Understanding SANS CyberCast - So Much More Than Live Virtual Training
7Wondering about SANS CyberCast? With CyberCast you get even more than training gone virtual. Yes, you receive the same trusted instruction from the same best in class SANS instructors, but CyberCast also provides a suite of new, exciting, offerings to our global community. Along with your training and labs, CyberCast provides access to new CTFs, talks, and networking that will push your learning and help deliver on our promise to give you actionable skills the day you return to work.
SANS has offered online training options for more than 15 years, and the platforms we provide have been battle-tested and are outfitted to deliver the exceptional hands-on cybersecurity training that the community expects from SANS. We have trained tens of thousands of students on these platforms that deliver the same outstanding learning outcomes as our traditional live training. Join this must-see webcast for insight on how CyberCast can challenge you and help you learn.
Speaker Bios
Ed Skoudis is the founder of Counter Hack, an innovative organization that designs, builds, and operates popular infosec challenges and simulations including CyberCity, NetWars, Cyber Quests, and Cyber Foundations. As director of the CyberCity project, Ed oversees the development of missions which help train cyber warriors in how to defend the kinetic assets of a physical, miniaturized city. Ed's expertise includes hacker attacks and defenses, incident response, and malware analysis, with over fifteen years of experience in information security. Ed authored and regularly teaches the SANS courses on network penetration testing (Security 560) and incident response (Security 504), helping over three thousand information security professionals each year improve their skills and abilities to defend their networks. He has performed numerous security assessments; conducted exhaustive anti-virus, anti-spyware, Virtual Machine, and IPS research; and responded to computer attacks for clients in government, military, financial, high technology, healthcare, and other industries. Previously, Ed served as a security consultant with InGuardians, International Network Services (INS), Global Integrity, Predictive Systems, SAIC, and Bell Communications Research (Bellcore). Ed also blogs about command line tips and penetration testing.
Rob Lee is the curriculum lead and author for digital forensic and incident response training at the SANS Institute. With more than 15 years of experience in computer forensics, vulnerability and exploit discovery, intrusion detection/prevention and incident response, he provides consulting services in the Washington, D.C. area. Before starting his own business, Rob worked with government agencies in the law enforcement, defense and intelligence communities as a lead for vulnerability discovery and exploit development teams, a cyber forensics branch, and a computer forensic and security software development team. He also worked for a leading incident response service provider and co-authored Know Your Enemy: Learning About Security Threats, 2nd Edition.