SANS Dubai May 2024: Empowering Middle East Cyber Pros
The SANS Institute has unveiled SANS Dubai May 2024, scheduled from 11-16 May at the Hilton Dubai, Palm Jumeirah. This course is tailored to empower cyber professionals with the expertise to detect, mitigate, and thwart evolving cybersecurity threats. It is ideal for security professionals seeking to enhance their understanding of Red Team engagements and security control requirements.
Recent high-profile cyberattacks indicate that offensive attacks are bypassing defensive strategies, and cybersecurity experts, auditors, engineers and compliance officers are actively seeking practical solutions to protect their systems and data. In line with this, the UAE is witnessing a surge in demand for cybersecurity professionals with the necessary skills, with market projections indicating substantial growth from $0.52 billion in 2023 to an anticipated $0.95 billion by 2028.
SANS Dubai May 2024 offers two specialized courses through both in-person training and simultaneous live online sessions: the newly-launched SEC565: Red Team Operations and Adversary Emulation, and SEC566: Implementing and Auditing CIS Controls.
SEC565 will teach students how to develop and improve Red Team operations for security controls through adversary emulation, cyber threat intelligence, Red Team tradecraft, and engagement planning, ultimately improving the overall security posture of the organization.
In SEC566, students will learn how an organization can defend its information by using a vetted cybersecurity control standard, specifically how to implement, manage, and assess security control requirements defined by the Center for Internet Security’s (CIS) Controls across an organization’s complex networks, including cloud assets.
Ned Baltagi, Managing Director – Middle East, Turkey and Africa, SANS Institute, said, “By leveraging threat intelligence and emulating real-world environments, we teach professionals how red teams provide invaluable insights into an organization’s vulnerabilities by identifying weaknesses, enhancing defense strategies, and strengthening incident response capabilities.
