SANS Institute Las Vegas Security Training to Focus on Early Detection of Breaches and Controlling Damage

BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SANS Institute, the global leader in information security training, will return to Las Vegas October 19 – 27 for its annual SANS Network Security 2014. The event will feature more than 40 hands-on, immersion-style security training courses taught by real-world practitioners. Top security experts from around the world will share details on the latest threats and provide action plans for building a defensible network.

"With new advanced and emerging threat vectors breaking into networks with relative ease, it is clear a different approach to security is required," said Dr. Eric Cole, keynote presenter and SANS Faculty Fellow. "Organizations must put in place an action plan for building a defensible network that includes early detection and controlling damage. SANS Network Security will arm attendees with a better understanding of what the advance persistent threat really is and how organizations can better prepare to fend off and respond-to potential attacks."

Among the many courses offered at SANS Network Security 2014 is the popular SEC660: Advanced Penetration Testing, Exploits, and Ethical Hacking course. Students with the prerequisite knowledge to take this course will walk through dozens of real-world attacks used by the most seasoned penetration testers. SANS also will offer the new SEC760: Advanced Exploit Development for Penetration Testers course for those wishing to hone their penetration testing skills even further. This course teaches the expertise required to reverse engineer 32-bit and 64-bit applications, perform remote user application and kernel debugging, analyze patches for 1-day exploits, and write complex exploits, such as use-after-free attacks, against modern software and operating systems.

Other new courses being offered at SANS Network Security 2014 include:

• SEC511: Continuous Monitoring and Security Operations (full/wait list)
• FOR526: Memory Forensics In-Depth
• ICS410: ICS/SCADA Security Essentials
• HOSTED: Embedded Device Security Assessments For The Rest Of Us

For more information about the training event, including a complete list of courses with overviews and instructor bios, or to register, please visit: http://www.sans.org/info/166897

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