability to assess and manage mobile device and application security, mitigate against malware and stolen devices, and analyze mobile application behavior. It is designed for security professionals, penetration testers, and auditors who protect the mobile endpoints that access critical systems. Earning GMOB demonstrates hands-on, real-world mobile security expertise that organizations rely on.
Exam formatMultiple choice
Duration120 minutes
DeliveryGIAC
Passing score71%
Free questions494
Content last reviewed 30 July 2026 · Up to date
The certification
What GIAC Mobile Device Security Analyst proves, and what it asks of you
What this certification covers, who it is written for, and what the exam itself looks like on the day.
4domains
11objectives
93concepts
US $479exam fee
What it is
What this certification is
What it validates, who it is written for, and the experience it assumes.
About this certification
The GIAC Mobile Device Security Analyst (GMOB) certification validates a practitioner's ability to assess and manage mobile device and application security, and to mitigate against malware and stolen devices. GMOB certification holders are the professionals charged with protecting systems and networks, who know how to properly secure mobile devices and the vital information they access.
The exam covers managing Android and iOS devices and applications, jailbreaking and rooting mobile devices, mitigating against mobile malware and stolen mobile devices, analyzing and reverse engineering applications, manipulating application behavior, assessing application security, manipulating network traffic, and intercepting encrypted network traffic. Passing the exam demonstrates fluency in mobile device security and the capability to investigate and protect critical devices.
Who it’s for
This certification is for security personnel who are responsible for assessing, deploying, or securing mobile phones and tablets, as well as penetration testers and ethical hackers who need to validate mobile security controls. It also suits auditors who need to build deeper technical skills in mobile security, and network and system administrators who manage mobile devices within their environments.
Recommended experience
Practical work experience in mobile device security, along with training or self-paced study, is recommended to master the skills necessary for certification. Hands-on experience managing Android and iOS devices and applications; Familiarity with mobile penetration testing concepts and tools; Understanding of mobile malware analysis and mitigation techniques; Knowledge of network traffic manipulation and encrypted traffic interception
The syllabus
What you’ll learn
Every domain and objective GIAC (SANS) measures, with the weight they carry on the exam.
The official GIAC (SANS) exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
Mobile Device Management and Security
- Managing Android Devices and Applications
- Managing iOS Devices and Applications
- Mitigating Against Stolen Mobile Devices
- Unlocking and Rooting Mobile Devices
Mobile Application Analysis and Assessment
- Analyzing Mobile Applications
- Mobile Application Security Assessments
- Reverse Engineering Mobile Applications
Network Traffic Manipulation and Security
- Attacking Encrypted Traffic
- Manipulating Network Traffic
Mobile Malware and Application Behavior
- Manipulating Mobile Application Behavior
- Mitigating Against Mobile Malware
On the day
The exam itself
Everything GIAC (SANS) publishes about sitting it, and nothing we inferred.
Prerequisites
No mandatory prerequisites — this certification has no required predecessor exam or credential.
CertificationGIAC Mobile Device Security Analyst
Exam formatMultiple choice
Duration120 minutes
Questions75 questions
Passing score71%
DeliveryGIAC
LanguagesEnglish
PricingUS $479
After you pass
Where this credential goes next
The path GIAC (SANS) lays out, how the credential is kept, and where to book.
Step-by-step path to GIAC Mobile Device Security Analyst
Credential earnedGIAC Mobile Device Security Analyst Certification Renewal and maintenance
GIAC certifications must be renewed every four years by earning 36 CPE credits or retaking the exam. Stay current with the latest technologies and maintain your certification.
Learn more about renewal requirements Lifecycle status
This certification is currently active and available. GIAC (SANS) maintains this certification to validate current skills and industry relevance.
Exam status: ActiveMaintained by GIAC (SANS)
Exam registration
Register for the exam through GIAC, GIAC (SANS)’s authorized testing partner.
Schedule your examVisit the official GIAC (SANS) certification page for exam policies and requirements.
View the official pageYour coach
And when you are serious, your coach Pip takes over
Your coach in the app reads what you have answered with the book closed and tells you one thing to do tonight. It will not count an answer you gave with the page open, and it will tell you when you are not ready.
See how the coach worksBefore you book
Questions people ask
How does the GMOB exam relate to other GIAC certifications?
GMOB is a Practitioner certification that can be combined with other GIAC certifications to earn portfolio credentials like the GIAC Security Professional (GSP) or GIAC Security Expert (GSE).
Is there a hands-on or lab component in the GMOB exam?
The GMOB exam is a proctored, web-based exam with multiple-choice questions. It does not include a CyberLive hands-on component.
What are the proctoring options for the GMOB exam?
You can take the GMOB exam remotely through ProctorU or onsite through PearsonVUE. All GIAC exams are proctored.
How long do I have to complete my GMOB exam attempt after registration?
You have 120 days from the date of activation to complete your certification attempt.
What job roles does the GMOB certification map to?
