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The courses will cover network penetration testing, forensic investigations and intrusion detection SANS’ European expansion continues with a return to Belgium in February 2014. SANS Brussels presents four essential security training courses covering network penetration testing, forensic investigations, intrusion detection and security essentials including the recently enhanced SEC503: Intrusion Detection In-Depth. SANS Brussels 2014 runs from Monday 17th till Satur...

The online event includes full access to SANS CyberTalent Assessment tool for assessing skill levels of job applicants The SANS Institute will be running a Virtual Careers Fair over 29th & 30th of November aimed at connecting organisations and recruiters from across the UK to a vast pool of fully validated InfoSec professionals. The online event includes full access to SANS CyberTalent Assessments, a web-based skill evaluation tool to help rapidly and accurately assess the...

Dubai 2013 will also host SANS security 504: hacker techniques, exploits & incident handling SANS Dubai 2013, the Gulf Region’s largest InfoSec training event has opened for online registration including “early bird” discounts of up to €250. The event will be held at the Hilton Dubai Jumeirah resort from October 26th til November 7th 2013 with a roster of courses covering hacker techniques, incident handling, and computer forensic investigations. Du...

The SANS Institute has launched CyberTalent Assessments, a new management tool that helps to validate the skills of information security professionals. As part of a recruitment process, CyberTalent Assessments helps Recruitment and HR professionals and recruitment agencies to save time, reduce administrative efforts and increase the pool of qualified candidates. Powered by Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) based exam questions, SANS CyberTalent Assessments can provide benchmarks...

The course provides preparation for the GIAC Security Leadership qualification and conforms with DoDD 8570 This June, the SANS Institute will debut its MGT512: SANS Security Leadership Essentials For Managers with Knowledge Compression course in Naples, Italy. The course has been updated to emulate the format utilised by many executive MBA programmes and  has been approved by CompTIA's CAQC programmes for Security + 2008 to ensure that managers and their direct repor...

The event includes 6-day courses and the 2 day "Securing The Human" course for security professionals SANS has added a new London date to its security-training calendar. SANS London Summer takes place from the 9th to 16th of July at the London Marriott Hotel Kensington and gives security professionals the opportunity to attend four of SANS most popular 6-day courses and the excellent 2 day “Securing The Human” course. “SANS London 2012 was the most popular s...

Across six days attendees will participate in advanced penetration testing and ethical hacking courses This June, the SANS Institute will host Pen Test Berlin, the largest dedicated training event for ethical hackers in Europe.  From the 3rd to the 8th of June 2013, the Radisson Blu Hotel on the bank of Berlin's River Spree will welcome IT security experts keen to update their skills and learn new techniques. Across six days, attendees will participate in advanced penetra...

Dr. Ullrich points to various techniques such as netflow analysis as useful skills that can help detect intrusion As network speeds increase with new technologies and demand, real time packet inspection is simply not sufficient to deal with cyber-attacks. According to Dr. Johannes Ullrich, Dean of Research and a faculty member of the SANS Technology Institute, “Faster networks are making it harder for intrusion detection techniques to keep up with the threats. Instead or...

The Summit focuses baseline of information security measures and controls to improve cyber defence The SANS Institute will be hosting the Critical Security Controls International Summit in London from May 1st to May 2nd at the London Hilton on Park Lane hotel. The Summit focuses on the Critical Security Controls that the British government's Center for the Protection of National Infrastructure describes as the "baseline of high-priority information security measures and co...

SANS London 2012 is Europe's largest training event for information security professionals SANS London 2012, Europe’s largest training event for information security professionals will this year move from its traditional venue at East London’s Excel conference centre to the Grand Connaught Rooms in vibrant Covent Garden. “The decision has been made based on extensive feedback received from students over the last few years,” explains Gareth Dance, the C...

   SANS' webcast series aims to empower SMEs to make good risk management decisions "Millions of small businesses assume that Information security is just too complex," explains Jim Herbeck, an instructor for the SANS Institute. "But by breaking down the complete process into smaller, bite sized chunks using the same best practice favoured by larger organisations, SMEs (Small Medium Enterprises) should understand that having good information security is a very realist...

  SANS has emphasised on the need to secure data  and critical applications  The rise in popularity of hosted, cloud and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is making life more difficult for developers to secure critical applications. "One of the challenges is exercising controls over the remote infrastructure, especially in multi tenant environments," explains Dr. Johannes Ullrich, Dean of Research and a faculty member of the SANS Technology Institute. "Each developmen...

 SANS is offering a 250-euro discount to students who register for the event by 25 January 2012After a four year absence, SANS will be running an event in Germany this March (5-10) following substantial demand from security professionals, military and large enterprises across the region. SANS Germany 2012 includes MGT512: SANS Security Leadership Essentials for Managers. This intense five day course will be run by Stephen Northcutt, the founder of the GIAC certification and current p...

 The course extends past server layer with material covering virtualisation networking techniques in detailThe SANS Institute has added Security 577 Virtualisation Security Fundamentals to the line-up for SANS 2011 following popular demand. On its European début last year, the course completely sold out in record time and received some of the highest feedback scores across the event. The rapid adoption of virtualisation over the last few years has led to a growing realisation that pr...

Andrew Sheldon, James Lyne, and David Stubley are among the twelve speakersSANS Institute has announced its final roster of speakers presenting at the annual European Digital Forensics and Incident Response Summit this September over the 21st and 22nd at the Thistle Hotel Marble Arch. SANS has added Andrew Sheldon, a pioneer in areas of Remote Forensics and Triage; James Lyne, nicknamed the Mcguyver of Infosec by the BBC, and David Stubley, a Director with 7 Elements, a respected security con...