SANS Institute to Hold Hands-on, Immersion-style Cyber Security Training in Dubai

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Published February 6th, 2020 - 06:32 GMT

SANS Institute to Hold Hands-on, Immersion-style Cyber Security Training in Dubai

Ned Baltagi, Managing Director, Middle East & Africa at SANS Institute

Highlights

SANS Institute, the global leader in cyber security training, announced SANS Dubai February 2020, which will be held from February 15-20, 2020 at the Hilton Dubai Jumeirah Beach.

SANS Institute, the global leader in cyber security training, announced SANS Dubai February 2020, which will be held from February 15-20, 2020 at the Hilton Dubai Jumeirah Beach. Through hands-on, immersion-style training, global cyber security experts will train and enable participants with skills to defend their organisation against security breaches and prevent future attacks.

“The rapid pace at which cybersecurity attacks are evolving and increasing is making it even more difficult for organisations to prevent and defend against them. They need to have an effective method in place to detect, thwart, and monitor internal and external threats to prevent security breaches,” said Ned Baltagi, Managing Director, Middle East & Africa at SANS Institute. “According to reports, the cyber security skills gap is widening with a shortfall of 1.8m cybersecurity workers globally by 2022 and the situation in the Middle East is no better. Through our courses, we hope to address the region’s skills gap by training and enabling more professionals to defend their organisations against future security breaches and attacks.”

At SANS Dubai February 2020, cyber security experts, Brandon McCrillis and Greg Porter will conduct the two courses - the SEC566: Implementing and Auditing the Critical Security Controls - In-Depth and the SEC660: Advanced Penetration Testing, Exploit Writing, and Ethical Hacking respectively.

SANS is recognised around the world as the best place to develop the deep, hands-on cyber security skills most needed right now. With a mission to deliver cutting-edge information security knowledge and skills to all students in order to protect people and assets, SANS Institute has been making good on its promise that students will be able to use the new skills they have learned as soon as they return to work.

In 2020, SANS Institute will be holding a number of cyber security training events across the GCC region with SANS Jeddah being next in March 2020.

Background Information

SANS Institute

The SANS Institute was established in 1989 as a cooperative research and education organization. Its programs now reach more than 165,000 security professionals around the world. A range of individuals from auditors and network administrators, to chief information security officers are sharing the lessons they learn and are jointly finding solutions to the challenges they face. At the heart of SANS are the many security practitioners in varied global organizations from corporations to universities working together to help the entire information security community.