Spotlight Analyst Project
SANS 2021 Digital Forensics Survey
This SANS survey, developed by SANS Certified Instructor Jason Jordaan, seeks to explore organizations' current digital forensics foundations and what they can do to make certain that their digital forensics is strong and reliable. Sponsors of this survey will have solutions and tools that'll enable companies to build a solid digital forensics base.
Upcoming Analyst Papers and Research Sponsorship Opportunities
| Paper | Publication Month | Author(s) | Sponsorship Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| A SANS 2021 Survey | Cloud Security Survey This survey will explore the types of services organizations are using, what types of controls and tools provide the most value, and how effective cloud security brokering is for a range of use cases. | Apr 13, 2021 | Dave Shackleford | View More Details |
| A SANS 2021 Report | Top Skills Analysts Need to Master This report will discuss the top skills security analysts need to master to be effective at defending organizations across endpoints, networks, and the cloud. | Apr 21, 2021 | Ismael Valenzuela | View More Details |
| A SANS 2021 Survey | Password Management and 2 Factor Authentication Methods Survey This survey will explore how organizations are managing their passwords across users, apps and devices. | May 19, 2021 | Chris Dale | View More Details |
| A SANS 2021 Report | Avoiding or Minimizing Ransomware Impact to the Bottom Line
This report will provide cybersecurity practitioners with the tools to make strategic recommendations on the critical areas to improve security, to avoid or mitigate ransomware attacks and to enable them to participate in decisions around the use and value of various forms of cyber insurance. | May 20, 2021 | John Pescatore and Benjamin Wright | View More Details |
| A SANS 2021 Report | Making Visibility Definable and Measurable This report will capture best practices in defining and achieving business-relevant levels of security visibility. | Jun 14, 2021 | Barbara Filkins and John Pescatore | View More Details |
| A SANS 2021 Survey | Rethinking the Sec in DevSecOps: Security as Code Building on what SANS has learned in previous years, this survey will explore what the shift to security as code means for the modern enterprise and its security program and will provide valuable guidance both for the enterprise and the security professional. | Jun 21, 2021 | Jim Bird and Eric Johnson | View More Details |
| A SANS 2021 Survey | Digital Forensics Essentials and Why Foundations Matter This survey will provide guidance on creating a solid digital forensics foundation. | Jul-2021 | Jason Jordaan | View More Details |
| A SANS 2021 Report | Top New Attacks and Threat Report This report will provide deeper insight into the threats highlighted during the SANS panel discussion at the 2021 RSA Conference. | Jul-2021 | John Pescatore | View More Details |
| A SANS 2021 Survey | Automation and Integration This survey will provide an overview of where organizations are in their automation/integration journey. | Aug-2021 | Matt Bromiley | View More Details |
| A SANS 2021 Report | Securing Cell Phones This report will explore how users are protecting their phones at a device and/or application level and gain insights on how organizations secure their company-provided, enterprise devices. | Aug-2021 | Heather Mahalik and Domenica Crognale | View More Details |
| A SANS 2021 Survey | OT/ICS Cybersecurity This survey will ask critical questions about current threats and challenges for OT security as well as explore actual and perceived risks, threats, information sources, operational implementation challenges, and levels of investment. | Aug-2021 | Mark Bristow | View More Details |
| A SANS 2021 Survey | Threat Hunting in Uncertain Times This survey would explore how threat hunting is working with embedded intelligence and security analytics for improved accuracy and outcome. | Sep-2021 | Mathias Fuchs and Joshua Lemon | View More Details |
| A SANS 2021 Report | Making Revolutionary Gains in Security on Your Endpoints This report will detail a decision framework that security managers can use to map their existing IT management and security operations capabilities to the best mix of endpoint security tools and products. | Sep-2021 | John Pescatore | View More Details |
| A SANS 2021 Survey | Security Operations Center (SOC) This survey will have a special focus around changes in budgets and the impact of the explosion of both remote work and the use of cloud based systems on critical SOC functions and team operations. | Oct-2021 | John Pescatore and Chris Crowley | View More Details |
| A SANS 2021 Report | DFIR Cloud Report: Partly Cloudy with a Bunch of DFIR This report will break down all you need to know about cloud data and why it matters in digital forensics and incident response. | Oct-2021 | Heather Mahalik | View More Details |
| A SANS 2021 Survey | Vulnerability Management – Impacts on Cloud and the Remote Workforce This survey will highlight trends in vulnerability management based on data SANS has gathered over the last two years. The survey will also look into how cloud and the expanding remote workforce are affecting vulnerability management. | Nov-2021 | David Hazar | View More Details |