Public Cloud Environments can make things, well, rather public. While there are ways to prevent this, and the cloud providers have made strides, retroactive changes are not a thing. As such, we still find very poorly configured environments today. Join us for this first of eight workshops in the Aviata Solo Flight Challenge Workshop series. We will show you how to look at a target organization's misconfigured public items. This lab will begin...

Confused by all the hype with AI? Not sure what the difference is between a LLM, GenAI or Deep Learning? Do you want to make the most of this exciting new technology but not sure where to start or the issues involved? Learn the fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI and Prompt Engineering and how exponentially increase your impact.

Achilles Systems, a fictitious IT service provider to human resources teams in medium and large businesses, has fallen victim to an attack in which sensitive customer data and, potentially, customer networks, have been compromised. Achilles has a small security team who has historically focused on basic controls and compliance. However, it seems clear this attack was the work of a sophisticated adversary capable of circumventing the controls i...

Join us for the inaugural year of SANS Emerging Technologies Track! Are you interested in learning more about new cutting-edge technology in the cybersecurity industry? This is the place for you! Learn from the best and brightest in the industry as selected organizations review their latest tools and solutions that will better equip you for your battle with the bad guys and assist you as your team works hard to keep networks safe from intrusio...

Join this webcast to explore SANS and GIAC's latest industry-leading training and certifications to help cyber-practitioners, and the organizations they protect, keep pace with dynamic market conditions. Cut through the noise with this comprehensive showcase and discover the skills you and your teams will need to navigate the evolving landscape of cybersecurity. First, Rich Greene ventures into our fresh new training courses, covering topics f...

Today, most security professionals are actively architecting and implementing cloud security controls across SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS environments. We’ve learned that what once worked on-premises may not work quite the same in the cloud, and a wide range of new and innovative security platforms and services have emerged and evolved in recent years to address critical cloud security use cases and categories, including: Cloud security monitori...

Is it really over when you are hacked? Or is it only over when our adversary has secured their impact and actions on objective? Perimeters are bound to be broken, but our game-over" scenarios should still be defended. We need to not only protect our inside, but carefully define what exactly are we defending? What has the highest impact on our organization, and from there on carefully architect our defenses to ensure we can always survive, even...

The idea of DevOps, the term the industry had initially decided on for the work between the Application and Operations teams, was coined 15 years ago. To give perspective, the iPhone 3GS came out that year. If we think of what we had to work with in 2009, we now know in hindsight that we have better options, solutions, software, and patterns. We have an iPhone 15; we no longer have BlackBerry OS or Nokia. Windows 8.1? I hope not. Here are a fe...

In its fifth year, SANS Cyber Solutions Fest aims to brings together an ensemble of security professionals, solution providers, gurus and experts ready to share knowledge about the latest developments and innovative technologies in the cybersecurity industry. Join the attack surface & vulnerability management track to hear from chairperson Matt Bromiley and a host of leading cyber security experts as they walk through specific use cases an...

Keep Hacking Weird in Austin for Hands-On Cyber Security Training SANS Pen Test Austin 2024 is the premier offensive security training event of the year, featuring six days of in-depth, hands-on pen testing, red teaming, purple teaming, and exploit training for professionals who need to know how to find vulnerabilities within their organizations, understand risk, and prioritize resources based on potential real-world attacks. Come for the hack...