Top SANS Instructors Head to Virginia Beach for Two Week Information Security Training Event

BETHESDA, Md., June 13, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SANS Institute, the global leader in information security training, today announced the agenda for SANS Virginia Beach 2017 taking place August 21 – September 1. This two week training event offers students the unique opportunity to take back-to-back courses or select a week of their choice. Included among the 16 hands-on immersion style courses offered is the newly updated SEC503 Intrusion Detection In-Depth Course.

According to the CTO of SANS' Internet Storm Center and SEC503 instructor Dr. Johannes Ullrich, "Based on student feedback, we significantly increased the "hands-on" part of the Intrusion Detection In-Depth class. Using current threats like ransom ware, covert channels and spear phishing attacks, we created three scenarios that students analyze as part of a whole-day exercise. To provide students with even more keyboard time and to enable them to use the tools and techniques learned in class as soon as they return to their job, the class now uses SANS NetWars as a capstone exercise."

To learn more about SANS SEC503: Intrusion Detection In-Depth, please visit: www.sans.org/u/sIO

SANS Virginia Beach offers courses for those new to information security as well as highly seasoned professionals. Several new, and newly updated, courses will be offered at the event including SEC555: SIEM with Tactical Analytics; FOR610: Reverse-Engineering Malware: Malware Analysis Tools and Techniques and MGT517: Managing Security Operations: Detection, Response, and Intelligence. Many of the courses offered are designed to prepare students for GIAC Certification. Bonus evening sessions will round out the agenda offering insight into the latest cyber security topics.

For a complete list of courses, instructors and bonus evening discussions, or to register for SANS Virginia Beach 2017, please visit: www.sans.org/u/sJ3

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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