SANS' Penetration Testing Training Event to Make its Austin Debut

BETHESDA, Md., March 23, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SANS Institute, the global leader in information security training, today announced SANS Pen Test Austin, taking place May 18 – 23. This event marks the first time SANS will offer its popular penetration testing training to the Austin market. Attendees will learn vital and in-demand skills as well as have the opportunity to network with like-minded security professionals that want to take their pen test artistry to the next level.

"Penetration testing is the art and science of improving an organization's security by having security professionals attempt to hack it. Properly done, so-called pen tests can help an organization radically improve its security stance," said Ed Skoudis, SANS Instructor and NetWars CyberCity Director. "With malicious computer attacks increasing in numbers and severity, the information security industry needs an enormous amount of help in proactively finding and resolving vulnerabilities. Penetration testers who are able to identify flaws, understand them, and demonstrate their business impact through careful exploitation are an important piece of the defensive puzzle. For those IT professionals looking to land their first job as a pen tester to those already enjoying success in this exciting field, SANS Pen Test Austin offers something for everyone." 

Highlights of SANS Pen Test Austin include:

• SANS Top Courses focused on Pen Testing including hands-on immersion training featuring skills that attendees can begin using immediately;
• Three nights of NetWars challenges, where attendees compete against each other and themselves as they test and build their InfoSec skills;
• The ability to participate in SANS' Coin-a-palooza which allows attendees to earn up to four additional SANS pen test challenge coins (each with an integrated cipher challenge) based on their individual performance in SANS NetWars; and
• Access to SANS' CyberCity Missions which allow participants to work through an evening of cyber missions that have a direct kinetic impact on the miniature CyberCity environment that SANS built with a real power grid, water reservoir, military base, and more.

For more information on SANS Pen Test Austin 2015, including a complete list of courses and instructors or to register, please visit: www.sans.org/u/2gG

About SANS Institute
The SANS Institute was established in 1989 as a cooperative research and education organization. SANS is the most trusted and, by far, the largest provider of training and certification to professionals at governments and commercial institutions world-wide. Renowned SANS instructors teach over 50 different courses at more than 200 live cyber security training events as well as online. GIAC, an affiliate of the SANS Institute, validates employee qualifications via 27 hands-on, technical certifications in information security. The SANS Technology Institute, a regionally accredited independent subsidiary, offers master's degrees in cyber security. SANS offers a myriad of free resources to the InfoSec community including consensus projects, research reports, and newsletters; it also operates the Internet's early warning system--the Internet Storm Center. At the heart of SANS are the many security practitioners, representing varied global organizations from corporations to universities, working together to help the entire information security community. (www.SANS.org)

SOURCE SANS Institute

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