Long Beach, CA hosts SANS SEC560:Network Pen Testing & Ethical Hacking January 23-28

SANS is pleased to announce the opportunity to kick start your 2012
training with Community SANS Long Beach featuring one of our top-selling
courses, Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking.  This event
will be led by Los Angeles based SANS Certified instructor Jim
Shewmaker.  For more information and to register, visit
(http://www.sans.org/long-beach-2012-cs/).
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TRAINING EVENT DETAILS:

When:   January 23-28, 2012

Course: SANS Security 560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical
    Hacking
    (http://www.sans.org/long-beach-2012-cs/)

Where:  Courtyard Marriott Downtown Long Beach
    500 East First Street
    Long Beach, CA 90802 US

Instructor: James Shewmaker, SANS Certified Instructor

Tuition: $3,940 Early Bird Tuition through December 14
         (SAVE $500 using 2011 or 2012 budget!)
     (http://www.sans.org/long-beach-2012-cs/tuition.php)

GIAC Certification: GPEN GIAC Penetration Tester
http://www.giac.org/certification/penetration-tester-gpen

Group Discounts or Requests for Courses in Your Area contact:
community@sans.org

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Security vulnerabilities, such as weak configurations, unpatched
systems, and botched architectures, continue to plague organizations.
Enterprises need people who can find these flaws in a professional
manner to help eradicate them from our infrastructures. Lots of people
claim to have penetration testing, ethical hacking, and security
assessment skills, but precious few can apply these skills in a
methodical regimen of professional testing to help make an organization
more secure. This class covers the ingredients for successful network
penetration testing to help attendees improve their enterprise's
security stance.

As cyber attacks increase, so does the demand for information security
professionals who possess true network penetration testing and ethical
hacking skills. There are several ethical hacking courses that claim to
teach these skills, but few actually do. SANS SEC560: Network
Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking truly prepares you to conduct
successful penetration testing and ethical hacking projects. The course
starts with proper planning, scoping and recon, and then dives deep into
scanning, target exploitation, password attacks, and wireless and web
apps with detailed hands-on exercises and practical tips for doing the
job safely and effectively. You will finish up with an intensive,
hands-on Capture the Flag exercise in which you'll conduct a penetration
test against a sample target organization, demonstrating the knowledge
you mastered in this course.

"This is the best hands-on course available anywhere." - Whitney Janes,
FedEx
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HOW WILL YOU BENEFIT FROM COMMUNITY SANS?
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**  LOWER TUITION.  You will stretch your training budget.
**  SMALLER CLASS SIZES (less than 25 people).  You get more one-on-one
    time with your instructor so you can master course material.
**  LIVE TRAINING.  You get the same courseware and format found at
    large SANS conferences.
**  YOUR INSTRUCTOR. Community SANS instructors are real world
    practitioners trained by SANS Fellows like Ed Skoudis and Eric
    Cole.
**  NETWORKING.  You will get to know your InfoSec peers and can
    collaborate long after the training.
**  CONVENIENCE. You can maximize your time by training close to home.
**  VALUE.  You train in your community so you save on travel costs.
**  HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE.  You will retain the tools you learn through
    bootcamp sessions.

THE COMMUNITY SANS ADVANTAGE (http://www.sans.org/info/41114)
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SANS promises that you will be able to use what you learn in the
classroom as soon as you return to the office.  Does this sound like
the kind of training that would help you to be more effective in your
job combating Cyber Crime and doing your best to provide a secure
networked environment for your organization?

Then register today to join us in Long Beach by visiting
(http://www.sans.org/long-beach-2012-cs/).

Please contact community@sans.org if you have any questions, and thanks
for your continued participation in the SANS community.

See you in Long Beach!
Regards,

Stephen Northcutt - President
The SANS Technology Institute, a postgraduate IT Security College
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