Dear Colleagues,

SANS has partnered with SecTor to offer a one-day, pre-conference course on Cutting-Edge Hacking Techniques October 6, 2008. Sector's Illuminating the Black Art of Security conference runs October 7-8.

SEC517: Cutting-Edge Hacking Techniques Hands-On with John Strand

Computer attackers continue their relentless march to improve their tools and techniques. The simple scanning of yesteryear has given way to powerful suites of bundled, automated scanning, and exploitation tools. Straightforward backdoors have evolved into powerful kernel-mode RootKits, manipulating the very hearts of our systems. Covert channels exfiltrate sensitive information, and hash collision attacks are rapidly advancing with your systems in the cross hairs. In all of these trends, thorough reconnaissance and deep subterfuge dominate the attackers' game.

SecTor's Illuminating the Black Art of Security conference brings the world's brightest (and darkest) minds together to identify, discuss, dissect and debate the latest digital threats facing corporations today. Unique to central Canada, SecTor provides an unmatched opportunity for IT professionals to collaborate with their peers and learn from their mentors. To find out more about this conference or register for the Cutting-Edge Hacking Techniques course, go to http://www.sector.ca/

We look forward to seeing you in Toronto!

Kind regards,
Brian Correia
Director, Business Development and Venue Planning
SANS Institute