CySA+ continuing education

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the cybersecurity landscape, giving attackers new ways to automate, scale, and personalize cyberattacks while providing defenders powerful tools to detect and respond faster than ever. Join Steve Piper, CEO of CyberEdge and Editor-in-Chief of Security Buzz, as he explores how AI is being used on both sides of the threat equation and what this escalating arms race means for organizations. Attendees will learn how AI-driven threats such as advanced phishing, deepfakes, and automated malware are changing attacker tactics, as well as how security teams can leverage AI for threat detection, response, and risk reduction. The session will highlight practical considerations for preparing defenses as AI continues to transform the future of cybersecurity.

Ransomware remains one of the most disruptive and costly threats facing enterprises today, and preparation is critical to minimizing its impact. Join Steve Piper, CEO of CyberEdge and Editor-in-Chief of Security Buzz, as he discusses how security teams can build ransomware readiness before an attack occurs, rather than reacting under pressure once systems are locked and operations are disrupted. Attendees will learn how to assess ransomware preparedness, close common gaps in visibility and response, and ensure backup, recovery, and communication plans are tested and trusted. The session will also explore how security, IT, legal, public relations, and executive teams can align ahead of time to reduce downtime, contain damage, and maintain control during a high-pressure ransomware event.

What LLM-assisted triage actually delivers today (and where it bites you). Includes failure modes from real deployments, prompt-injection examples, and a checklist for safe rollout.

Practical hardening for production Kubernetes: PSA, NetworkPolicies, admission webhooks, audit logging, and the most common CIS Benchmark gaps you'll find in a real cluster.

Three live sessions building an incident from initial alert to containment in a realistic enterprise lab. Includes Splunk queries, Velociraptor collections, and a graded final exercise.

A 2-hour scenario walking through cloud-to-cloud lateral movement (IAM role chaining, service confusion), with mirrored red-team objectives and blue-team detections.

Detecting Malicious Activity in Large Enterprises Modern enterprises are extremely diverse and complex. Yet, security data collection, correlation, and analysis has not kept up with these complexities. It often seems like organizations collect too much without ever truly finding value in the vast amounts of data they have amassed. In this webcast, SANS author Matt Bromiley and Chronicle Security's Dr. Anton Chuvakin focus on concepts to effectively detect malicious activity within large enterprises. They will review how to bring giga-/tera-/petabytes togethers, correlating them into actionable intel by using YARA-L to craft efficient detections that can be used across these vast data sets. The webcast will help attendees answer important questions such as:In your current state, how much data are you ingesting/analyzing?How is your team writing detections? What types of metadata points are they looking for?How do you detect threats?Can you effectively scale detections across your data sets?How do you manage the lifecycle of those detections, tune them, keep them relevant, remove them when no longer relevant? Register today and be among the first to receive the associated whitepaper written by Matt Bromiley.WebinarDigital Forensics and Incident Response Presented: 10 Sep 2020 Technical Presentation View details

How to Improve Threat Detection and Hunting in the AWS Cloud Using the MITRE ATT&CK Matrix Understanding adversary tactics and techniques based on real-world observations are critical to building more effective threat detection and hunting capabilities. The context provided by data sources is what enables us to make actionable decisions. Still, it is limited to what raw data inputs we consume, as well as consuming enough of the right data to be able to mitigate, remediate and prevent future adversary activity. However, detecting malicious events is not the final solution to thwarting adversaries. Actions need to be taken, whether they are operational (e.g., stopping a malicious process) or strategic (e.g., securing an environment to prevent the execution of malicious processes). In this webinar, SANS and AWS Marketplace will discuss the exercise of applying the MITRE ATT&CK Matrix to the AWS Cloud. They will also explore how to enhance threat detection and hunting in an AWS environment to maintain a strong security posture. Attendees will learn how to:Apply the MITRE ATT&CK Matrix to classify and understand cloud-based techniquesCreate an effective detection strategy and uncover what data sources are requiredBreak down and recognize detections by security product capabilities and data sourcesLeverage threat intel for improved detectionUse AWS services and third-party solutions to support their threat detection and hunting strategy Register today to be among the first to receive the associated whitepaper written by SANS senior instructor and cloud security expert Dave Shackleford.WebinarDigital Forensics and Incident Response Presented: 1 Sep 2020 Technical Presentation View details

