Bethesda, MD., December 18, 2017 – SANS Institute, the global leader in information security training, today announced the agenda for SANS Dallas 2018 taking place in Texas February 19 – 24. SANS Dallas 2018 offers hands-on immersion style courses and evening discussions covering some of today’s most complex cyber security issues. Attorney Benjamin Wright will offer insight into the legal side of cyber security during his LEG523: Law of Data Security and Investigations course and evening talk entitled, You’ve Got Ransomware! Managing the Legal Risk of Cyber Fraud.

According to U.S. Attorney, Senior SANS Instructor and LEG523 course author, Benjamin Wright @benjaminwright, “The law of cyber security is in turmoil. Ransomware, data breaches and other cyber crises happen every day, but the legal implications of these events are confusing and hard to predict. Join me at SANS Dallas 2018 where I will explain steps organizations can take to help manage their legal risk.”

For more information on the LEG523: Law of Data Security and Investigations course, or to register, please visit: www.sans.org/event/dallas-2018/course/law-data-security-investigations

SANS Dallas 2018 will feature some of the SANS Institute’s most popular courses. Course offerings include SEC401: Security Essentials Bootcamp Style, SEC503: Intrusion Detection In-Depth, SEC504: Hacker Tools, Techniques, Exploits, and Incident Handling, MGT414: SANS Training Program for CISSP® Certification, and FOR585: Advanced Smartphone Forensics.