Cybersecurity Training in the UK

At SANS, our mission remains steady. We continue to deliver relevant cyber security knowledge and skills, empowering students to protect people and their assets. Register for SANS London January 2023, and continue to build practical cyber security skills you can implement immediately. Choose your course and register now.

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There’s no better way to see our top instructors in action, evaluate the subject matter and course difficulty level than through our SANS Course Previews. Browse through the course previews and view as many courses as you’d like, just make sure you’re logged into your SANS portal account to access them. Click the course name to learn more and discover the course’s availability in our different training formats.

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Choose Your Course and Training Format

OnDemand

When you want anytime, anywhere access to SANS high-quality training. OnDemand students receive training from the same top-notch SANS instructors who teach at our live training events to bring the true SANS experience right to your home or office.

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Live Online

SANS Live Online offers live, interactive streaming sessions delivered directly from your instructor. Featuring many of the activities that SANS students love at training events such as bonus topical presentations, cyber range challenges, networking via chat channels, and live access to top SANS instructors.

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In-Person

Where regulations allow it, and in the safest possible setting, SANS will return to In-Person classroom-based training with local instructors. Enjoy the benefit of taking your class live with the expert allowing for optimal interaction and a great learning experience.

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Discover Our Complete Portfolio

Training & Certification

SANS training is job and skill-specific. We offer more than 80 courses, designed to align with dominant security team roles, duties, and disciplines. SANS prepares students to meet today’s dominant threats and tomorrow’s challenges. We do this through constantly updating and rewriting our courses and support material. GIAC validates the skills of information security professionals. GIAC certifications are respected globally because they measure specific skill and knowledge areas. GIAC offers the only cyber security certifications that cover advanced technical subject areas.

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Workforce Development

There are times in history when the demand for professionals with certain skills is high, but the current supply of people with such skills cannot meet it. We currently face such a talent shortage in cybersecurity—and on a global scale. A cybersecurity workforce development plan from SANS gives organisations a roadmap for preparing employees with the skills that are in demand, planning for ongoing education/training, and addressing future hiring demands.

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UK Based Initiatives

SANS works with businesses and governments, creating bespoke training and development solutions that directly support specific operational requirements. SANS have been selected to devise and run the first extracurricular cyber security learning programme for schools in the UK with the Cyber Schools Programme. SANS was also selected to work in partnership with HM Government to develop and deliver a national UK Cyber Retraining Academy.

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Skills Validation – GIAC Certifications

Many of the SANS courses align to Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) examinations. The GIAC validates the skills of information security professionals, proving that those certified have the deep skills and technical knowledge necessary to work in key areas of cybersecurity.

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Learn Cybersecurity Skills With These Experts

James Lyne

Certified Instructor

James Lyne is a self-professed 'massive geek' and has technical expertise spanning a variety of the security domains from forensics to offensive security.

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Upcoming Training Events

Event	Timezone	Dates
SANS London December 2022	GMT	Dec 5 - 10, 2022
SANS London January 2023	GMT	Jan 9 - 14, 2023
SANS Offensive Operations London 2023	GMT	Feb 6 - 11, 2023
SANS London March 2023	GMT	Mar 13 - 18, 2023
SANS Threat Hunting London 2023	BST	Apr 17 - 22, 2023
SANS London May 2023	BST	May 15 - 20, 2023
SANS Dublin May 2023	IST	May 15 - 20, 2023
SANS London June 2023	BST	Jun 5 - 10, 2023
SANS London July 2023	BST	Jul 3 - 8, 2023
SANS London August 2023	BST	Aug 7 - 12, 2023
SANS Cloud Security London 2023	BST	Sept 4 - 9, 2023

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Find Your Course

Our cybersecurity courses are developed by industry leaders in numerous fields including cyber security training, network security, forensics, audit, security leadership, and application security. Courses are taught by real-world practitioners who are the best at ensuring you not only learn the material, but that you can apply it immediately when you return to the office.

Course List

View all 65 of our courses and filter by curriculum to find your next course.

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Skills based Roadmap

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Student Case Studies

SANS has trained over 200,000 IT security professionals. Each and every one of them go home with the SANS promise that they're capable of applying their learnings directly when getting back to the office. Find out below what some of our Alumni have to say about their SANS training experience.

Kevin Lemmer

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What Do Students Say About Their SANS Training Experience?

