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Elevate your cybersecurity expertise in 2025 with world-class SANS training events across EMEA.
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Empowering Cyber Security Practitioners & Teams

Launched in 1989 as a cooperative for information security thought leadership, SANS Institute helps organizations mitigate cyber risk by empowering cyber security practitioners and teams with training, certifications, and degrees needed to safeguard organizations and advance careers.
Find Training
Find Training
Train with the best practitioners and mentors in the industry. Choose over 85+ cyber security courses, covering all specialties and experience levels.
Get Certified
Get Certified
Demonstrate your cyber security knowledge and capabilities with one of over 40 specialized GIAC cyber security certifications.
Scholarship Academies
Scholarship Academies
Help secure a new career in cyber security with our scholarship cyber academies designed for veterans, women, minority groups, and more.
Earn a Degree or Certificate
Earn a Degree or Certificate
Get started in cyber security or advance your InfoSec career with SANS.edu. Develop the skills you need and obtain the GIAC certifications employers want.

See What's New At SANS

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The DORA Resource Hub is NOW live!
This resource hub will help to guide EU financial organisations build resilience and prepare for the 17 January 2025 DORA mandate. Take action-navigate your way to compliance today.
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macOS and iOS Forensic Analysis Poster
This refreshed poster tackles the evolving challenges investigators face with macOS 15 and iOS 18, highlighting the importance of staying current with Apple’s rapidly evolving ecosystem while maintaining resources for legacy system investigations.
macOS and iOS Forensic Analysis Poster

Stay Ahead of New Regulations with SANS

Navigating evolving regulatory landscapes can be complex, but with SANS by your side, the path to becoming compliant becomes clearer. Our comprehensive training and solutions empower your organisation to meet the requirements of these critical frameworks while enhancing your cybersecurity posture.
NIS2
Explore NIS2 Resource Hub
This hub provides essential resources, infographics, and checklists to help you understand and prepare for the Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems (NIS2 directive).
DORA
Explore DORA Resource Hub
Tailored solutions to help your teams meet Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) compliance, strengthen digital defences, and manage incident reporting and third-party risks with confidence.

Why SANS Training?

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World's Best Instructors
SANS instructors include the industry’s most accomplished professionals, having battled in the cyber security trenches firsthand, to enable the immediate and effective application of your coursework.
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Hands-on Training
Our curriculum, with practical, hands-on exercises, includes the most comprehensive array of courses and post-training a rich ecosystem of resources and access to a community of the world’s most experienced cyber-professionals.
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Most Valued Certifications
GIAC Certifications provide the highest and most rigorous assurance of cyber security knowledge and skill available to industry, government, and military clients across the world.
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Multiple Training Options
The learning experience at SANS starts with letting cyber students train when, where and how they need to—live or on-demand, in-person or virtual.

Cyber Security Courses by Job Roles

Find your next course and certification. Over 80+ courses available across all experience levels with labs and exercises to practice your new skills immediately. Use the training and certifications we've developed to keep your skills in any or all of these areas razor sharp.

Upcoming Cybersecurity Training Events in Europe, Middle East & Africa

SANS offers cybersecurity training all year long, in all different timezones. Find the training you would like to take at a time and location that works best for you.
London January 2025
8 Courses | London, GB and Virtual – GMT
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Amsterdam January 2025
8 Courses | Amsterdam, NL and Virtual – CET
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Copenhagen January 2025
5 Courses | Copenhagen, DK
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Paris March 2025
Paris, FR 6 Courses, 1 Cyber Range
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Munich March 2025
6 Courses | Munich, DE
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SANS 2025
49 Courses | Orlando, FL, US and Virtual - ET
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SANS CISO Network

The SANS CISO Network is an exclusive network for CISOs and security leaders.

The network is open exclusively to security leaders at the highest level and connects a unique group of professionals who have the appetite and the authority to make a meaningful difference. By sharing ideas and lessons learnt from a wide variety of industries, the SANS CISO Network provides its members with a platform to influence our digital future and make the world a safer place.
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New courses

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SEC673: Advanced Information Security Automation with Python™
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FOR528: Ransomware and Cyber Extortion™
Major Update
FOR509: Enterprise Cloud Forensics and Incident Response™
Certification:

  • GCFR
FOR608: Enterprise-Class Incident Response & Threat Hunting™
Certification:

  • GEIR
FOR710: Reverse-Engineering Malware: Advanced Code Analysis™
SEC556: IoT Penetration Testing™
SEC595: Applied Data Science and AI/Machine Learning for Cybersecurity Professionals™
Certification:

  • GMLE
ICS418: ICS Security Essentials for Leaders™
SEC565: Red Team Operations and Adversary Emulation™
Certification:

  • GRTP

    Elevating Cybersecurity: The SANS-ISS Partnership and the Future of Cyber Resilience

    In this case study, explore how ISS, a global facility services provider, collaborates with SANS to enhance its cybersecurity capabilities across 28 countries. The video delves into the challenges of unifying diverse IT and security departments and highlights the critical role of ongoing training to adapt to rapid technological and criminal developments. Through firsthand accounts, learn about the implementation of the SANS maturity model, the strategic benefits of SANS training programs, and how ISS is leveraging this partnership to boost corporate resilience and attract top talent in cybersecurity. Discover the pivotal role of human factors in cybersecurity and how ISS is strengthening its defenses not just technologically, but also through skilled and certified personnel.

    How our Alumni feel about our training & certifications

    The real value of this training lies at the intersection of quality content and delivery by a subject-matter expert actively working in the field, making it incredibly relevant and immediately applicable to my job.
    P. Watson
    - Microsoft Corp
    You cannot beat the quality of SANS classes and instructors. I came back to work and was able to implement my skills learned in class on day one. Invaluable.
    Melissa Sokolowski
    - Xerox
    With multiple real-world examples, labs that provide direct application of the course material, and top-notch instructors, there is nothing compared to SANS.
    Matthew Arnsdorff
    - Target
    SANS is the best information security training you’ll find anywhere. World-class instructors, hands-on instruction, actionable information you can really use, and NetWars.
    Jeff Stebelton
    - NetJets Inc.

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