SANS Cyber Defense Initiative 2010

Mark your calendar for SANS Cyber Defense Initiative (CDI) December 10 - 17 in Washington DC. This event will feature 25 courses, including the new SEC 569: Combating Malware in the Enterprise and SEC580: Metasploit Kung Fu for Enterprise Pen Testing. Register by October 27 and save $400 on tuition fees with discounts offered to early registrants.  http://www.sans.org/cyber-defense-initiative-2010/

SANS is the one education organization known for developing those security skills now most in need. Don't miss this unique chance to learn from the best teachers in security. You'll get the kind of hands-on, immersion training that you can put to work immediately -- courses that you will love as last year's CDI attendees did:

"SANS always exceeds my expectation. I'm surprised and impressed every time I attend." - Joshua Beeman, CVP

"Looking for good explanations and hands-on training? Come to SANS!" - Victor Westbrook, Offensive Logic, LLC

"We can read books or we can gain knowledge from places like SANS with real-life instructors to empower the information security professionals of the future."- Gah Wong, Abovenet Communications, Inc.

Go to our Event-at-a-Glance page and pick from our extraordinary immersion programs.

Complete your SANS training experience with a GIAC certification attempt!  Many of our courses offered at SANS CDI 2010 are associated with a GIAC Certification.  Put the skills you’ll learn to practical use and join the thousands of GIAC certified professionals who make the info sec industry safe!  Visit http://www.giac.org/certifications/roadmap.php for more information and register for your certification attempt today!

The SANS Technology Institute (STI) offers a Master's Degree in Information Security Management and a Master's Degree in Information Security Engineering. Many of the courses offered at CDI can be applied towards one of these master's degree programs once you apply for admission. See the letters in parenthesis in the course list above to see the courses that meet requirements for GIAC Certification attempts, STI Master's Degree programs, Cyber Guardians program, and DoD 8570 Directive. Don't miss the opportunity to take courses that will advance your education in your field while applying to recognition in a variety of programs!
Of course, SANS top instructors will be on hand to bring you the best in computer security training. Certifications are available for many of these SANS courses and can send you on your way to career advancement.

"If you want to know the best techniques in Information Security - you go to SANS!" - Donald Prince, Southern Company

"The instructor's 'real-world' experience and enthusiasm for the material adds to the value of the course." - Dawn Stuart-McGowan, TerpSys

"Ed Skoudis is the best instructor that I've had in a SANS course (SEC560).  He makes technical topics easy to understand and helps you out if you get stuck." - Anthony Pangilinan, Freddie Mac

SANS Cyber Defense Initiative 2010 will be back at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. A special rate of $205 S/D has been arranged for SANS attendees until November 21, which includes complimentary high-speed Internet in your guest room! Adjacent to Rock Creek Park on 16 lush acres of gardens, you'll enjoy a magnificent setting that puts all the best of DC right at your fingertips - the Smithsonian Museums, the National Zoo, Georgetown, the Kennedy Center, a fabulous selection of stores and restaurants and more! Make your reservations now as this special rate is based on space availability.

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So register today at http://www.sans.org/info/62228 to join us in Washington DC for SANS Cyber Defense Initiative 2010!