Dear Colleagues,

Looking for someplace warm?

SANS is bringing six courses to SANS Phoenix 2010, February 14-20. Join us for our annual winter break in the Arizona desert where the average temperature in February is 70 degrees! SANS hands-on curriculum is loaded with practical tools and cutting-edge information from top industry experts.

If you took 2009 off as a training year due to the economy and your company's adjusting financial climate, wouldn't 2010 be a good year to return to the classroom to ensure that you have the skills to protect the assets of your organization? Travel for live training is a good investment as our events are packed with intensive hands-on training and compelling, up-to-date evening talks. Flights from cold northern cities to Phoenix are in the $200-$300 range.

Here's the course lineup for SANS Phoenix 2010 with corresponding GIAC certifications listed after each course title:

Please see our Events-at-a-Glance page for detailed course descriptions.

Put the skills you'll learn to practical use and join more than 27,500 GIAC certified professionals who make the info sec industry safe! Visit the GIAC Certifications Roadmap page for more information, and register for your certification attempt today!

Here's what SANS alumni have said about the value of SANS training:

Register by January 6, 2010, to receive a $400 tuition discount. While they last, reduced lodging rates of $175 S/D are also available for SANS guests at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix though January 25, 2010. Government per diem rooms are available with proper ID; simply call reservations and ask for the SANS government rate. These rates include high-speed Internet in your room. This downtown Phoenix hotel features the Compass, a sky-high revolving restaurant for a panoramic view of Arizona's capitol city. Staying in the host hotel, you are steps away from your training classrooms along with the Phoenix Convention Center, Chase Field, US Airways Arena, ASU Phoenix Downtown, and the Herberger Theater.

Having trouble convincing your boss to spend on travel for SANS training? Research shows that business travel is one of the smartest investments a company can make, positively impacting job performance, morale and satisfaction among employees. See this article on the Return of Investment of Business Travel.

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I hope to see you in sunny Phoenix this winter! Register today!

Kind Regards,
Stephen Northcutt
President
The SANS Technology Institute