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Master Tomorrow’s Cybersecurity Skills, Today

SANS is dedicated to delivering and validating hands-on cybersecurity skills through world-class training courses and industry-recognized certifications. Spanning the breadth of cybersecurity, SANS courses and GIAC Certifications will equip you with the skills needed to defend against new and emerging threats. Learn from real-world experts. Gain immediately applicable skills. Train from anywhere.

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Train Your Way

Whether you prefer flexible learning or real-time engagement, SANS has the perfect training format for you.

In-Person

Engage in real-time sessions with industry experts at events across the globe. Network with professionals, exchange ideas, and gain valuable insights first-hand.

Live Online

Avoid travel and attend live, interactive streaming sessions directly from SANS instructors. Live Online training features many of the activities students love at In-Person training events.

OnDemand

Enjoy self-paced learning with seamless progress tracking across all your devices, including our mobile app. Start and stop anytime and revisit topics and labs at your own pace.

Role-Based Training for Practitioners

Tailored to your lifestyle, SANS offers flexible training options for entry-level practitioners, seasoned professionals, and everyone in between.

SANS Community

Gain access to training, tools, events, thought leadership, and more produced by our field-tested instructors.

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Role-Based Training Paths

Find the courses and certifications that align with your current or desired role.

Skill Paths

Course Demos

Preview course content, see top instructors in action, and explore our OnDemand training platform.

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New2Cyber

Designed to help non-technical professionals enter the cybersecurity field by building foundational skills and knowledge.

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SANS Training & GIAC Certifications

85+

Training Courses Spanning 8 Cybersecurity Focus Areas

Flexible Training: In-Person, Live Online, and OnDemand

50+

Career-Impacting GIAC Certifications

Tailor-Made Training for Organizations

SANS offers a robust cybersecurity workforce development program for global enterprises, government, and military institutions seeking to develop, upskill, and retain cybersecurity teams.

SANS Security Awareness

Provide your organization a complete and comprehensive security awareness solution, enabling them to easily and effectively manage their human cybersecurity risk.

Group Training

Manage your team's training, budget, and progress from a central account.

Private Training

Create and schedule private training sessions tailored to meet the specific needs of your team.

Cyber Ranges

Prepare for real-world IT and cybersecurity roles with interactive learning scenarios that build skills that can be applied immediately on the job.

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What Students Say About Their SANS Training Experience

Private Training has been advantageous for our security training. The instructors have been great and the students enjoy being in class with colleagues that share concerns and duties for ongoing security projects.

Tonya Henderson

Health & Human Services

Summits are a great way to meet and talk to the trail blazers; the individuals who each in their own way help shine a light for the rest of the community.

Michael Decker

- ViaSat, Inc.

Having an SME instructor with tons of real-world experience makes the course material easy to digest, and the Live Online platform is the best platform I've experienced!

Jeremy Swanson

- ManTech

I love OnDemand. My employer doesn't always have the funds available to send me to a live course and it has tons of material to digest, so being able to go at my own pace really helped."

John Ohmer

- Cincinnati Bell Technology Solutions

The labs are giving me a chance to see the course content first hand and interact with it. It's doing a good job of letting me play with it and really seeing how the tools and methodologies work.

Ryan Moeller

- Eureka Strategic Consulting

The best part of SANS training is the absolute knowledge of the instructors. They bring real-world examples to the forefront and have their thumb on the pulse of current tactics used by attackers.

Jessie Prevost

- Trend Micro

Free Course Demos

SANS CISO Primer: 4 Cyber Trends

2024 Security Awareness Report

Security Policy Templates

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Our Mission

Where SANS Leads, Security Follows.