
SANS Institute is a leading organization in cybersecurity training and certification. With a focus on empowering cyber security practitioners and teams, SANS provides comprehensive courses and training events across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The institute offers a wide range of cybersecurity courses tailored to various job roles, ensuring professionals can stay ahead of new regulations and emerging threats in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.
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- Cyber Risk Insight Suite
The SANS Security Awareness Cyber Risk Insight Suite™ is a comprehensive tool designed to enhance organizational cybersecurity awareness. It establishes concrete learning objectives, tailoring security awareness programs to address specific risk areas within an organization. The suite includes multilingual assessments that highlight critical cybersecurity areas requiring attention, focusing on knowledge and culture. By avoiding overtraining on mastered topics, it optimizes training efficiency and effectiveness. The suite helps organizations prioritize risks, reduce training costs, and demonstrate measurable growth in employee cybersecurity awareness. It provides insights into employees' understanding of cyber attack prevention and their perceptions of the organization's security culture. This holistic approach considers organizational culture, human behavior, and technical controls, ultimately aiming to mitigate human-error-related data breaches and strengthen overall cybersecurity posture.
- SANS Cyber Ranges
SANS Cyber Ranges are interactive, hands-on learning exercises designed to enhance cybersecurity skills in a safe, isolated environment. These ranges offer replicated networks, systems, and applications for individuals and teams to develop practical experience without compromising live production environments. The ranges cover various focus areas, including Core, Cyber Defense, Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR), GRID, Healthcare, and Industrial Control Systems (ICS). SANS offers different formats, such as NetWars Tournaments for competitive learning and NetWars Continuous for extended engagement. These ranges benefit organizations by strengthening protection, providing training roadmaps, identifying cyber talent, and offering CPE credits. With a 4.5-star rating and over 3,000 reviews in 2023, SANS Cyber Ranges are highly recommended by participants for skill development and practical application of cybersecurity knowledge.
- SANS Cyber Security Skills Assessments
SANS CyberTalent Assessments are web-based tools designed to help cybersecurity managers evaluate and improve their team's skills, enhance hiring processes, and optimize training investments. These assessments, built on SANS' 25+ years of cybersecurity expertise, offer a comprehensive solution for measuring and managing cybersecurity talent. With nine different assessment tools available, organizations can effectively benchmark their teams, develop personalized growth plans, and ensure readiness for current threats. The assessments are priced at $150-$200 per assessment, sold in packs of 25 or more. They are delivered online through the GIAC Certification exam engine, adhering to GIAC Program Rules and offering accommodations for individuals with disabilities. SANS CyberTalent Assessments provide valuable insights for better team management, reduced hiring costs, and verification of contractor skills in the rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape.
- SANS Security Awareness
SANS Security Awareness EndUser training is a comprehensive solution designed to address employee security behaviors through expert-created content. The program offers a curated selection of pressing risk and compliance topics, authored by SANS experts and designed by adult learning specialists. It provides engaging, modular, and multilingual content that reduces training fatigue and increases comprehension. Organizations can tailor their security awareness training program to relevant issues and timing requirements, focusing on program outcomes rather than sifting through endless modules. The SANS Security Awareness Maturity Model® serves as an industry standard for benchmarking program maturity and as a strategic roadmap for planning and communicating program impact. The training can be deployed through an organization's existing Learning Management System (LMS) or via SANS' partnership with Litmos, offering flexibility and ease of use for both administrators and learners.