SANS Melbourne 2011

SANS is pleased to be returning to Melbourne this September with our most popular hands-on Information Security course in addition to the Asia-Pacific debut of our management training curriculum in Melbourne, Australia featuring our world renowned faculty - including SANS Faculty Fellow Eric Cole, Ph.D. and SANS Certified Instructor Eugene Schultz, Ph.D. at SANS Melbourne: 5-10 September 2011.

Security 401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style (GSEC)
Management 414: SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam (GISP)
Management 512: SANS Security Leadership Essentials For Managers with Knowledge Compression™ (GSLC)

Security 401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style:
Maximize your training time and turbo-charge your career in security by learning the full SANS Security Essentials curriculum needed to qualify for the GSEC certification. In this course you will learn the language and underlying theory of computer security. At the same time you will learn the essential, up-to-the-minute knowledge and skills required for effective performance if you are given the responsibility for securing systems and/or organizations. This course meets both of the key promises SANS makes to our students: (1) You will gain up-to-the-minute knowledge you can put into practice immediately upon returning to work; and, (2) You will be taught by the best security instructors in the industry. As always, great teaching sets SANS courses apart, and SANS ensures this by choosing instructors who have ranked highest in a nine-year competition among potential security faculty.

Management 414: SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam (GISP):
This course is an accelerated review course that assumes the student has a basic understanding of networks and operating systems and focuses solely on the ten domains of knowledge as determined by (ISC)2.

Over the past 4 years, 98% of all respondents, who studied our SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam and then took the exam passed; compared to a national average of around 70% for other prep courses. SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® is designed to prepare you to pass the exam.

Who should attend:

- Security professionals who are interested in understanding the concepts covered in the CISSP® exam as determined by (ISC)²
- Managers who want to understand the critical areas of network security
- Security professionals and managers and system, security, and network administrators who want to understand the pragmatic applications of the CISSP® 10 Domains

MGT 512: SANS Security Leadership Essentials For Managers with Knowledge Compression™ (GSLC):
This completely updated course is designed to empower advancing managers who want to get up to speed quickly on information security issues and terminology. You will learn vital, up-to-date knowledge and skills required to supervise the security component of any information technology project. You won't just learn about security, you will learn how to manage security.

Essential security topics covered in this management track include: network fundamentals and applications, power, cooling and safety, architectural approaches to defense in depth, cyber attacks, vulnerability assessment and management, security policies, contingency and continuity planning, awareness management, risk management analysis, incident handling, Web application security, offensive and defensive information warfare, culminating with our management practicum.

Who should attend:

- All newly appointed information security officers
- Technically skilled administrators that have recently been given leadership responsibilities
- Seasoned managers that want to understand what your technical people are telling you

Detailed course descriptions can be found at our Event at a Glance page.

Please feel welcome to reach out to us at anz@sans.org with any questions.

We look forward to seeing you and your colleagues at the SANS Melbourne Management Program 2011.