SANS Has Added Online Training Event to Support Training Budgets without Travel!

BETHESDA, Md., July 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SANS today announced the addition of SANS CyberCon Fall 2013 online information security training event, Sept 9^th – 14^th, 2013. With sequestration still in place, organizations are finding themselves with training budgets, but drastically reduced travel budgets. This one-of-a-kind training event brings SANS' top instructors teaching SANS' top courses to those who can't travel.

"SANS CyberCon is a great option for organizations that need to spend their SANS voucher credits or training budgets before the end of the fiscal year. It is also perfect for organizations that have reduced or eliminated their travel budgets," states Steve Peterson, Director of SANS Online Training.

Here's what SANS CyberCon alumni from 2012 said about their training experience:

"CyberCon was the perfect solution for me……not having to cover travel was huge." - Mark Dirks with Steptoe & Johnson LLP

"Virtual training allows me to sit in my own comfy chair, wearing my comfiest clothes, while being exposed to some of the best thinking in the industry. Plus, there's no exhausting or costly travel!" - Robin Norris, EMC

SANS CyberCon Fall 2013 will be your chance to experience a SANS training event without ever leaving home. At SANS CyberCon Fall 2013, you will learn directly from the top practitioners in the computer security industry. The training event will include a kick-off keynote address from Faculty Fellow Rob Lee and also include bonus sessions.

Learn from our top-rated faculty including Tanya Baccam, Rob Lee, Ovie Carroll and Eric Conrad. Participants will receive SANS' world-class information security training including Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling, Mobile Device Security and Ethical Hacking course that is associated with the brand new GIAC GMOB certification available soon, Computer Forensic Investigations, Law of Data Security and Investigations, and two Brand New Audit courses; Auditing Security and Controls of Active Directory and Windows and Auditing Security and Controls of Oracle Databases.

SANS CyberCon Fall 2013 will be your opportunity to learn from the top minds in cyber security right from your computer. For a complete list of courses and course overviews, including associated GIAC certifications and to register, please visit: http://www.sans.org/info/134767

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 source for world-class information security training and security certification in the world offering over 50 training courses. GIAC, an affiliate of the SANS Institute, is a certification body featuring over 20 hands-on, technical certifications in information security. SANS offers a myriad of free resources to the InfoSec community including consensus projects, research reports, and newsletters; and it operates the Internet's early warning system - the Internet Storm Center. At the heart of SANS are the many security practitioners in varied global organizations from corporations to universities working together to help the entire information security community. (www.SANS.org)

SOURCE SANS Institute