SANS Heads to Austin for Six Days of Ethical Hacking, Penetration Testing, and Exploit Development Training

BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SANS Institute, the global leader in cyber security training, today announced the agenda for SANS Pen Test Austin 2018 taking place in Texas March 19 - 24. The event will feature hands-on immersion style training courses to help security professionals of every level hone their hacking, penetration testing, and exploit development skills.

According to Ed Skoudis (@edskoudis), SANS NetWars CyberCity Director and Faculty Fellow, "I'm super excited about the upcoming SEC560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking course at Pen Test Austin. We'll have TWO capture the flag competitions in the course, a full-on Pen Test on day six, and a special 'hidden' CtF that runs all week. We'll also have a brand-new lab workbook for students that covers all the hands-on exercises in the course, including some of the most powerful and prominent attacks used in breaches. For extra learning opportunities, we'll run NetWars challenges and CyberCity missions in the evenings, all week."

For additional information on the SEC560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking course, or to register, please visit: www.sans.org/u/zIr  

SANS Pen Test Austin 2018 will feature a variety of course for security professionals at every level. Included among the course line-up are the new SEC599: Defeating Advanced Adversaries - Implementing Kill Chain Defenses course and the newly updated SEC617: Wireless Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking course. Specialized courses like SEC573: Automating Information Security with Python and FOR578: Cyber Threat Intelligence will also be offered along with bonus evening discussions.

For a complete list of courses, or to register for SANS Pen Test Austin 2018, please visit: www.sans.org/u/zIw

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 cybersecurity 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 cybersecurity 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)

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