GMOB is designed for security personnel responsible for assessing, deploying, or securing mobile phones and tablets, as well as penetration testers, ethical hackers, auditors, and network/system administrators.
Can I recertify by passing a different GIAC exam?
GIAC certifications can be renewed by retaking the same exam or by earning CPE credits. Passing a different GIAC exam does not automatically renew GMOB.
Are there regional differences in GMOB exam delivery?
GIAC offers remote proctoring through ProctorU and onsite proctoring through PearsonVUE, which are available in many regions. Check your GIAC account for specific delivery options.
Information freshness · Content last reviewed on 2026-07-30 Up to date
Practice free questions 494 questions, free, no account needed.
The curriculum
The whole exam, mapped and written
Every domain, every objective, and every concept GIAC (SANS) measures — each one written out.
4domains
11objectives
93concepts
103free pages
The domains, and what sits inside them
Every objective below is a page you can open and practise now, without an account.
The official GIAC (SANS) exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
1Mobile Device Management and Security173 questions
2Mobile Application Analysis and Assessment158 questions
3Network Traffic Manipulation and Security76 questions
4Mobile Malware and Application Behavior87 questions
Not a table of contents
Every line on this map already opens
In front of every objective the practice pages are already there, free and without an account. This is one objective, opened.
Managing Android Devices and Applications10 pagesOpen →
Free in front of it
50 questions on this objective, five to a page. Every range above is a real page, open now, with no account.
Reading the map is not the same as knowing the ground
The curriculum tells you what is on the exam. Proving you know it is a different job — and it is the one the closed-book run does.
Free questions
494 questions. No account, no card.
The whole bank is open. 5 questions to a page, every answer explained, and a discussion thread on each one.
494questions
103pages
11objectives
Freealways
Browse by domain
Every objective, and every page range, is a link — so you can pick up exactly where you left off.
1Mobile Device Management and Security173 questions
2Mobile Application Analysis and Assessment158 questions
3Network Traffic Manipulation and Security76 questions
4Mobile Malware and Application Behavior87 questions
What a practice page gives you
1Five to a page
Short enough to finish, long enough to matter.
2Every answer explained
Not only which one is right — why the others are wrong.
3A discussion on each
Ask, answer, and vote. Every question has its own thread.
A question, and the idea behind it
Every question comes from a concept
These are not trivia. Each one is written against a concept in the book, so when you get one wrong there is somewhere to go and find out why.
The visual book
See it once. Carry it into the exam.
The pages shown here come from our AI-900 book — an example of how each concept is written in plain language and, where the idea needs one, drawn as a full page you can take in at a glance.
93concepts
494free questions
Why a picture, and not another paragraph
Three reasons, and each one is a real finding rather than a slogan.
You can see it againThe whole idea at onceWhere it starts, what happens in the middle, what comes out, and the mistake to avoid.
Multimedia principle · MayerThe look-alikes sit togetherThe pairs the exam tests are drawn side by side, so the difference is seen, not told.
Dual coding · PaivioWhat one page is made of
You are never asked to read a poster here — only to see how one is built. After that, every other page is legible at a glance.
1A numbered strip on top
The idea as a sequence, followed with a finger before a word is read.
2Panels for the parts
What it is, how the machine learns it, when it is the right tool.
3The trap, framed
The distinction the exam tests, given its own box instead of buried in prose.
4One line at the bottom
The sentence to carry into the exam room.
Open book, on purpose
Answer it with the picture beside you
This is the part that teaches. The illustration and the written explanation stay where they are while you work, so a scenario stops being a memory test and becomes something you can simply look at.
It teaches · it does not count
A smartphone uses AI to unlock when the owner looks at the camera. Which AI capability is being used?
AImage classification
BFacial recognition
COptical character recognition
DObject detection
Look at the five steps. Detect finds a face, align straightens it, encode turns it into numbers, search compares it with a stored face, and decide answers one question: is this the same person? Classification would only say “a face”. Detection would only draw a box. Neither decides whose.
Then the page shuts, and it starts counting
The same questions come back with the book closed — that run is the one that counts. After it, your coach picks one thing for tonight, sized to the time you have, and brings pages back before you lose them.
Testing effect · Roediger & Karpicke 2006 · spacing effect · Cepeda et al. 2006
Official resources
Straight from GIAC (SANS)
Where the exam is defined, scheduled and scored.
1official link
93concepts mapped
The source
GIAC (SANS)’s own pages
We link to them rather than repeat them, so nothing here goes stale behind them.
Checked against the source
Every objective on the official GIAC (SANS) outline already has questions here
We build from the official skills outline, not from a summary of it — 11 objectives, 93 concepts written under them, and free questions against every one. When GIAC (SANS) changes the outline, this page changes with it.
11objectives on the outline→93concepts written→494free questions
An official page tells you what will be asked. It cannot tell you what you will get right.
That is the only question worth answering the night before, and no link answers it. You answer it by taking the questions with the book closed, and seeing what comes back.