Bonus Sessions
The following bonus sessions are open to all paid attendees at no additional cost. There are many different types of events that fall into these categories:
- SANS@Night: Evening presentations given after day courses have ended. This category includes Keynotes.
- Special Events: SANS-hosted events and other non-technical recreational offerings. This category includes, but is not limited to, Receptions and Information Tables.
- Vendor: Events hosted by external vendor exhibitors.
- Lunch & Learn: Short presentations given during the lunch break.
- Master's Degree Presentation: Presentations given by SANS Technology Institute's Master's Degree candidates.
Sunday, December 13
| Session | Speaker | Time | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration Welcome Reception | — | Sunday, December 13th, 5:00pm - 7:00pm | Reception |
| Securing The Kids | Lance Spitzner | Sunday, December 13th, 6:00pm - 7:00pm | SANS@Night |
Monday, December 14
| Session | Speaker | Time | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Session - Welcome to SANS | Bryce Galbraith- Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel | Monday, December 14th, 8:15am - 8:45am | Special Events |
| General Session - Welcome to SANS | Jason Fossen-Grand Hyatt Washington | Monday, December 14th, 8:15am - 8:45am | Special Events |
| Busting The Rebel Scum - QRadar and Box | Peter Szczepankiewicz. SANS Certified Instructor and IBM Product Manager and Sonny Hashmi, Managing Director, Box | Monday, December 14th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| Mike Assante talks on ICS Security Case Studies | Mike Assante | Monday, December 14th, 6:30pm - 8:00pm | Special Events |
| What's New for Security in Windows 10 and Server 2016? | Jason Fossen | Monday, December 14th, 7:15pm - 9:15pm | Keynote |
Tuesday, December 15
| Session | Speaker | Time | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defining Your First Line of Defense | Tom Byrnes, Founder and CEO | Tuesday, December 15th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| Launch, Detect, Evolve: The Mutation of Malware | Andres Ortiz, Malware Intelligence Analyst | Tuesday, December 15th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| An Architecture for Continuous Monitoring and Mitigation | Matt Hartley, Director - Federal Civilian Agencies & Systems Integrators and Ellen Sundra, CISSP - Director of Systems Engineering - DOD, Forescout Technologies | Tuesday, December 15th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| Think Like an Attacker: What You Must Know About Targeted Attack Techniques | Michael Mumcuoglu, Co-Founder, and Chief Technology Officer | Tuesday, December 15th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| Women's CONNECT Event in partnership with ISSA International Women In Security Special Interest Group (WIS SIG) | — | Tuesday, December 15th, 5:00pm - 7:00pm | Special Events |
| Offensive Countermeasures, Active Defenses, and Internet Tough Guys | John Strand | Tuesday, December 15th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm | SANS@Night |
| The Crazy New World of Cyber Investigations: Law, Ethics and Evidence | Benjamin Wright | Tuesday, December 15th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm | SANS@Night |
| Automating Post-Exploitation with PowerShell | James Tarala | Tuesday, December 15th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm | SANS@Night |
| The Effectiveness of Microsoft's EMET | Stephen Sims | Tuesday, December 15th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm | SANS@Night |
| How to bring some Advanced Persistent Trickery to your fight against Advanced Persistent Threats... | Bryce Galbraith | Tuesday, December 15th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm | SANS@Night |
Wednesday, December 16
| Session | Speaker | Time | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solutions Expo | — | Wednesday, December 16th, 12:00pm - 1:30pm | Vendor Event |
| Solutions Expo | — | Wednesday, December 16th, 5:30pm - 7:30pm | Vendor Event |
| Malware Analysis for Incident Responders: Getting Started | Lenny Zeltser | Wednesday, December 16th, 7:15pm - 9:15pm | SANS@Night |
| The Tap House | Phil Hagen | Wednesday, December 16th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm | SANS@Night |
| ICS/SCADA Cyber Attacks - Fact vs. Fiction | Robert M. Lee | Wednesday, December 16th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm | SANS@Night |
| The Plinko Board of Modern Persistence Techniques | Alissa Torres | Wednesday, December 16th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm | SANS@Night |
| Debunking the Complex Password Myth | Keith Palmgren | Wednesday, December 16th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm | SANS@Night |
| GIAC Program Overview | Courtney Imbert | Wednesday, December 16th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm | Special Events |
Thursday, December 17
| Session | Speaker | Time | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| STI Lunch and Learn | — | Thursday, December 17th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| Prevent - Detect - Respond | Derrick Masters, Security Analyst, Infogressive | Thursday, December 17th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| See Threats Coming with DomainTools | Mark Kendrick, Director of Solution Engineering | Thursday, December 17th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| Crack the Code: Defeat the Advanced Adversary | Robert Clark, Systems Engineer, Palo Alto Networks | Thursday, December 17th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| Foundational Cyber Security Hygiene: Getting Back to Basics | Hariom Singh, CISSP, Director of Policy Compliance | Thursday, December 17th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| CISA: How do we get past walking and actually start running with Information Sharing? | Trish Cagliostro, Principal Security Architect | Thursday, December 17th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| NetWars Tournament of Champions | Ed Skoudis, Tim Medin, and Jeff McJunkin | Thursday, December 17th, 6:30pm - 9:30pm | Special Events |
| Evolving Threats | Paul Henry | Thursday, December 17th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm | SANS@Night |
| Card Fraud 101 | G. Mark Hardy | Thursday, December 17th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm | SANS@Night |
| Building a Web Application Vulnerability Management Program | Jason Pubal - Master's Degree Candidate | Thursday, December 17th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm | Master's Degree Presentation |
| The 14 Absolute Truths of Security | Keith Palmgren | Thursday, December 17th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm | SANS@Night |
| Information Security Risk Management - No Exceptions! | Mark Williams | Thursday, December 17th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm | SANS@Night |
Friday, December 18
| Session | Speaker | Time | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automating the Hunt for Attackers | Dan Mitchell, Senior Security Engineer | Friday, December 18th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| NetWars Tournament of Champions | Ed Skoudis, Tim Medin, and Jeff McJunkin | Friday, December 18th, 6:30pm - 9:30pm | Special Events |