Closing the Critical Skills Gap for Modern and Effective Security Operations Centers (SOCs): Survey Results Any successful security operations center (SOC) will combine skilled people, effective processes and efficient technology. Previous SANS surveys have shown that the skills of the people are the prime prerequisite to enable organizations to define critical SOC processes; create use cases, hypotheses and plans; architect effective security solutions; and efficiently deploy, operate and maintain security systems. From that skills base, sophisticated technology and tools can be used as a force multiplier. CISOs and SOC managers who can reduce or close their critical skills gaps have the highest probability of minimizing business impact from cyberattacks when budgets and staffing are constrained. Webcast attendees will learn:Where hiring managers turn when sourcing potential new hiresWhich skill areas are most sought afterWhat technologies employers wish new hires had hands-on experience usingWhich security technologies are perceived as enabling organizations to delay or mitigate the need for additional staff Register today to be among the first to receive the associated whitepaper written by SANS Director of Emerging Security Trends, John Pescatore. Click here'to register for a companion webcast to be held at 1 PM ET on Thursday, July 30, 2020 ' a panel discussion with survey author John Pescatore and selected sponsors that digs more deeply in to the results.WebinarCyber Defense Presented: 29 Jul 2020 Technical Presentation View details

SANS Top New Attacks and Threat Report As we move into 2020, news reports have been filled with reports of deepfakes, attacks against election systems, quantum computing advances and more. SANS instructors Heather Mahalik, Ed Skoudis and Johannes Ullrich present their analysis of the new attack techniques currently in use that will affect you and share their projections for future exploits in a highly rated keynote presentation moderated by Alan Paller at the annual RSA Conference in San Francisco.In this webcast, SANS Director of Emerging Security Trends John Pescatore will highlight key themes from that report and other sources to provide:Coverage of the top new attacks and threats as defined in that presentationDeeper insight into overall cybersecurity trends on both the offensive and defensive sidesAdvice from SANS on the steps enterprises must take to evolve critical skills, processes and controls to mitigate current and future risksBe among the first to receive the associated whitepaper written by John Pescatore, SANS Director of Emerging Security Trends.WebinarCyber Defense Presented: 28 Apr 2020 Technical Presentation View details

2020 SANS Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Survey Results Over the past several years, SANS has seen a gradual maturation of cyber threat intelligence (CTI) and its applications in information security. The 2019 CTI survey saw an increase in usage of and interest in CTI, along with a diversification in how the intelligence is being used by organizations. While the use of CTI continued to grow, it became evident that there is no one-size-fits-all approach. Organizations leverage different types of CTI to meet different needs.The 2020 Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Survey builds on previous surveys to provide guidance on how organizations of all types can get the most out of CTI. Attendees at this webcast will gain insight into:How consumers and generators of CTI leverage, create and measure intelligenceWhat progress has been made on automation of intelligence collection and processingWhat improvements organizations have realized as a result of using CTIWhich best practices are in use across respondents' organizationsRegister today to be among the first to receive the associated whitepaper written by SANS instructor and CTI expert Robert M. Lee.Click here to register for a panel discussion of the survey results on Thursday, February 13, 2020, at 1PM Eastern. On this webcast, Robert M. Lee and sponsor speakers will explore how these results can improve CTI programs.WebinarDigital Forensics and Incident Response Presented: 11 Feb 2020 Technical Presentation View details

Building and Maturing Your Threat Hunt Program While threat hunting sounds exciting--and promising--building an effective program can be daunting. The very definition of threat hunting is fluid, creating confusion about how to use it. Practitioners often have varying opinions about what would be involved in a threat hunt program and how to use it. And, there are many questions about how to develop a program that can evolve into an effective, mature one.In this new SANS webcast, SANS instructor Davis Szili, with insights from a Cisco representative, will help attendees define threat hunting and create an effective process for using it.'the webcast will address getting started, including building a team, what a typical hunt might look like and building a knowledge base for later use. 'Attendees also will learn how to create a test lab and use effective metrics.Register now and be among the first to receive the associated white paper written by David Szili.WebinarDigital Forensics and Incident Response Presented: 25 Jun 2019 Technical Presentation View details