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Next to cybersecurity courses and certifications, there are other programs and initiatives you can choose from that help you become a better cybersecurity professional, no matter what level of expertise you have.
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Learn how SANS and GIAC are advancing cyber security education and giving back to the community in order to fuel our collective mission.
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Train with the best practitioners and mentors in the industry. Choose over 85+ courses, covering all specialties and experience levels.
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Prove your cyber security knowledge and capabilities with one of over 40 specialized GIAC certifications.
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SANS Cyber Ranges
A comprehensive suite of hands-on ranges with industry-leading interactive learning scenarios.
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Get Started in Cybersecurity
Utilize the training, programs and community resources from SANS to get started on your own cybersecurity journey.
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Help secure a new career in cyber security with our cyber academies designed for veterans, women, minority groups, and more.

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ICS Europe Summit 2023 Sunday, June 18 In-Person Munich
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SANS ICS Europe Summit & Training 2023
At SANS, our mission remains steady. We continue to deliver relevant cyber security knowledge and skills, empowering students to protect people and their assets. Register for SANS ICS Europe Summit & Training 2023, and continue to build practical cyber security skills you can implement immediately. Choose your course and register now.
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Start Building Your Certification Portfolio
GIAC now offers two Portfolio Certifications: The NEW GIAC Security Professional (GSP) and the updated GIAC Security Expert (GSE). Think of GIAC’s Portfolio Certifications like a passport for your certification journey... Continue reading on the blog
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Training Modalities

At SANS, we understand students have to fit training around their work and personal lives. That's why we've developed four unique training modalities so that you can find the delivery method that best suits your needs.
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OnDemand
When you want anytime, anywhere access to SANS high-quality training. OnDemand students receive training from the same top-notch SANS instructors who teach at our live training events to bring the true SANS experience right to your home or office.
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Live Online
SANS Live Online offers live, interactive streaming sessions delivered directly from your instructor. Featuring many of the activities that SANS students love at training events such as bonus topical presentations, cyber range challenges, networking via chat channels, and live access to top SANS instructors.
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In-Person
Where regulations allow it, and in the safest possible setting, SANS will return to In-Person classroom-based training with local instructors. Enjoy the benefit of taking your class live with the expert allowing for optimal interaction and a great learning experience.
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Cybersecurity Focus Areas

Effective cybersecurity operations rely on layers of offensive testing, defensive architecture and monitoring, forensics and incident response, cloud security, and leadership. Advancing your capabilities in these focus areas is our mission because it furthers your ability to protect us all. Use the training and certifications we've developed to keep your skills in any or all of these areas razor sharp.

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"SANS training is like no other out there. The instructors do an AMAZING job of not only teaching the topics in an engaging manner but really firing you up more about security." - Sydney Howard, Nordstrom
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Upcoming Cybersecurity Training events in Europe, Middle East & Africa

SANS offers cybersecurity training all year long, in all different timezones. Find the training you would like to take at a time and location that works best for you.
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SANS CISO Network

The SANS CISO Network is an exclusive network for CISOs and security leaders.

The network is open exclusively to security leaders at the highest level and connects a unique group of professionals who have the appetite and the authority to make a meaningful difference. By sharing ideas and lessons learnt from a wide variety of industries, the SANS CISO Network provides its members with a platform to influence our digital future and make the world a safer place.
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New courses

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Cyber Defense
SEC673: Advanced Information Security Automation with Python
SEC673 is designed as the logical progression point for students who have completed SEC573: Automating Information Security with Python, or for those who already familiar with basic Python programming concepts. We jump immediately into advanced concepts. SEC673 looks at coding techniques used by...
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Digital Forensics and Incident Response
FOR528: Ransomware for Incident Responders
Ransomware attackers have become more sophisticated, and their techniques constantly evolve. It is a threat that requires an immediate response, especially in the enterprise. FOR528: Ransomware for Incident Responders covers the entire life cycle of an incident, from initial detection to incident...
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Digital Forensics and Incident Response, Cloud Security
FOR509: Enterprise Cloud Forensics and Incident Response
The world is changing and so is the data we need to conduct our investigations. Cloud platforms change how data is stored and accessed. They remove the examiner's ability to directly access systems and use classical data extraction methods. Unfortunately, many examiners are still trying to force...
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Digital Forensics and Incident Response
FOR608: Enterprise-Class Incident Response & Threat Hunting
FOR608: Enterprise-Class Incident Response & Threat Hunting focuses on identifying and responding to incidents too large to focus on individual machines. By using example tools built to operate at enterprise-class scale, students learn the techniques to collect focused data for incident response...
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Digital Forensics and Incident Response
FOR710: Reverse-Engineering Malware: Advanced Code Analysis
FOR710: Reverse-Engineering Malware - Advanced Code Analysis prepares malware specialists to dissect sophisticated Windows executables, such as those that dominate the headlines and preoccupy incident response teams across the globe. This course not only includes the necessary background and...
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Digital Forensics and Incident Response
FOR532: Enterprise Memory Forensics In-Depth
Memory forensics ties into many disciplines in cyber investigations. From the classical law enforcement investigations that focus on user artifacts via malware analysis to large-scale hunting, memory forensic has a number of applications that for many teams are still terra incognita. The FOR532...
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Penetration Testing and Red Teaming
SEC661: ARM Exploit Development
SEC661 is designed to break down the complexity of exploit development and the difficulties with analyzing software that runs on IoT devices. Students will learn how to interact with software running in ARM environments and write custom exploits against known IoT vulnerabilities.
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Penetration Testing and Red Teaming
SEC556: IoT Penetration Testing
SEC556 facilitates examining the entire IoT ecosystem, helping you build the vital skills needed to identify, assess, and exploit basic and complex security mechanisms in IoT devices. This course gives you tools and hands-on techniques necessary to evaluate the ever-expanding IoT attack surface.
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Penetration Testing and Red Teaming
SEC554: Blockchain and Smart Contract Security
SEC554 will teach you all topics relevant to securing, hacking, and using blockchain and smart contract technology. The course takes a detailed look at the technology that underpins multiple implementations of blockchain, the cryptography and transactions behind them, the various smart contract...
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Cyber Defense
SEC595: Applied Data Science and AI/Machine Learning for Cybersecurity Professionals
SEC595 provides students with a crash-course introduction to practical data science, statistics, probability, and machine learning. The course is structured as a series of short discussions with extensive hands-on labs that help students to develop useful intuitive understandings of how these...
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Industrial Control Systems Security
ICS418: ICS Security Essentials for Managers
The ICS418: ICS Security Essentials for Managers course empowers leaders responsible for securing critical infrastructure and operational technology environments. The course addresses the need for dedicated ICS security programs, the teams that run them, and the skills required to map industrial...
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Penetration Testing and Red Teaming
SEC565: Red Team Operations and Adversary Emulation
Develop and improve Red Team operations for security controls in SEC565 through adversary emulation, cyber threat intelligence, Red Team tradecraft, and engagement planning. Learn how to execute consistent and repeatable Red Team engagements that are focused on the effectiveness of the people,...
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    You cannot beat the quality of SANS classes and instructors. I came back to work and was able to implement my skills learned in class on day one. Invaluable.
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