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CIS Partnership
The partnership between SANS and the Center for Internet Security (CIS) draws on the shared mission to ensure that InfoSec practitioners in critical organizations have the skills needed to protect national security and enhance the cybersecurity readiness and response of state, provincial, local, tribal, and territorial government entities. This program offers both security awareness and online technical training courses to qualifying organizations at substantial cost savings.
Through the SANS partnership, and the aggregate buy program, you can get the training you need, at an affordable cost, and improve your organization's security posture. Special discounts are available during our next aggregate purchase window, June 1, 2023 – July 31, 2023.
SANS Online Training and Certification
Online Training is a flexible and effective option for cybersecurity professionals of all experience levels to complete training from anywhere in the world. Through this partnership, credits are available for SANS' two most popular online training formats that each offer slightly different features so that students can choose the workflow, interaction, and speed of training that they prefer:
OnDemand:
Self-paced training with 4 months of 24/7 access to the SANS OnDemand Platform. SANS OnDemand courses provide the flexibility to train online wherever and whenever it's most convenient for you. More than 45 courses are available, all featuring GIAC-certified SME support, labs, quizzes, and instruction by top SANS instructors. With four months of access to the online course materials, including lectures, quizzes, and labs, you can master the course content on your schedule, at your own pace
Live Online:
Livestream training with top SANS instructors, featuring our full catalog of courses and the hands-on labs. Students can complete courses in 1, 2, 3, or 6 weeks with multiple global time zone options. Courses are delivered via scheduled Live, interactive streaming sessions directly from our top instructors. All Live Online courses include electronic versions of courseware, books, materials and MP3 archives of course lectures, that may be accessed for up to four months.
Previews are available for more than 45 of SANS Online courses at www.sans.org/course-preview. Each course preview contains approximately an hour excerpt from the OnDemand version of the specific course.
Security Awareness Training for Government Organizations
Security Awareness training is a critical component of a comprehensive security program. Compliance and behavior change becomes difficult for non-technical individuals without the proper content. SANS Security Awareness offers a comprehensive solution for end users and individuals of all levels with expert-authored content. Created by a trusted global network of cyber security professionals, this Partnership Program includes several key Security Awareness products:
- EndUser - Comprehensive security awareness training for all computer users based on the Critical Security Controls
- Healthcare - Train staff to secure healthcare and patient information following HITECH and HIPAA standards
- Developer - Software security training for developers pertaining to the OWASP Top 10 Web vulnerabilities and the SDLC
- Phishing Training - Test employees through simulated phishing attacks and educate users how to avoid being compromised
- CIP - Training designed for any utility organization that falls under NERC and addresses all requirements of NERC CIP-004-6 R2 (CIP v6)
- Engineer - Rigorous computer-based training for those interacting or operating with Industrial Control Systems
SANS Security Awareness training is SCORM compliant and meets meet the most up-to-date accessibility requirements to assist you in achieving 508 compliance. All material can be supplemented with the purchase of additional Support Materials to reinforce information learned.
NetWars: Continuous
SANS NetWars Continuous Online Range uses the gamification of IT Security to advance your most vital InfoSec skills. To build your skills and keep them from getting rusty, you need an environment where you can apply your knowledge to solving real-world infosec issues to stay sharp. That's what NetWars Continuous is all about. Over the course of 4 months and 5 levels, you can master real-world tactics and techniques in a safe learning environment.
- Allows participants an opportunity to advance their hands-on technical skills. Players learn the areas where they need to increase their proficiency so they may improve, come back, and continue the challenge.
- Gives participants four months of access to NetWars Continuous. At the end of the four months, participants will receive a written assessment of the skills which they demonstrated during NetWars.
For more detailed information on NetWars Continuous please visit https://www.sans.org/netwars/continuous
Additional Resources
*Program Qualification
This is an exclusive program. Current eligible constituencies include state, provincial, local, territorial, and tribal government organizations, state and local law enforcement agencies, and related non-profit organizations in the US and Canada. To meet the particular needs of these constituencies, SANS Institute has partnered with the Center for Internet Security (CIS) to offer discounted rates, on specific products, through an aggregate purchase program.
*Sole Source Statement
SANS training and GIAC certifications are sole-source products, manufactured, sold, and distributed exclusively by Escal Institute of Advanced Technologies, Inc. (dba SANS Institute, hereafter known as SANS). SANS products must be purchased directly from SANS (www.sans.org). There are no agents or dealers authorized to represent this product, other than select program-specific third-party agreements to meet a specific end-customer procurement requirement, such as CIS.
*No Reselling Disclaimer
SANS products, training, and services, including GIAC certification, cannot be resold without explicit and written approval from an official at SANS Institute.