From: The SANS Institute (sanssans.org)
Date: Mon Dec 12 2005 - 21:42:10 CST

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Dear Security Express,

The New Year is just around the corner and now is the perfect time to
think about your training needs for 2006. The recent release of the
annual SANS Top 20 List of critical vulnerabilities amplifies the need
for SANS training! (http://www.sans.org/top20/)

"Critical vulnerabilities are widespread and many of them are being
exploited, right now, in our homes and in our offices," stated Alan
Paller, SANS Director of Research. "We're publishing this list as a red
flag for individuals as well as IT departments. Too many people are
unaware of these vulnerabilities or mistakenly believe their computers
are protected."

The very tools we rely on for protection - backup, recovery, and
antivirus programs - are being aggressively targeted by attackers. They
are also exploiting network devices such as routers and switches that
form the backbone of the Internet. Have you diligently prepared
yourself to properly defend and protect your organization's resources?

Given the dynamic nature of the evolving threat landscape and the
various vulnerabilities that attackers target, it is vital that security
professionals, CIOs and auditors continually update their understanding
of cyber threats as well as their technical skills. SANS live training
events put you in an hands-on classroom setting to learn how to audit
networks and systems, assess hacker tools and tactics, better leverage
network defense systems, detect and react to attacks and respond to
compromised systems.

Our schedule for 2006 is growing and the range of course subjects is
vast! Below are some of the events we have open for registration:

SANS San Francisco 2006 - January 13-18, 2006
  - Audit 507: Auditing Networks, Perimeters & Systems
  - Security 401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
  - Security 503: Intrusion Detection In-Depth

SANS Phoenix 2006 - January 30-February 4, 2006
  - Audit 507: Auditing Networks, Perimeters & Systems
  - Security 401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
  - Security 504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling
  - Management 512: SANS Security Leadership Essentials for Managers Retreat
  - Security 450: Stay Sharp Defeating Rogue Access Points

SANS 2006 - February 24-March 4, 2006
*There are over 35 courses scheduled for SANS 2006. The complete course
listing can be found at http://www.sans.org/sans2006/. What follows is
merely a sample of what you have to choose from.

  - Audit 410: IT Security Audit & Control Essentials
  - Audit 411: SANS 17799 Security & Audit Framework
  - Management 414: SANS(R) +S(TM) Training Program for the CISSP(R) Certification Exam
  - Operations 407: Windows & Linux Service & Operations
  - Operations 408: Linux Systems Administration
  - Security 309: Intro to Information Security
  - Securing 518: SANS(R) + S(TM) Training Program for the Cisco(R) CCNA(R) Certification Exam
  - Security 617: Assessing & Securing Wireless Networks
  - Plus a selection of 9 one- and two- day courses and a brand new
  series of vendor specific classes hosted by outside partners to
  compliment your needs for training outside of SANS vendor neutral
  courses.

SCADA Security Summit 2006 - March 1-3, 2006
  - The 2006 Process Control and SCADA Security Summit: Deciding What
  Works In Securing Distributed Control Systems in the Critical
  Infrastructure

SANS Stay Sharp Security Series Hands-On Technical Workshop - March 3-4, 2006
  - Security 451: Stay Sharp: Combating Spyware
  - Security 453: Stay Sharp: Introduction to Bots and Worms
  - Security 550: Stay Sharp: Google Hacking and Defense
  - Security 551: Stay Sharp: First Responder - Win32
  - Security 552: Stay Sharp: First Responder - Unix/Linux
  - Security 553: Stay Sharp: Metasploit for Penetration Testers
  - Security 554: Stay Sharp: Deploying GenIII Honeynets
  - Security 650: Stay Sharp: FAT File System In-Depth

SANS Monterey 2006 - March 16-21, 2006
  - Audit 507: Auditing Networks, Perimeters & Systems
  - Security 401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
  - Security 504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling
  - Security 617: Assessing and Securing Wireless Networks
  - Management 524: Security Policy & Awareness

The SANS website (http://www.sans.org) contains overall course summaries
as well as day-by-day descriptions of the material covered for all
classes. Read through them carefully to find the course that best meets
your needs. If you need any help in making a selection, please feel
free to write to me at Stephensans.org.

SANS is known worldwide as the best source for information security
training. "The fidelity of information offered in a SANS course is
unavailable anywhere else - unparalleled depth/quality of information!"
says Douglas J. Haider of Protiviti. So visit our website and register
today - classes are filling up quickly!

See you in class!

Warm regards,
Stephen Northcutt
CEO - The SANS Institute

P.S. If travel is not an option, please consider the SANS Mentor Program
(http://www.sans.org/mentor/) or the SANSHome Program
(http://www.sans.org/athome/). They provide more flexible options for
obtaining the same first-class IT security training!

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