NETWORK SECURITY 2024 | SANS Institute

Don’t Miss the SANS Training Event of the Year

45+ Immersive Cybersecurity Training Courses

3 SANS Villages: Expand Your Cyber Community

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Hack-a-Thon: The First of Its Kind

@Night Talks: Buzzing Industry Topics

Hands-On Workshops: AI, ICS, Offensive Operations & More

40+ GIAC Certifications

Core NetWars Tournament

4-Months Extended Learning Access

Best Moments of 2023: A Sneak Peek of 2024

Experience the excitement of SANS live training under the dazzling lights of Las Vegas! When you attend in-person, unlock all-access offerings from hands-on workshops, to AI villages, CTFs and more that await you. Register today to unlock advancements in your career path with cybersecurity training at SANS Network Security 2024.

Offer of the Year: SANS' 35th Anniversary Brings Unprecedented Value

Register for an in-person Network Security training course and unlock over $1700 in exclusive educational bonuses! This special offer is available only at Network Security 2024. Explore the details below to discover more!

35th Anniversary Special: $1700 in BONUS Education Opportunities! This year only, in-person attendees receive extended OnDemand course access, additional lab hours, the newest AI course, AIS247, and admission to the AI Cybersecurity Summit @Night – all at no additional cost!

Transform your leadership approach with FREE access to SANS AIS247: AI Security Essentials for Business Leaders with your in-person purchase. Master the strategic use of AI in cybersecurity to safeguard and propel your organization forward — no additional purchase is necessary.

Learn to better utilize AI at the SANS AI Cybersecurity Summit September 8-9! Your in-person training course unlocks FREE access to exclusive Summit @Night sessions. Discover innovative ways to harness AI in cybersecurity from world-renowned experts.

Network Security Event Schedule At-A-Glance

We can’t wait to welcome you to Las Vegas. We have prepared an ALL-ACCESS, jam-packed schedule so you can make the most of your live training experience!

DATE	EVENT	FORMAT
Wed, September 4th, 6:30 – 8:00 PM	SANS Network Security Welcome Reception	In-Person
Thurs September 5th, 6:00 PM	Featured Keynote: Daniel Miessler, Founder of Unsupervised Learning and Creator of Fabric AI	In-Person & Streamed Live Online
Fri, September 6th, 5:30 PM	AlumNight Reception* *All Network Security attendees are welcome!	In-Person
Fri, September 6th, 6:45 – 9:45 PM	Offensive Operations CTF	In-Person
Fri, September 6th – 7th, 6:45 – 9:45 PM	SANS Villages: A 3-Part Immersive Experience Village 1: Introduction to CTF Village 2: Web Workshops Village 3: Speed Run CTF	In-Person
Sat, September 7th – 8th, 6:30 – 9:30 PM	NetWars: Core Tournament	In-Person
Sat, September 7th, 6:45 – 9:45 PM	Offensive AI for Social Engineering and Deep Fake Development	In-Person

Featuring World-Renowned Experts

Featured Courses

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cyber Defense

SEC595: Applied Data Science and AI/Machine Learning for Cybersecurity Professionals

SEC595 provides students with a crash-course introduction to practical data science, statistics, probability, machine learning, and AI. The course is structured as a series of short discussions with extensive hands-on labs that help students to develop useful intuitive understandings of how these...

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Cybersecurity and IT Essentials

SEC401: Security Essentials - Network, Endpoint, and Cloud

Whether you are new to information security or a seasoned practitioner with a specialized focus, SEC401 will provide the essential information security skills and techniques you need to protect and secure your critical information and technology assets, whether on-premise or in the cloud. SEC401...

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Offensive Operations, Pen Testing, and Red Teaming

SEC504: Hacker Tools, Techniques, and Incident Handling

SEC504 helps you develop the skills to conduct incident response investigations. You will learn how to apply a dynamic incident response process to evolving cyber threats, and how to develop threat intelligence to mount effective defense strategies for cloud and on-premises platforms. We'll examine...

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Major Update

Digital Forensics, Incident Response & Threat Hunting

FOR508: Advanced Incident Response, Threat Hunting, and Digital Forensics

Threat hunting and Incident response tactics and procedures have evolved rapidly over the past several years. Your team can no longer afford to use antiquated incident response and threat hunting techniques that fail to properly identify compromised systems. The key is to constantly look for...

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Cybersecurity and IT Essentials

SEC301: Introduction to Cyber Security

This introductory certification course is the fastest way to get up to speed in information security. Written and taught by battle-scarred cyber security veterans, this entry-level course covers a broad spectrum of security topics and is liberally sprinkled with real life examples. Course lecture...

