SANS to Share How to Overcome InfoSec Communication Obstacles at Virginia Cyber Security Training Event

BETHESDA, Md., May 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- SANS Institute, the global leader in cyber security training and certifications, today announced the agenda for SANS Crystal City 2019 (#SANSCrystalCity) taking place August 5-10 in Arlington, Virginia. Courses will cover cyber defense, OSINT, ethical hacking, penetration testing, legal and defensible security architecture. Cyber security expert Patterson Cake will give an evening talk, "Overcoming Your Greatest Info-Sec Adversary: You!"

Cake explains, "Wouldn't it be nice if human communication protocols were a little more clearly defined, with a set of rules for properly formatting input to achieve desired output? Unfortunately, your technical knowledge and industry expertise won't equip you to deal with this particularly challenging protocol and may even be a hindrance! Join me in Crystal City to hear about some good, bad and occasionally ugly communication lessons learned, and to discuss strategies for simplifying complex ideas, influencing decision makers, and promoting change, all of which are critical to your success in information security!"

In addition to his talk, Cake will teach SEC560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking. Cyber security professionals have a unique responsibility to find and understand their organization's vulnerabilities and to work diligently to mitigate them before the bad guys pounce. SEC560 arms cyber security professional to address this duty head-on. This course prepares students to conduct high-value penetration testing projects step by step and end to end.

SANS Crystal City 2019 features cutting-edge courseware that is continually updated to address current threats. Included among the line-up of courses are SEC401: Security Essentials Bootcamp Style, SEC487: Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Gathering and Analysis, SEC504: Hacker Tools, Techniques, Exploits, and Incident Handling, and LEG523: Law of Data Security and Investigations.

For a complete list of courses and evening talks, or to register for SANS Crystal City 2019, visit:
https://www.sans.org/crystal-city-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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