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SANS Local Mentor Program

Brownstown, PA
February 3 - April 21, 2009

Jerry Shenk, D&E Senior Systems Engineer, will be mentoring a SANS security training class - Security 503 - Intrusion Detection In-Depth at D&E Communications in Brownstown, PA from February 3 - April 21, 2009.

Participants will learn practical hands-on intrusion detection and traffic analysis through SANS Local Mentor Program. This advanced program is newly updated to reflect the latest attack patterns, jam packed with network traces and analysis tips.

To register:

http://www.sans.org/mentor/details.php?nid=14329

This course is not a comparison or demonstration of multiple NIDS. Instead, the knowledge and information provided, allows students to better understand the elements that go into a sound NIDS and the whys behind them. The emphasis of this training is to increase students understanding of the workings of TCP/IP, methods of network traffic analysis and one specific network intrusion detection system Snort. Students will learn from hundreds of examples of detections that were captured in the real world and be able to apply these examples to the analysis of intrusion patterns within their own organizations. The goal of this course - better equip students to make a wise selection for their sites particular needs and put the training they receive into practice the day they get back to the office.

The challenging hands-on exercises are specially designed to be valuable for all experience levels. Students must possess a working knowledge of TCP/IP & Hex and we strongly recommend you spend some time getting familiar with TCPdump, WINdump or another network analyzer output before coming to class. To test your knowledge, please see our TCP/IP & Hex Quizzes at: www.sans.org/conference/tcpip_quiz.php.

SANS Intrusion Detection In-Depth Local Mentor-led course runs for 10 weeks and is divided into seven sections:

Introduction to SANS and GIAC Certification Orientation
TCP/IP for Intrusion Detection
Network Traffic Analysis Using TCPdump - Part 1
Network Traffic Analysis Using TCPdump - Part 2
Intrusion Detection Snort Style
IDS Signatures and Analysis - Part 1
IDS Signatures and Analysis - Part 2

Mentor Bio:

Jerry Shenk has been involved in the computer industry since the late 70s. He has been involved in small office networks, regional WANs and international WANs. Jerry is currently employed as a security consultant assisting clients in enhancing the security of their networks through design, configuration, troubleshooting, auditing and penetration testing. Security has been a major focus for him since 2000 including obtaining 5 GIAC Gold certifications, all with honors. He also has a CISSP certification and a number of vendor specific certifications. He has done a number of technical training sessions and webinars and looks forward to helping others build on their skills to secure their networks.

 

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