SANS Institute is Providing a MacBook Air or Toshiba Ultrabook to Facilitate Online Security Training

BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SANS Online Training announces a special opportunity to receive a state-of-the-art laptop with SANS industry leading security training. The offer runs through November 28 and includes a MacBook Air or Toshiba Ultrabook to students registering for a qualifying SANS OnDemand or vLive course.

These state-of-the-art laptops will allow students the flexibility to take SANS training from any location with an Internet connection. This is a unique opportunity for students to experience SANS premier online information security training remotely without the need or expense of travel. Students can choose from over 30 courses in the most critical areas of information security including: Penetration Testing, Digital Forensics, Intrusion Analysis, Incident Handling, Secure Software Development, System Administration, Security Management, IT Audit, and Legal Requirements.

OnDemand courses are presented by SANS' top instructors in a comprehensive training and assessment system that is available online anytime, anywhere.  vLive uses cutting-edge webcast technology to deliver a live, interactive classroom experience over the web where students learn directly from SANS' top instructors in a virtual classroom.  Both methods allow you to learn from the comfort of your home or office.

"We are excited to provide our online students with one of these great devices to enhance their learning experience. OnDemand and vLive students take our courses from just about everywhere: Home, office, airports, hotels…you name it. One of these sleek, lightweight laptops will make it even easier for our students to take a SANS online course from wherever they choose."
--Andrew Williams
Director, SANS OnDemand

To learn more about this special program, please visit:
http://www.sans.org/info/116177

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 information security training and security certification in the world. In addition to world-class training, SANS offers certification via the ANSI accredited GIAC security certification program. SANS offers a myriad of free resources to the InfoSec community including consensus projects, research reports, 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