MEDIA ALERT: Calling all Digital Forensic Experts and Incident Responders: Nominations for the Forensic 4:cast Awards to Close March 31st

BETHESDA, Md., March 16, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nominations for the Forensic 4:cast awards, the only vendor-neutral, community-driven awards for digital forensics and incident response, will close March 31^st. The awards will take place at the SANS DFIR Summit in Austin, TX.

Who: Digital Forensic Experts and Incident Responders

What: The Forensic 4:cast awards have been operating for nine years. The nominees and winners are chosen by those that work in the field and are representative of the field at large.

To make a nomination, visit:
https://forensic4cast.com/forensic-4cast-awards

For additional details on the Forensic 4:cast awards, visit:
https://forensic4cast.com/2017/03/awards-nomination-closing-date-and-news

When: Nominations close March 31^st

Where: Winners will be announced at the 10th annual SANS Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) Summit and Training, June 22-29 in Austin, TX. The DFIR Summit is the most comprehensive DFIR event of the year, bringing together the most influential group of experts, the highest quality training, and the greatest industry networking opportunities in one place.

For details on the SANS DFIR Summit, visit:
https://www.sans.org/event/digital-forensics-summit-2017

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 cyber security 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 30 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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