SANS Secure Europe 2012, one of the region’s largest infosec training events will be offering a new course this year to help business and technical staff learn the fundamentals of the audit process, governance, and compliance regulations, as well as a hands-on introduction to the latest technology tools.
The new Audit 407: Foundations of Auditing Information Systems will be one of ten courses running during the two week event that is returning to Amsterdam’s Radisson Blu Hotel from 5th to 19th of May.
“Auditors are the unsung heroes of organisations,” is the view of James Tarala, SANS Senior Instructor and course author, “Well planned information technology audits save time and money by identifying security risks and ways to reduce those risks.”
However, Tarala believes that being a good auditor is more than following a checklist, “Great auditors have proficient technology skills but they are also project managers, technical writers, persuaders, presenters, and subject matter experts. In this class, we provide students a solid foundation to understand the audit process.”
The six-day course also shows how to identify and evaluate security safeguards, and create a toolbox of automated technical auditing tools.
Secure Europe 2012 will feature the widest range of courses ever offered at the annual event. Popular courses like Security 401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp and Security 504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling are complimented by courses on Ethical Hacking and Network Penetration Testing.
More information on SANS Secure Europe 2012 can be found here:
http://www.sans.org/secure-amsterdam-2012
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