SANS to Share How to Stay Ahead of Cyber Adversaries at Northern Virginia Security Training

BETHESDA, Md., June 13, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SANS Institute, the global leader in cyber security training, today announced the agenda for SANS Northern Virginia - Alexandria 2018 taking place August 13-18. The event features a variety of courses for both newbies and seasoned cyber security professionals. Included among the course offerings is the new DEV540: Secure DevOps and Cloud Application Security course.

According to DEV540 course co-author and instructor Frank Kim (@fykim), "If your company is adopting DevOps and/or moving to the cloud (with AWS) this is one course you don't want to miss. Join me in Northern Virginia where I will share how security professionals can work more effectively with development teams and the business when implementing DevOps. On top of that students will learn how DevOps practices like automation and infrastructure as code can be leveraged to improve the work of the security team itself."

DEV540 Secure DevOps and Cloud Application Security is a five day hands-on immersion style training course that provide security, IT and risk professionals with new ways to help their organization to best utilize DevOps and cloud-based technology without putting a company at risk. For more information on the course, or to register, visit: www.sans.org/u/EU8 

SAN Northern Virginia - Alexandria 2018 offers the unique opportunity to learn from industry leaders teaching critical information and practical techniques in cyber defense, penetration testing, ethical hacking and more. Hands-on immersion style training courses and bonus even talks will prepare professionals on the front lines of cyber security against today's complex adversaries.

For a complete list of courses and information on evening talks, or to register for SANS Northern Virginia - Alexandria 2018, visit: www.sans.org/u/EUd 

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. (www.SANS.org)

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