Once again, SANS is our Free Monthly Giveaway sponsor for the end of the year blowout. This one is awesome and worth over $3500. As you have probably seen in numerous conversations on this site, not only is Ed Skoudis' new course on Network Pen Testing and Ethical Hacking (SANS 560) getting rave reviews, but also it is now being offered in the @Home version. The @Home format is not just recorded webcasts and handouts... You actually get live virtual instruction from Ed Skoudis and John Strand. See below for more details.

This is great for a couple reasons. First, and quite obviously, many are feeling the pinch with the economy, and we all know training and travel are the first items to be cut from the budget. We'll provide the training, and with @Home, there is no travel. Secondly, many have said having the extra time that the @Home format affords, allows them a greater ability to absorb the contents of Ed's brain. Take it from me, one week will never be enough. For an in depth look at this course, see the review entitled "Ed Skoudis and the Pen Testing Factory." Thanks to SANS for playing Santa with an incredibly timely gift.

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