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Access expert-driven SANS white papers delivering cutting-edge research, technical analysis, and strategic insights on critical cybersecurity topics. These papers provide clarity and actionable guidance to help security professionals navigate evolving threats and advance expertise.

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Adversary-Aware IOC Retention: Analyzing Time-to-Live Patterns by Threat Actor Attribution

WhitepaperDigital Forensics and Incident Response
  • 23 Oct 2025

Breaking Time: Methods, Artifacts, and Forensic Detection of Timestomping on FAT32, Ext3, and Ext4 File Systems

WhitepaperDigital Forensics and Incident Response
  • 23 Oct 2025

Breaking Through Deception: Addressing Barriers in the Adoption of Cyber Deception Technologies

WhitepaperDigital Forensics and Incident Response
  • 23 Oct 2025

Interrogators: Attack Surface Mapping in an Agentic World

WhitepaperOffensive Operations
  • 23 Oct 2025

AI for Security and Security for AI: Navigating Opportunities and Challenges

WhitepaperCloud Security
  • 16 Oct 2025
  • Dr. Anton Chuvakin, Dr. Paul Vixie, Frank Kim, Simon Vernon, Brandon Evans, Dave Shackleford, Wesley Kuzma

Cloud Security Groundhog Day: Avoiding Recurring Mistakes in a Dynamic Landscape

WhitepaperCloud Security
  • 16 Oct 2025
  • Dr. Anton Chuvakin, Dr. Paul Vixie, Frank Kim, Simon Vernon, Brandon Evans, Dave Shackleford, Wesley Kuzma

Defending Against Modern Threats: Applying Zero Trust in Real Enterprise Environments

WhitepaperCloud Security
  • 16 Oct 2025
  • Dr. Anton Chuvakin, Dr. Paul Vixie, Frank Kim, Simon Vernon, Brandon Evans, Dave Shackleford, Wesley Kuzma

SANS Attack Surface Management (ASM) Survey 2025

Whitepaper
  • 7 Oct 2025
  • Chris Dale

Reliably and Effectively Acquire Data from Remote Systems: A SANS First Look

WhitepaperDigital Forensics and Incident Response
  • 26 Sep 2025
  • Megan Roddie-Fonseca

"You Again": Fingerprinting and Tracking Mechanisms of Malicious Sites

WhitepaperCyber Defense
  • 26 Sep 2025

Closing the Gaps: Zero Trust Microsegmentation in Hybrid Cloud with Zscaler

WhitepaperCybersecurity Insights
  • 26 Sep 2025
  • Dave Shackleford

Privacy Protections: Are Stronger Laws Changing What We Reveal?

WhitepaperSecurity Awareness, Cybersecurity Leadership
  • 26 Sep 2025