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Digital Forensics, Incident Response & Threat Hunting

FOR578: Cyber Threat Intelligence

Cyber threat intelligence represents a force multiplier for organizations looking to update their response and detection programs to deal with increasingly sophisticated advanced persistent threats. Malware is an adversary's tool but the real threat is the human one, and cyber threat intelligence...

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Industrial Control Systems Security

ICS410: ICS/SCADA Security Essentials

ICS410: ICS/SCADA Security Essentials provides a foundational set of standardized skills and knowledge for industrial cybersecurity professionals. The course is designed to ensure that the workforce involved in supporting and defending industrial control systems is trained to keep the operational...

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Digital Forensics, Incident Response & Threat Hunting

FOR500: Windows Forensic Analysis

FOR500 builds comprehensive digital forensics knowledge of Microsoft Windows operating systems providing the means to recover, analyze, and authenticate forensic data, track user activity on the network, and organize findings for use in incident response, internal investigations, intellectual...

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See All Network Security 2024 Courses

Join in this exciting opportunity to hone your skills via a NEW SANS village setting with your peers. We’ve planned an exciting & immersive multifaceted experience to take place over not one, but TWO nights during Network Security 2024. Take part in one or all (3) parts of SANS Villages! NOTE: These (3) Village experiences occur concurrently. Feel free to curate your own experience by freely roaming from one to the other! VILLAGE 1: Intro to CTFs VILLAGE 2: Web Workshops VILLAGE 3: Speed Run CTF

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Featured Bonus Sessions

Featured Keynote: Daniel Miessler, Founder of Unsupervised Learning

Date: Thursday, September 5, 2024 Attendance Options: In-Person With his expertise in cybersecurity, AI, and technology trends, Daniel will share invaluable insights on navigating the future of digital innovation. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from one of the leading voices in the industry!

AI for Social Engineering and Deep Fake Development

Date: Saturday, September 7, 2024 Attendance Options: In-Person Speaker: Foster Nethercott, United States Marine Corps Veteran | MSISE | GIAC x10 Join us for an insightful @Night talk, led by Foster Nethercott as he explores how hackers abuse AI to manipulate and exploit individuals, leading to...

Offensive Operations CTF

Date: Friday, September 6, 2024 Attendance Options: In-Person This exciting event highlights the large variety of offensive skills taught across multiple courses in the Offensive Operations curriculum. Test your skills against challenges based on network penetration testing, web, and binary...

Hear from Former Attendees

SANS makes the entire experience amazing! I have been attending SANS classes for many years and I keep coming back for more. There is no one else out there that provides security training like SANS.

Ron Foupht

- Werner Enterprises

The entire training experience is an event! There is so much happening at SANS besides the classroom! You need to be here to experience it all! This is the place with all the security knowledge you could ever need!

Ron Foupht

- Werner Enterprises

SANS offers the ultimate in quality instruction and thoughtful curriculum development. I learned so much this week and can't wait to review and apply what I learned.

Gabrielle S.

- US Federal Agency

The labs were very hands-on, and being able to manually go through these exercises gives me confidence that I can do these things in the future.

Crystal Cleaveland

- American Registry for Internet Numbers

Nobody else in the industry is as comprehensive as SANS or as up-to-date and knowledgeable. If you want to learn how to do your job right, I don’t think there's any better training out there right now.

Ronald Craft

- S-RM

The instruction at SANS is top-notch. I have been to several SANS training courses and they never disappoint. The instructors bring real life experiences and show the students how the material can be applied.

Thomas Seck

- Johns Hopkins APL

PLUS - Immerse Yourself in the Newest Version of NetWars Core: Version 9

This latest version of NetWars will take you deep into the upside-down cybersecurity world where all your hands-on cyber skills will be put to the test. More immersive than ever, our gamified NetWars Core Tournament V9 brings you all new real-world challenges, including Azure command line, Azure cloud penetration testing, cyber threat intelligence, and network protocol analysis. Help a group of friends in peril to find out who is behind a terrible danger, possibly involving the Hackins National Laboratory. Our 100% browser-based NetWars challenge allows both teams and individuals to play in this high-end interface platform.

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Event Venue Details - Caesars Palace

Hotel Address 3570 Las Vegas Blvd South Las Vegas, NV 89109 Phone: 1-866-227-5938 A special discounted rate of $209.00 S/D plus applicable taxes will be honored based on space availability. A limited number of Government Per Diem rooms at the prevailing rate are available with proper ID. * There is a daily discounted resort fee of $10.00 per room, per night, plus applicable state and local tax. * * These rates are only available through Wednesday, August 14, 2024.

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