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Features More than 40 Courses, including Several New First-Run Courses, Addressing Today's Most Complex Information Security Threats BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SANS today announced new first-run training courses coming to SANS 2013 in Orlando, Florida. Included among the more than 40 courses being taught March 8 - 15, SANS has added new courses in IT audit, computer forensics, and security management. "This is where technology is going. Cutting-edge...

Respondents eligible to enter drawing for an iPad 4! BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SANS Institute is asking managers and analysts in help desk and similar end-user support services to take a 10-minute survey to reveal their approaches to the security risks faced by their teams. "For decades, attackers have used social engineering techniques to use help desk staff as unwitting allies in their efforts to subvert networked systems. We want to quantify how IT...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The SANS Institute today announced that the Iberdrola has won a 2012 European SCADA Security Innovation Award for leading the implementation of traditional and also cutting-edge security projects in the SCADA world; when very few organizations in this sector were even paying attention to security. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130116/DC43827) Iberdrola is the largest energy company in Spain and operates multiple...

BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SANS today announced it is returning to the Orlando World Center Marriott campus for SANS 2013. Slated for March 8 - 15, SANS 2013 will provide students with world-class training in IT security, penetration testing, application developer security, computer forensics, security management, network audit, and legal security. SANS 2013 features over 40 hands-on technical courses taught by the top security practitioners in the...

BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SANS today announced a special opportunity for organizations to send students to information security training at a discount. The offer runs through January 15, 2013, and will allow organizations to send their employees to a live, six day session of MGT414: SANS® +S(TM) Training Program for the New CISSP® Certification Exam. Information security professionals start your 2013 off right and take security management training that...

BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SANS Institute, a trusted and pervasive source of information security training, announces the results of its first Survey on Application Security Policies in Enterprises. Sponsored by NT OBJECTives, Qualys, WhiteHat Security and Veracode, the survey reveals that awareness of risk is high across most organizations and that some form of policies are in place among 66% of the survey's nearly 700 respondents. "This indicates...

The innovation: Fostering international cooperation among government agencies and private companies to identify and implement the most critical cybersecurity controls to protect their systems, networks, and information--potentially leading to an internationally recognized minimum standard of due care in cybersecurity WASHINGTON, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The SANS Institute today announced that three UK government departments/Authorities -- CESG (the National Technical...

Simulated Attacks Teach Cyber Warriors How to Defend Cyberspace and Protect Against Kinetic Effects BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SANS today announced NetWars CyberCity, a small-scale city located close by the New Jersey Turnpike complete with a bank, hospital, water tower, train system, electric power grid, and a coffee shop. NetWars CyberCity was developed to teach cyber warriors from the U.S. Military how online actions can have kinetic effects. SANS has...

BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To help information security professionals defend against today's complex attacks, SANS will host Security East January 16 - 23 in New Orleans, LA. SANS' cutting-edge information security training program will arm attendees with the necessary skills to fend off attacks and provides the opportunity to earn credits towards a master's degree. SANS Security East 2013 features 11 hands-on technical courses and will be taught by some...

The innovation: Creating a statewide information security officer certification program WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The SANS Institute today announced that the Department of Technology & Information for the State of Delaware has won a 2012 U.S. National Cybersecurity Innovation Award for creating a statewide information security officer certification program. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121113/DC12498) The Delaware program is based on...