Students
As an SFS scholar, you have a unique opportunity to enhance your cybersecurity skills and qualifications through SANS training and GIAC certification. Utilizing your SFS funds for these courses can significantly boost your career prospects by providing you with both practical skills and recognized certifications.
Train at your own pace with the SANS OnDemand platform and take your GIAC certification exam where it works best for you with remote proctoring.
Why Choose SANS Training?
Comprehensive Cyber Skills
SANS courses cover the latest in cybersecurity, ensuring you gain knowledge that is in high demand by employers.
Industry-Recognized Certifications
GIAC certifications validate your expertise and make you a competitive candidate in the job market.
OnDemand Training
Flexible online training that fits your schedule, allowing you to learn at your own pace.
Career Roadmap
Detailed guidance to help you select courses that align with your career goals.
Professors
We encourage professors at SFS institutions to inform their students about the opportunity to use their SFS professional development allowance funds for SANS training. This investment in their education will provide them with advanced skills and certifications that are highly valued in the cybersecurity job market.
Support Your Students
- Share information about SANS training programs.
- Assist with the course approval process.
- Encourage students to pursue GIAC certifications for career advancement.
Contact us today to see how you can further support your students in acquiring SANS professional development.
Why SANS Training?
Quality of Instruction
SANS Instructors are recognized as top practitioners in their fields and bring real-world experience to the classroom, ensuring that students receive practical, applicable knowledge.
Practical and Immediate Application
SANS training is designed to ensure students can apply their new skills and knowledge to their career goals, immediately upon completing the course.
Comprehensive and Specialized Curriculum
SANS’s wide range of courses and their hands-on labs and exercises go beyond theoretical knowledge, ensuring students can apply what they learn when confronted with real-world scenarios.
Suggested SANS Courses
Cybersecurity and IT Essentials
SEC401: Security Essentials - Network, Endpoint, and Cloud + GSEC Certification
Cloud Security
- SEC488: Cloud Security Essentials + GCLD Certification
- SEC510: Public Cloud Security: AWS, Azure, and GCP + GPCS Certification
Cyber Defense
- SEC497: Practical Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) + GOSI Certification
- SEC450: Blue Team Fundamentals: Security Operations and Analysis + GSOC Certification
- SEC503: Network Monitoring and Threat Detection In-Depth + GCIA Certification
- SEC511: Continuous Monitoring and Security Operations + GMON
Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR)
- FOR500: Windows Forensic Analysis + GCFE Certification
- FOR508: Advanced Incident Response, Threat Hunting, and Digital Forensics + GCFA Certification
- FOR578: Cyber Threat Intelligence + GCTI Certification
Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security
ICS410: ICS/SCADA Security Essentials + GICSP Certification
Leadership
SEC566: Implementing and Auditing CIS Controls + GCCC Certification
Offensive Operations, Pen Testing, and Red Teaming
- SEC501: Advanced Security Essentials – Enterprise Defender + GCED Certification
- SEC504: Hacker Tools, Techniques, and Incident Handling + GCIH Certification
- SEC560: Enterprise Penetration Testing + GPEN Certification
- SEC542: Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking + GWAPT Certification
Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)
SEC497: Practical Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) + GOSI Certification