NEWS
UAE
SANS Abu Dhabi 2016 to focus
on ‘Defence and Response’
The SANS Abu Dhabi 2016 training
event this March will debut the newly
updated ICS515: ICS Active Defence
and Incident Response course.
The 5-day course provides skills
and techniques required to protect
networked industrial control system
environments.
Attendees are
also taught
how to perform
incident
response and
learn from
interactions with
the adversary
to enhance
network security.
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Managers in the Middle East this year.
The ICS515 course is led by SANS
Instructor Robert M. Lee, a former
Cyber Warfare Operations Officer
in the US Air Force who was also
recently named to the 2016 class of
Forbes “30 Under 30” for Enterprise
Technology as one of “the brightest
entrepreneurs, breakout talents, and
change agents” in the sector.
The training
event takes
place from the
6th – 10th of
March at the
Hilton International Abu Dhabi Hotel
and offers SANS’ hands-on, immersive
training as well as the opportunity
to network with colleagues, security
professionals and SANS staff. SANS
Abu Dhabi also provides the only
opportunity to take MGT512: SANS
The course uses a hands-on approach
and real-world malware to break
down cyber-attacks on ICS from start
to finish. Students gain a practical
and technical understanding of
leveraging active defence concepts
such as using threat intelligence,
performing network security
monitoring, and utilising malware
analysis and incident response to
ensure the safety and reliability of
operations.
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