SANS San Diego Cyber Security Training Event to Feature More than 35 Immersion Courses

BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- SANS Institute, the global leader in cyber security training, today announced SANS Security West 2019 (#SANSSecWest) taking place in San Diego, CA May 9-16. The event features hands-on immersion training taught by some of the world's foremost cyber security professionals. Included among the instructor line-up is G. Mark Hardy (@g_mark), the founder and president of National Security Corporation. Hardy will reveal what's next in blockchain during his talk, "Blockchain Rebooted".

According to Hardy, "Blockchain is dead. Long live blockchain! What's really going on here? After a meteoric rise in 2017 and a devastating crash in 2018, cryptocurrencies are decidedly out-of-favor. But is there a precedent for this? Dot-com. Amazon went from $110 to $5.50, a 95% drop. Last September, its stock closed at over $2000. There are Amazons in the blockchain 'wreckage' - join me in San Diego where we'll look at what's happening in that area, how blockchain will transform (and in some cases eliminate) certain businesses, and where the next generation of winners are likely to be."

Hardy will also teach MGT512: Security Leadership Essentials for Managers. This course empowers security professionals to become effective security managers by getting students up to speed quickly on information security issues and terminology. More than just learning about security, students will learn how to manage it.

SANS Security West 2019 features courses covering cyber defense, SIEM, cloud security, ethical hacking, penetration testing, digital forensics and incident response, security management, secure DevOps, ICS security and more. Attendees also have the opportunity to test their security skills at the Core NetWars Experience, DFIR NetWars Tournament, Cyber Defense NetWars Tournament, and ICS Netwars challenges.

For a complete list of courses and evening talks, or to register for SANS Security West 2019, visit: 
https://www.sans.org/security-west-2019 

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 60 different courses at more than 200 live cyber security training events as well as online. GIAC, an affiliate of the SANS Institute, validates a practitioner's qualifications via over 30 hands-on, technical certifications in cyber 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. (https://www.sans.org)

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