SANS Institute comes to London in November with 16 courses covering security essentials, auditing, testing, detection of threats and intrusion and more

UK – 11^th September, 2014 – SANS is hosting the largest IT training event outside the USA at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London’s West End with 16 specialist courses, most with an associated certification and all led by SANS’ world class instructors. Running from Saturday 15th to Monday 24th November 2014, the courses offer an unrivalled learning experience and the opportunity to network and socialise with hundreds of fellow security executives, plus SANS instructors. Registration is well underway with savings of up to €250 on tuition fees offered for payment by Wednesday 1st October. Most courses sold out last year so it is essential to register online now to secure your place. 

The combination of real-world content and the expert delivery of SANS’ top instructors, all of whom are leading security practitioners themselves, has made SANS the world’s largest and most trusted provider of information security training. The London event includes SANS@Night expert talks with refreshments included and social nights to make the most of the networking opportunities. Steve Armstrong will also lead a SANS NetWars tournament, free to all five or six-day course students. NetWars is a fully interactive, internet-based environment in which participants advance through five levels tackling a range of computer attacks and mounting suitable defences. 

The full list of 16 courses is:

SEC760: Advanced Exploit Development for Penetration Testers led by Stephen Sims

ICS410:  ICS/SCADA Security Essentials led by Matthew Luallen

SEC401: Security Essentials Bootcamp Style led by Dr. Eric Cole

SEC503: Intrusion Detection In-Depth led by Jess Garcia

SEC504: Hacker Tools, Techniques, Exploits and Incident Handling led by John Strand

SEC505: Securing Windows with the Critical Security Controls led by James Tarala

SEC524: Cloud Security Fundamentals led by Dave Shackleford

SEC542: Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking led by Pieter Danhieux

SEC560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking led by Eric Conrad

SEC575: Mobile Device Security and Ethical Hacking led by Raul Siles

SEC579: Virtualization and Private Cloud Security led by Dave Shackleford        

SEC580: Metasploit Kung Fu for Enterprise Pen Testing led by James Lyne

SEC660: Advanced Penetration Testing, Exploit Writing, and Ethical Hacking led by James Lyne

FOR508: Advanced Computer Forensic Analysis and Incident Response led by Rob Lee

FOR572: Advanced Network Forensics and Analysis led by Steve Armstrong

MGT433: Securing the Human: How to Build, Maintain and Measure a High-Impact Awareness Program    

                 led by Tim Harwood

For registration and detailed course information please visit: http://www.sans.org/event/london-2014/

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 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 cyber security training events as well as online. GIAC, an affiliate of the SANS Institute, validates employee qualifications via 27 hands-on, technical certifications in information security. The SANS Technology Institute, a regionally accredited independent subsidiary, offers master’s degrees in cybersecurity. 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)