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.
Monday, July 16
| Session | Speaker | Time | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Session - Welcome to SANS | Dr. Johannes Ullrich, ISC Director | Monday, July 16th, 8:00am - 8:30am | Special Events |
| State of the Internet Panel Discussion | Dr. Johannes Ullrich, ISC Director, Marcus Sachs, and Internet Storm Center Handlers | Monday, July 16th, 7:15pm - 9:15pm | Special Events |
Tuesday, July 17
| Session | Speaker | Time | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today's Mobility and Cloud Cybersecurity Mission | Loay Oweis, Federal Mobility Specialist | Tuesday, July 17th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| The Intelligence Driven Response Process | Teddy Powers, Senior Cyber Security Architect | Tuesday, July 17th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| The Next Evolution of Protection: Introduction to Deep Learning | Ryan Archer, Director of Sales Engineering, East | Tuesday, July 17th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| Evolving Enterprise Defenses | Jason Luttrell, Sr. Solutions Engineer | Tuesday, July 17th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| Preparing today for the cyberthreats of tomorrow | Joe Hamblin, Federal Security CTO, IBM Federal | Tuesday, July 17th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| Nessus turns 20 Years Old this Year! | Jim O'Neill, Channel System Engineer | Tuesday, July 17th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| SANS CyberTalent Ice Cream Social | — | Tuesday, July 17th, 5:30pm - 6:30pm | Special Events |
| Responding to the European Union's new General Data Protection Regulation | Ben Wright | Tuesday, July 17th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm | SANS@Night |
| Threat Hunting via Windows Event Logs | Eric Conrad | Tuesday, July 17th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm | SANS@Night |
| War Stories on Automated Threat Intelligence for Defense | John Bambenek, ISC Handler | Tuesday, July 17th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm | SANS@Night |
| Exploring a P2P Transient Botnet - From Discovery to Enumeration | Renato Marinho, ISC Handler | Tuesday, July 17th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm | SANS@Night |
| So, You Wanna be a Pentester? | Adrien de Beaupre | Tuesday, July 17th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm | SANS@Night |
| Product Management of Security Solutions: What's It Like and How to Do It? | Lenny Zeltser | Tuesday, July 17th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm | SANS@Night |
| Dynamic Analysis and Reconstructing an Infection Chain | Brad Duncan, ISC Handler | Tuesday, July 17th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm | SANS@Night |
| Commitment Issues: Can You Really Trust What Your Tools Are Telling You? | Heather Mahalik, Domenica Crognale | Tuesday, July 17th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm | SANS@Night |
| Detecting Penetration Testers on a Windows Network with Splunk | Fred Speece | Tuesday, July 17th, 8:15pm - 8:55pm | Master's Degree Presentation |
Wednesday, July 18
| Session | Speaker | Time | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffee & Donuts with the Graduate Students | — | Wednesday, July 18th, 7:30am - 9:00am | Reception |
| Vendor Solutions Expo | — | Wednesday, July 18th, 12:00pm - 1:30pm | Vendor Event |
| Vendor Solutions Expo | — | Wednesday, July 18th, 5:15pm - 7:15pm | Vendor Event |
| GIAC Overview Presentation | Jeff Frisk | Wednesday, July 18th, 6:30pm - 7:30pm | Special Events |
| Blockchain: the New Digital Swiss Army Knife? | G. Mark Hardy | Wednesday, July 18th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm | SANS@Night |
| Defense Is Doable - Breaking The Cyber Kill Chain | Erik Van Buggenhout & Stephen Sims | Wednesday, July 18th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm | SANS@Night |
| 2FA Authentication in Mobile Applications: Challenges and Opportunities | Bojan Zdrnja, ISC Handler | Wednesday, July 18th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm | SANS@Night |
| What does it take to be a l337 Cyber Analyst? | Lorna Hutcheson- ISC Handler | Wednesday, July 18th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm | SANS@Night |
| NOC/SOC Integration: Opportunities for Increased Efficiency in Incident Response within Cyber-Security | Nelson Hernandez | Wednesday, July 18th, 7:15pm - 7:55pm | Master's Degree Presentation |
| Introduction to NetWars | Tim Medin | Wednesday, July 18th, 7:15pm - 7:45pm | SANS@Night |
| Industrial Control System Active Defense and Threat Intelligence | Robert M. Lee | Wednesday, July 18th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm | SANS@Night |
| How to Create/Share Indicators and SOC Metrics Efficiently | Tom Webb, ISC Handler | Wednesday, July 18th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm | SANS@Night |
| Full Packet Capture for the Masses | Xavier Mertens, ISC Handler | Wednesday, July 18th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm | SANS@Night |
| Hacking Dumberly, Just Like the Bad Guys | Tim Medin | Wednesday, July 18th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm | SANS@Night |
| System Security Engineering Approach in Evaluating Commercial and Open Source Software Products | Jesus Abelarde | Wednesday, July 18th, 8:15pm - 8:55pm | Master's Degree Presentation |
| Russian hackers, the DNC, and the missing server, oh my! | Jake Williams | Wednesday, July 18th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm | SANS@Night |
Thursday, July 19
| Session | Speaker | Time | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| How to Become a SANS Instructor | Eric Conrad | Thursday, July 19th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| How IT Security can be the new corporate âyes men" | Dan Dearing, Senior Director of Product Marketing | Thursday, July 19th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| A Threat Analyst's Perspective on Malware & Ransomware Attack Techniques | Mike Parker, Director of Customer Success | Thursday, July 19th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
| DNS For Good & Evil, How Adversaries Use Your Network Against You | Chris Usserman, Principal Security and Threat Intelligence Advisor | Thursday, July 19th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm | Lunch and Learn |