More than 75 of the FTSE 100 list employs cybersecurity professionals trained by SANS Institute. In the United Kingdom, organisations such as UK Government, HSBC, British Telecom, Airbus plus many more are training with us.

SANS training, if not the best, is one of the best in the industry. I love everything about this class, labs, and material. I hope to take other SANS classes after this.

Rafael Mation

- EY

Despite being new to the world of cyber security, this course has helped build upon and reaffirm my knowledge. I felt as though SANS truly values my development.

John Gount

- SEC401 Student - UK MOD

Extremely content rich and so valuable. Best course I have taken for real world application.

Matthew Schmolke

- SEC555 Student - BT

The instructor’s knowledge and teaching style is excellent and the content is pitched perfectly. I will be able to transfer the skills I’ve learned here into my daily work.

Christopher Jones

- Fujitsu

The entire SANS Live Online package - Slack, GoToTraining, VM's, tools, etc - are woven together to make this as close to live training as possible, and have been able to remain engaged throughout the day.

Andrea Doherty

- Dell Technologies

I'd recommend OnDemand as a good learning experience; you can train when you have free time. The instructor was able to relate real life scenarios and the quizzes help with self assessment.

Sandeep Maruge

- HSBC

Fantastic, passionate & engaging! The instructor supplemented the course content with experience related scenarios, improving the learning experience and making it extremely interesting.

Eliza-May Austin

- Visa, Inc.

Airbus Cybersecurity

Airbus Cybersecurity is a well-known cybersecurity partner for many organisations and governments. Working together with SANS, they've trained their staff to some of the best practitioners in the industry. But also using other tools provided by the SANS Institute, they've managed to recruit, train and retain their cybersecurity teams. Practices they have also replicated to meet the needs of their own customers. Watch the case study video to learn more.

Workforce Development Solutions

Assessments

A proven method to identify hidden, high-potential cybersecurity talent is through assessment tools. SANS Aptitude assessments have successfully identified thousands of individuals with high potential for success in cybersecurity training programs and ultimately in securing cybersecurity jobs.

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Cyber Ranges

SANS offers a comprehensive suite of hands-on ranges with industry-leading interactive learning scenarios. You can sharpen your team’s cyber skills and maintain their focus with unique and engaging team-building experiences.

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Private Training

SANS Institute’s Private Information Security Training options allow you to create a custom training program for any group of 25 students or more, anywhere in the world. With options for commercial groups and government organisations, private information security training will be specifically designed to meet your needs using SANS’ top technology and instruction.

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Voucher

The SANS Voucher Program allows an organisation to manage their training budget from a single SANS Voucher Account. Once the Account is opened, the organisation can utilise funds from their Account for SANS training and certifications for their employees via their online SANS Admin Tool.

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SANS Security Awareness

SANS Security Awareness, a division of the SANS Institute, provides organisations with a complete and comprehensive security awareness solution, enabling them to easily and effectively manage their human cybersecurity risk.

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UK Based Initiatives

Upskill in Cyber programme

SANS, in partnership with HM Government, have launched Upskill in Cyber. The HM Government funded programme aims to identify and rapidly re-skill individuals for roles in cyber security, in just ten weeks. 200 students are undertaking two SANS training courses. In addition, they will receive soft skills development, to ensure they are immediately deployable within the cyber security workforce.

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Cyber Discovery Programme

Cyber Discovery, a partnership between SANS and HM Government, was the UK’s number one programme for identifying and developing potential in the field of cyber security. HMG’s Cyber Schools Programme falls within the UK government’s CyberFirst initiative. Through 4 fun stages, it engaged and encouraged 13-18 year olds to get involved with a wide range of security challenges, tracking their progress as they improve and evolve.

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SANS UK Retraining Academy

SANS was selected to work in partnership with HM Government to develop and deliver a national UK Cyber Retraining Academy. The programme was tailored to meet the specific cyber security needs of today’s enterprises and government, and is part of a wider initiative to find, train and deploy new talent into the cyber security industry. The Academy received over 4,000 applications with the 55 accepted students coming from backgrounds such as ex-military, police, corrosion scientist, psychology and bar staff. All students graduated and an impressive 53 students graduated with both the GSEC and GCIH certifications. Upon final review of employment, 40 of these graduates were working in cyber security roles.