Dear Colleagues,

SANS announces our Community SANS Phoenix conference, featuring SANS Security Essentials, SANS Hacker Techniques, Exploits and Incident Handling, and two SANS Stay Sharp courses. The conference runs from November 6 through November 13, 2006.

The Community SANS format offers the most popular SANS courses in your local community, at a reduced fee, in a small classroom setting--courses have fewer than 25 students. The instructors are pulled from the best of our SANS Mentor program and trained by SANS top-rated instructors. The course material is delivered over a six day period, just like it is at a larger SANS event. One of the greatest benefits of the smaller class size is the opportunity to expand your professional network through studying with a small group of colleagues.

You receive all the same content, audio files and other materials plus a free GIAC certification attempt. PLUS, we provide continental breakfast and a full lunch each day to all students attending SANS Security Essentials and SANS Hacker Techniques courses to encourage networking among students and faculty.

SANS delivers the best training I have seen in the industry, Brian Hughes, Idaho State University

For US Department of Defense employees and contractors, the GSEC certification students can attain after taking the SANS Security Essentials course is one of the technical certifications required by the DoD Directive 8570, http://www.giac.org/certifications/dod8570.php.

Register today and see for yourself the excellent value of SANS training and GIAC certification!

If you have any questions about this course offering, please contact mentor@sans.org.

See you in Phoenix starting on November 6.

Warm Regards,
Stephen Northcutt - President
The SANS Technology Institute, a postgraduate IT Security College
Community SANS Phoenix 2006
November 6 - 13, 2006