SANS Announces the Keynote Address for Orlando Security Training Event

BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SANS Institute, the global leader in cyber security training, today announced the keynote address for one of its biggest training events of the year, SANS 2018, taking place in Orlando, Florida April 3 - 10. SANS Senior Instructor, Eric Conrad, will deliver the keynote address Threat Hunting via Windows Event Logs. Conrad will also teach the MGT414: SANS Training Program for CISSP® Certification course.

According to Eric Conrad (@eric_conrad), "A recent wave of ransomware called Petya, fueled by exploits allegedly leaked from an intelligence agency, cost one shipping company $300 million dollars. Once in, it can move laterally via stolen credentials, just like penetration testers do. Join me in Orlando where I will show you how to detect attacks like this, as well as other advanced attacks, using native Windows logging."

SANS 2018 in Orlando offers more than 45 Courses, numerous evening discussions, and multiple NetWars challenges. Hands-on immersion style training courses for security professionals at every level. Courses offered in cyber defense, digital forensics and incident response, pen testing, secure development, audit, legal and security management. Included among the security management courses is MGT414: SANS Training Program for CISSP® Certification taught by Conrad, which is an accelerated review course specifically designed to prepare students to successfully pass the CISSP® exam.

For a complete list of courses, evening discussion or to register for SANS 2018, please visit: www.sans.org/u/AeH

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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