SANS Northern Virginia Winter Training Event Offers Opportunities for Security Professionals to Accelerate their Careers

BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 9, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SANS Institute, the global leader in information security training, today announced the SANS Northern VA Winter – Reston 2018 security training event taking place January 15 – 20. Renowned cyber security expert and SANS Fellow, Dr. Eric Cole, will deliver the keynote address OBSESSED - How to Be Wildly Successful. Dr. Cole will also share actionable steps security professionals can take to become successful in cyber security during the SEC401: Security Essentials Bootcamp course.

According to Dr. Cole, "Most people want to be successful and achieve their goals, but often struggle getting to the next level. SEC401 provides technical knowledge which is essential to succeeding in cyber security. But technical knowledge alone isn't enough. Join me at SANS Northern Virginia Winter-Reston where I will also offer tricks for succeeding during the keynote. For security professionals looking to accelerate their cyber security career in 2018, you won't want to miss this talk."

For more information on the SEC401: Security Essentials Bootcamp Style course or to register, please visit: www.sans.org/u/xSY

SANS Northern VA Winter – Reston 2018 will feature hands-on immersion style training courses designed to build the necessary skills to more effectively combat the growing wave of breaches and cyber attacks. A variety of information security, digital forensics, and security management courses will be offered. Included among the list of courses are SEC504: Hacker Tools, Techniques, Exploits, and Incident Handling, FOR500: Windows Forensic Analysis and MGT517: Managing Security Operations: Detection, Response, and Intelligence.

For a complete list of courses, bonus evening discussions, or to register for SANS Northern VA Winter – Reston 2018, please visit: www.sans.org/u/xT3

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 cybersecurity 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 cybersecurity training events as well as online. GIAC, an affiliate of the SANS Institute, validates employee qualifications via 30 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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