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EC-Council's CEH course
It will familiarize you with a lot of tools but, really, I think the Security+ is a better "entry-level" certification… It actually teaches the concepts. I don't see anything wrong with taking the Security+ and the CEH, though. It would be something to keep you occupied until you're ready to tackle the CISSP (and have the years of experience to actually get the cert).