SANS Dallas 2018 Cyber Security Training to Provide Insight into the Legal Side of Data Security and Investigations

BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SANS Institute, the global leader in information security training, today announced the agenda for SANS Dallas 2018 taking place in Texas February 19 - 24. SANS Dallas 2018 offers hands-on immersion style courses and evening discussions covering some of today's most complex cyber security issues. Attorney Benjamin Wright will offer insight into the legal side of cyber security during his LEG523: Law of Data Security and Investigations course and evening talk entitled, You've Got Ransomware! Managing the Legal Risk of Cyber Fraud.

According to U.S. Attorney, Senior SANS Instructor and LEG523 course author, Benjamin Wright @benjaminwright, "The law of cyber security is in turmoil. Ransomware, data breaches and other cyber crises happen every day, but the legal implications of these events are confusing and hard to predict. Join me at SANS Dallas 2018 where I will explain steps organizations can take to help manage their legal risk."

For more information on the LEG523: Law of Data Security and Investigations course, or to register, please visit: www.sans.org/u/yV0

SANS Dallas 2018 will feature some of the SANS Institute's most popular courses. Course offerings include SEC401: Security Essentials Bootcamp Style, SEC503: Intrusion Detection In-Depth, SEC504: Hacker Tools, Techniques, Exploits, and Incident Handling, MGT414: SANS Training Program for CISSP® Certification, and FOR585: Advanced Smartphone Forensics.

For additional information on SANS Dallas 2018 including a complete listing of courses and instructors, or to register, please visit: www.sans.org/u/yV5

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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