SANS Institute to Host Digital Forensics and Incident Response Summit in Austin, Texas

BETHESDA, Md., June 8, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SANS Institute, the global leader in information security training, today announced the Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) Summit 2015 to take place July 7 – 8 in Austin, Texas. In conjunction with the Summit, SANS will host an intensive hands-on DFIR training event July 9 - 14. From hunting for the adversary before and during an incident to identifying, extracting, prioritizing, and leveraging intelligence from APT intrusions, the DFIR summit and training event will arm forensic experts and incident responders with the necessary information to counter complicated emerging cyber incidents.

"The DFIR Summit is always a promising and exciting display of talent, passion, and experience. SANS and the team here are really the sharpest in the industry for DFIR - there is no comparison," said Robert M. Lee, SANS instructor and co-founder of Dragos Security LLC.

The summit brings together some of the industry's top DFIR and security experts to discuss the most innovative DFIR topics today including ubiquity forensics (iCloud), Windows 8 SRUM forensics, BYOD, threat analysis of complex attacks, and much more. Attendees will also learn about the latest tools and techniques for detecting and responding to today's most complex threats. Some of the forensic experts that will join keynote speaker James Dunn at the summit include:

• Dmitry Bestuzhev, Head of the Global Research and Analysis Team, Latin America, Kaspersky Lab
• Devon Kerr, Senior Consultant, Mandiant, A FireEye Company
• Sara Newcomer, Computer Forensic Examiner, Lockheed Martin
• Chris Petersen, Chief Technology Officer, LogRhythm
• Lee Whitfield, Director of Forensics, Digital Discovery
• Jon Turner, Security Service Engineer, Microsoft Corp.

The DFIR summit and training will ensure incident responders and investigators walk away with the understanding of what they are up against, how to detect and fight it. SANS DFIR classes and the two-day summit will fortify attendees for proactive forensics success. 

For additional information on the summit and training, or to register, please visit: http://www.sans.org/u/4X6

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 cyber security 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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