SANS offers classes throughout the year in many major US cities as well as Europe, Australia, Canada, Asia, India and Dubai. These training events feature anywhere from one to over fifty classes at the same location. SANS events offer much more than just training - this is the place to network with other information security professionals, gain information on new vendor products, participate in onsite/online challenges and contests, and listen to world-class guest speakers.

www.sans.org/training_events/

SANS @Home delivers live instruction via the Web using various Internet-based technologies. Streaming audio, instant messaging, online forums and e-mail are all leveraged to make the student's online learning experience as fun and engaging as possible.

www.sans.org/athome/

When you want 'anytime, anywhere' access to SANS' high quality training, choose our advanced online delivery method, SANS OnDemand. The program is designed to provide a convenient, comprehensive and highly effective means for information security professionals to receive the same intensive, immersion training that SANS is known for. 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. Plus our integrated courseware, online assessments, hands-on exercises and online mentor allow students to really grasp the material being taught!

www.sans.org/ondemand/

With the SANS OnSite program you can bring a combination of high-quality content and world-recognized instructors to your location and realize significant savings. For organizations that need to train a large number of professionals, the SANS OnSite program is hard to beat!

www.sans.org/onsite/

The Community SANS format offers the most popular SANS courses in your local community in a small classroom setting — most courses have fewer than 25 students. The instructors are pulled from the best of our SANS Mentor program and are trained by top-rated SANS instructors like Eric Cole and Ed Skoudis. The course material is delivered over a six-day period, just like it is at a larger SANS event, and you receive all the same content, audio files, and other materials. AND we provide continental breakfast each day and a light lunch on 3 of the 6 days to encourage networking among students and faculty.

www.sans.org/community_sans/

The SANS Mentor program offers the flexibility of online, self-paced learning along with hands-on mentor-led interaction through sessions where students can try the exercises, discuss the material, ask and answer questions, and help each other learn and prepare for certification. Mentors are people who have earned certification with honors. If one of your employees has met this bar, he or she can begin leading a mentored program. By using in-house mentors, you enable the teachers and students to discuss sensitive issues that they might not feel comfortable discussing with outsiders.

www.sans.org/mentor/

For the motivated student who enjoys working independently we offer the SANS SelfStudy program. Students receive SANS course books (and CDs when applicable) and online access to MP3 files of SANS' world-class instructors teaching the material. Study texts and listen to the lectures at your own convenience and pace! In addition, students who register for GIAC Certification will receive TWO free GIAC practice tests. These practice tests show the student what to expect on the GIAC examination. Since many students may have been out of school for a long time, practicing test taking skills can improve their chances of passing the GIAC exams.

www.sans.org/selfstudy/

The SANS Partnership Series is an outreach program created to provide deeply discounted training to support constituencies that have:

1. A clear impact on national security
2. Large numbers of information security practitioners
3. Budget constraints that limit access to necessary training

The secret to this successful program is cost reduction realized by delivering the courses to large classes (125 or more).

www.sans.org/partnership/