Bethesda, MD., November 16, 2017 – SANS Institute, the global leader in information security training, today announced SANS Las Vegas 2018 taking place January 28 – February 2. The event will feature hands-on immersion style training courses that provide security professionals with the skills they need to protect an organization from the latest cyber attacks. For those wishing to take their penetration testing skills to the next level, SANS will offer its SEC642: Advanced Web Application Penetration Testing, Ethical Hacking, and Exploitation Techniques course.

According to Adrien de Beaupre (@adriendb), co-author and instructor of SEC642 and member of SANS’ Internet Storm Center, “In light of the breach at Equifax, never has the importance of application security been more evident. Web application security testing assessments, done correctly and in a timely fashion, could easily have indicated the requirements for mitigation in this and many other examples. SEC642: Advanced Web Application Penetration Testing, Ethical Hacking, and Exploitation Techniques provides attendees with the knowledge and techniques to perform practical and necessary security assessments against modern applications. It is the follow on course after other introductory classes in web application security.” For more information on the SEC642: Advanced Web Application Penetration Testing, Ethical Hacking, and Exploitation Techniques course or to register, please visit: www.sans.org/event/las-vegas-2018/course/advanced-web-app-penetration-testing-ethical-hacking

SANS Las Vegas 2018 features courses for security professionals of all levels. Those new to information security will benefit from the SEC301: Intro to Information Security and SEC401: Security Essentials Bootcamp Style courses. More seasoned security professionals will benefit from courses like SEC503: Intrusion Detection In-Depth, SEC511: Continuous Monitoring and Security Operations, and FOR508: Advanced Digital Forensics, Incident Response, and Threat Hunting. Bonus evening discussions and a keynote address offering an Interactive Look at Cyber Crime & Today’s Threat Landscape will round out the agenda.