Instructor: Tyler Hudak

Due to the prevalence and business impact of malware, security professionals increasingly need the skills necessary to analyze worms, bots and trojan horses. This one day course will walk attendees through the concepts, techniques and processes for analyzing malware. Students will take a “from-the-wild” malware sample in a hands-on environment and learn how to analyze its characteristics and behavior to determine what it does and the risk it presents.

About The Instructor

Tyler Hudak has extensive real-world experience in malware analysis and incident handling for Fortune 500 firms. He is a member of the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) and leads the FIRST Malware Analysis Special Interest Group. Tyler brings his front line experience and proven techniques to bear in the training.

Title: Introduction to Malware Analysis

Instructor: Tyler Hudak

Date: 5/30/2013

Cost: $250

Class Size: 15 seats are available total (register early!)

Prerequisites: No previous experience in malware analysis is necessary as this course is designed for those who have never performed it before. However, an understanding of malware is recommended, and students must be experienced with Windows and a virtual machine (e.g. Taking snapshots, etc.)

Class Requirements: Students will be required to bring their own laptops for the class. Laptops will need a VMWare Workstation (NOT VMWARE PLAYER) or VirtualBox installation with an install of Windows (XP or higher) as the guest OS prior to the class. If the base OS is Windows, an installation of Cygwin may be helpful as well.  All other tools will be provided.

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Instructor: Charles (Chip) Greene

This is a one day version of Management 512: SANS Security Leadership Essentials Class. Designed for InfoSec Managers, Directors, and Senior Leaders (VPs, COO, CEO) looking to learn the fundamentals of information security at a 30,000 foot view.

Just a few of the main topics are as follows:

• How to understand what the security folks are trying to tell you
• The Four Phases of Security Tasks
• Cryptography, Wireless and Software Security
• Managing Vulnerability Situational Awareness
• Awareness/Training and Privacy
• Incident Response
• Response BCP/DR/Crisis Management
• Securing Virtualized Environments

Read more about the class at:

http://www.sans.org/course/information-security-business-executives

About The Instructor

After serving the country in the United States Navy for 8 years, Charles (Chip) Greene began his career in Information Technology. Over the next 18 years, Chip has held positions in Support, Design, Research and Development, Education, Disaster Recovery, and most recently in Information Security. As a Senior Information Security Analyst, Chip leads the Identity and Access Management Team at Virginia Commonwealth University Health Systems. Chip has received a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems from Virginia Commonwealth University, and a Master’s Degree in Disaster Sciences from the University of Richmond. He currently holds a GIAC Security Leadership Certification and previously held the Cisco Certified Security Professional certification. Mr. Greene was also honored with an Outstanding Educational Performance Award from the University of Richmond upon graduation from his Masters program. Education and training are extremely important to ones career and Chip believes that it is important for everyone to take advantage of the opportunities presented to them.  Leading classes for SANS is an outstanding way for Information Technology Professionals to gather, learn and develop from other’s experiences and knowledge.

Title: SANS MGT432: Information Security for Business Executives

Instructor: Charles (Chip) Greene

Date: 5/30/2013

Cost: $600

Class Size: 15 seats are available total (cut off date is 5/13!)

Prerequisites: None.

Class Requirements: Nothing required.  Material will be provided.

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Instructor: Glenn S. Dardick

The workshop is a hands-on introduction to cyber forensics for IT Security personnel and Incident Response Teams. The workshop will cover where artifacts lie and how to forensically retrieve them. More importantly the workshop will cover forensics readiness – knowing what can be available leads to being prepared prior to a breach or other incident – instead of after the breach or other incident wishing you were prepared.

Topics will include the following:

• Media Forensics
• Network Forensics
• Timeline Forensics
• Artifacts
• Tools, Tools, and More Tools
• Building a Forensics Workstation and Toolkit
• Certifications and Training
• Legal and Best Practices – Forensics Readiness

About The Instructor

Glenn S. Dardick is the Director of the Longwood Center for Cyber Security and serves on the faculty of Longwood University where he is responsible for its courses in Cyber Security, Forensics and Policy.  He also serves on the adjunct faculty of Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia. Glenn S. Dardick is the Director of the Association of Digital Forensics, Security and Law (ADFSL), the publisher of the Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law and the organizer of the annual academic Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law. Glenn S. Dardick also serves as a consultant on technology matters for the legal community and has been admitted and appeared as an expert witness in Federal, State and Sectarian Courts.  He has consulted on copyright issues as well as conducted forensic investigations involving security breaches, media, Internet access, and financial records.

Title: Forensics Readiness

Instructor: Glenn S. Dardick

Date: 5/30/2013

Cost: $395

Class Size: 12 seats are available total (register early!)

Prerequisites: Attendees should be (or previously been) employed as IT personnel – 1 year experience – or degree in computer science or Information systems.

Class Requirements: Nothing required.  A computer will be provided for each student.

This class is now full–please see our other class offerings!