Most undergraduate and graduate students’ academic trajectories will feature prominent online components by 2023, according to chief online officers responding to the 2022 Changing Landscape of Online Education survey. These officials also note that neither exclusively face-to-face nor online learning will dominate – instead, most students will take courses based in classrooms with significant digital components or classes delivere...

As with any enterprise environment, we can (and should) focus on hardening our defenses to keep the adversaries out, but these defenses may some day be evaded via a variety of methods. Cloud is no different. We will discuss the process of creating a detection that we can use as defenders to spot an adversary performing attack techniques against our AWS environments. The overall process and takeaways will be: Establish proper logging to detect...

Performing audits on organizations of any size is no easy task. Successful audits require communication amongst various functions and auditors; all of whom may be operating on different timetables, with different requirements and defined areas of responsibility. Each moment wasted on trying to “gather” audit information is time spent not performing the audit. In this SANS First Look, we examined Drata’s Audit Hub, a part of t...

Learn how to apply the European Cybersecurity Skills Framework (ECSF) to your talent needs within your organization. Developed by The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) we will discuss how to use the framework along with how it can be applied to meet the standardization of the work roles within your security teams. The ECSF helps to build a common language in the workforce that allows you to work with other cross-sectors to build...

Although the term Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) is often used interchangeably with both Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and “drone,” a UAS is a “system” of three parts, with UAV or “drone” referring to the aircraft itself. In addition to the aircraft, the UAS includes the control station and the communication link between the control station and the aircraft. It is this communications link that is often the p...

Designed for security leaders tasked with managing a growing attack surface, the SANS Attack Surface Management Solutions Forum will take place on March 8, 2023 as a virtual event. This half-day event will bring together thought leaders, subject matter experts and practitioners to discuss, share and discover best practices for addressing the operational challenges associated with organizations’ ever-growing attack surfaces. Contributing...

Please join us on Wednesday, 8 March, at 12:00 PM EST, for a fireside chat with Dr. James A. Helis, USA, Ret., Director of the Army Resilience Directorate, and Chaplain (MG) Thomas L. Solhjem, 25th Chief of Chaplains. They will address how the Army is equipping Commanders and leaders with prevention resources to mitigate and reduce harmful behaviors that lead to suicide; discuss the role of spiritual readiness as a protective factor in the pre...

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) is continuing its extensive modernization program, to prepare to fight and win "informationized local wars." Such wars are a hallmark of the "Information Age," where information is now not only the currency of international power, but the key to successful prosecution of wars. To this end, the PLA is intent upon achieving "information dominance," which includes electronic warfare, network warfare, and...

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) permeates government IT modernization efforts, the mystique of AI continues to build. As we head into a new calendar year, there is potential for AI technology to dramatically impact how agencies can deliver on their respective missions. There has been a lot of hype around Artificial Intelligence and many in the public sector are interested to learn more about where AI is being deployed to benefit government age...

DDoS attacks are back in the headlines and disrupting businesses across the globe. Though these threats aren’t new, they are evolving and increasing in size, complexity, and frequency. During this session, we will uncover attack trends from the last year, and discuss what to expect in 2023. Attend this webinar to learn about: Emerging threats and new sophisticated botnets Top industries targeted and geographical breakdowns Record-breakin...