SANS Institute to Tackle Credit Card Fraud at Minneapolis Information Security Training Event

BETHESDA, Md., June 10, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SANS Institute, the global leader in information security training, today announced the SANS Minneapolis 2015 security training event taking place July 20 – 25. The event features hands-on immersion style security training and evening talks addressing some of today's most complex security issues including credit card fraud.

According to G. Mark Hardy, a SANS Instructor and the CEO and founder of CardKill Inc., "Card fraud costs $16 billion annually, and it's not getting better. It's just a matter of time until we read about the next Target or Home Depot.  My talk, Card Fraud 101, will provide valuable insight into how these big card heists are pulled off. I will detail why chip-and-pin won't solve America's card fraud problems and discuss why new electronic payment systems may be vulnerable to compromise."

The SANS Minneapolis 2015 information security training event will feature hands-on, immersion style training courses for budding and highly seasoned security professionals. From security essentials to hacker techniques, penetration testing, forensic analysis and ICS/SCADA security, SANS Minneapolis offers courses for InfoSec professionals at every level. For advancing managers who want to get up to speed quickly on information security issues and terminology, Hardy will also teach the MGT512: SANS Security Leadership Essentials for Managers with Knowledge Compression™ course. Managers participating in this course won't just learn about security, they will learn how to manage security.

For a complete list of courses, instructors, and bonus session talks, or to register for the event, please visit: http://www.sans.org/u/5bE

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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