Elevate your knowledge, skills, and industry connections at an upcoming SANS Summit. Summits bring together cyber security practitioners and leading experts to share and discuss case studies, lessons learned, new tools, and innovative strategies to improve cyber security and overcome challenges in a particular focus area or industry. As an attendee, you'll walk away from your two-day Summit experience with a fresh perspective and new tools that you can immediately leverage in your work.
The SANS Promise: You Will Be Able to Use Our Cyber Security Training the Day You Get Back to the Office!
At a Summit, the SANS promise is upheld by connecting you with cyber security practitioners and experts that deliver applicable content based on real-world experience. Through in-depth presentations, panel discussions, interactive workshops, and sharing forums, you'll collaborate with fellow cyber security practitioners to generate solutions and uncover tools that will help you protect your organization from ever-evolving threats.
In-Depth Presentations
Summits feature a series of talks about specific tools, proven techniques, and innovative strategies. These presentations utilize case studies and demonstrations that make them as dynamic as they are useful. Speakers and presentations are reviewed and selected by the Summit's chair(s) along with its advisory board to ensure the material proposed gives attendees actionable information they can implement immediately.
Panel Discussions
There are often many approaches to the same problem, but this is especially true in cyber security. Panel discussions bring together leading experts to discuss and debate a specific topic of interest. These discussions will expose you to different perspectives and experiences so that you can gain a more comprehensive view of the topic at hand. Throughout a panel discussion, you'll have the opportunity to ask questions and challenge a viewpoint. The interaction between audience and panelists is what makes these sessions so valuable.
Interactive Workshops
Workshops provide you the opportunity to walk though realistic scenarios with your peers and generate action plans. Workshops are led by experts and use case studies to help attendees examine a scenario and make decisions based on the information provided.
Sharing Forums
Summits include sessions designed to give you the chance to share ideas, success stories, and lessons learned. Whether this is done through lightning talks, Video Wars, networking lunches, or live debates, you'll get the perspective of other attendees who are facing the same challenges you are.
Network with Leading Experts and Fellow Cyber Security Professionals
In addition to two days of in-depth discussions, you'll have the chance to engage via virtual chat rooms with leading experts, SANS instructors, and your peers in the community. Attendees tell us time and again that one of the greatest takeaways from SANS Summits is the many industry connections they forge or deepen during their time with us.
Enhance Your Summit Experience with a Closely Aligned SANS Course
Before or after each Summit, you can choose from closely aligned SANS courses to help you expand your information security expertise. SANS courses are taught by experienced practitioners who are among the best cyber security instructors in the world. They will provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to defend your organization. Explore the Training Roadmap to find the right courses for your immediate cyber security skill development.
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