SANS Institute
20 Critical Security Controls Class Debuts: Day One Highlights
Monday, June 22nd, 2009Today we are in Washington D.C. teaching a new SANS Class based upon the Consensus Audit Guidelines (CAG) Critical Security Controls. We are very excited that the debut run sold out this week. Dr. Eric Cole in conjunction with the team at Enclave Security have been writing and fine tuning the class since February, and [...]
“A Complete Revolution in Federal Cybersecurity”
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009This blog has previously discussed the CSIS Commission report on cybersecurity, and the one of the next steps towards federal cybersecurity was announced yesterday. A consortium of US federal agencies has drawn up a list of critical security controls they hope will serve as a gold standard for cybersecurity. The Consensus Audit Guidelines (CAG) list [...]
Training is still a business value in tough times
Thursday, January 8th, 2009Recent research from Microsoft Corporation and the SANS Institute highlight the importance of training to individuals as well as organizations. The most interesting conversation is non-tangible benefits of training. The positive experience of learning new things and sharing with co-workers really provide valuable to a company. A couple highlights include:
Improved team productivity. Studies show that [...]