SANS Institute Returns to Washington D.C. with Cyber Defense Initiative Training Event

BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SANS Institute today announced its return to Washington D.C. for its annual cyber security training event, SANS Cyber Defense Initiative (CDI) 2014, taking place December 10 – 19. Attendees will learn about the newest cyber attacks, how they work, and what can be done to prevent them or mitigate the damage. Attendees will also learn about the latest tools for finding, blocking, and deciphering hacking attacks.

Included among the courses offered at CDI is the popular FOR508: Advanced Digital Forensics and Incident Response course. This in-depth incident response course provides responders with advanced skills to hunt down, counter, and recover from a wide range of threats within enterprise networks, including APT adversaries, organized crime syndicates, and hactivism. SANS will also offer SEC501: Advanced Security Essentials - Enterprise Defender which builds on a solid foundation of core policies and practices to enable security teams to effectively defend their enterprise.

CDI students can look forward to the debut of SANS' biggest NetWars challenge ever, the SEC562: CyberCity Hands-on Kinetic Cyber Range course. Dubbed the ultimate training event for cyber warriors and Infosec professionals, the Kinetic Cyber Range brings together every CyberCity mission ever offered, and new missions, under one single mega challenge.

In conjunction with the SANS CDI 2014 cyber security training courses, three SANS NetWars Tournaments will be take place at the event. Core NetWars, DFIR NetWars, and the Third Annual Tournament of Champions. To learn more about the NetWars events, visit http://www.sans.org/info/171547

"The NetWars competitions are an exciting way for people to measure and prove their skills while learning the latest techniques and approaches to fend off real-world cyber attacks. From determining how attacks happened and who compromised the network, to how to prevent future attacks or mitigate impact, SANS NetWars covers it all," said Ed Skoudis, SANS Faculty Fellow and NetWars CyberCity Director.

For more information on CDI, including a complete list of courses with overviews and instructor bios, or to register, please visit: http://www.sans.org/info/171562

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)

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