GEC NEWS WIRESANS Institute is set to bring world-class cybersecurity education to professionals across the Middle East with SANS Manama (7-12 September) at InterContinental Bahrain, followed by SANS Doha (14-19 September) at InterContinental Doha. The courses are designed to educate professionals on current and emerging cyber threats, ensuring that participants are confident in the latest industry trends, tools, and techniques,
SANS Manama September 2024 (7-12 September) offers the following courses:
- FOR508: Advanced Incident Response, Threat Hunting, and Digital Forensics
- LDR414: SANS Training Program for CISSP Certification
FOR508 is an in-depth course that equips incident responders and threat hunting teams with advanced skills to detect, identify, counter, and recover from a wide range of threats within enterprise networks, including those posed by nation-state adversaries, organized crime syndicates, and ransomware operators.
LDR414 is an accelerated review course specifically designed to prepare students for the CISSP exam. It focuses exclusively on the eight domains of knowledge defined by (ISC)², which are critical to passing the exam.
A highlight of SANS Manama will be the Community Night session on 9 September, titled “Justice Denied: How Bad Digital Forensics Threatens and Undermines Justice.” This session will delve into three real-world cases—one criminal and two civil—to demonstrate how digital forensic evidence, when presented by unqualified or biased practitioners, nearly destroyed lives in court. The session will also illustrate how a proper scientific approach to digital forensics can help achieve justice.
SANS Doha September 2024 (14-19 September) will feature:
- SEC504: Hacker Tools, Techniques, and Incident Handling
- SEC560: Enterprise Penetration Testing
SEC504 will teach students how to effectively respond to breaches across Windows, Linux, and cloud platforms, providing insight into the tools and techniques attackers use, the artifacts they leave behind, and how to build better defenses based on this knowledge.
SEC560 is designed to strengthen the skillset of penetration testers while also training system administrators, defenders, and other security professionals to understand the mindset and methodologies of modern attackers.
Ned Baltagi, Managing Director for the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey at SANS Institute, emphasized the importance of these events: “As cybersecurity threats continue to evolve, professionals in the Middle East must stay ahead of the curve. These training sessions are not just about learning new skills—they are about building a stronger, more resilient cybersecurity community. We are committed to empowering individuals with the knowledge and tools they need to protect their organizations and, by extension, the region as a whole.”
