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SANS Training Catalogue

Get your hands on your own digital copy of the training catalogue to learn more about the complete SANS portfolio.

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Coolest Careers Poster

20 Coolest Careers Poster

Organizations are hiring individuals with a unique set of skills and capabilities, and seek those who have the abilities and knowledge to fulfill many new job roles in the cybersecurity industry. We've put together a list of careers in cybersecurity that are the coolest and most in-demand by employers.

The premier educational community for cybersecurity practitioners

As the leading provider of cybersecurity education, we pride ourselves on offering the most up-to-date resources and content for cybersecurity practitioners and teams. Join the SANS community and gain access to training, tools, events, thought leadership, and more produced by our field-tested faculty. As a member of the SANS community, you get the most insightful, relevant, and trending cybersecurity information.

Free Cybersecurity Resources

Free Training and Events

Keep your learning fresh, elevate your knowledge, and walk away with new skills by utilizing our free training and attending our free events.

Elevate your knowledge, skills, and industry connections at an upcoming SANS Summit.

Free SANS Workshops

Hands-on virtual environments that give you the opportunity to dive into course material.

Upcoming Workshops

Solutions Forums & Event Tracks

Engage, connect, and learn from invited speakers who showcase their products and current capabilities using specific examples relevant to the industry.

Upcoming Forums

Free Course Demos

Identify the right course for you by using our free one-hour course previews to explore subjects and verify materials match your skill level.

Podcasts

Blueprint

Advancing cyber defense skills

GIAC: Trust Me, I'm Certified

Industry leaders in cyber security

Internet Storm Center

Daily infosec threat updates from the ISC

Cloud Ace Podcast

Discussions on all topics that touch cloud security

Wait Just an Infosec

A weekly cyber security live stream

Newsletters

An annotated, semiweekly executive summary of the most recent and important and important cyber security news deadlines.

A reliable weekly summary of newly discovered attack vectors, vulnerabilities with active new exploits, insightful explanations of how recent attacks worked, and other valuable data.

The world's leading, monthly security awareness newsletter designed for the common computer user, translated in over 20 languages and free for the community.

Free Tools & Workstations

Digital forensics and incident response-based Linux distribution bundling most open-source DFIR tools available.

Penetration testing Linux distribution bundling many pen testing tools.

Free Linux toolkit for assisting malware analysts with reverse-engineering malicious software.

Cutting-edge open-source windows based digital forensics tool suite for scalable, scriptable, fast forensics.

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