SANS Institute
SANS continues to offer free security content via the SANS Technology Institute Leadership Lab at http://www.sans.edu/resources/securitylab and IT/Security related leadership information at http://www.sans.edu/resources/leadershiplab SANS instructors have contributed to many security-oriented books, such as: . Vendors can not pay to offer their own official SANS course, although they can teach a SANS hosted event via sponsorship. Certifications related to SANS training courses are offered by SANS-operated GIAC. As of 2008 SANS has branched out into the SANS Technology Institute, a degree-granting educational organization based on SANS training.The trade name SANS (deriving from SysAdmin, Audit, Networking, and Security) belongs to the for-profit Escal Institute of Advanced Technologies. When originally organized in 1989 SANS offers computer and internet security courses in a variety of formats including a virtual classroom (SANS vLive), online training and assessments (SANS OnDemand) and live training via Community SANS, a Local Mentor Program, and the original Conference format. It also operates the Internet Storm Center, an Internet monitoring system staffed by a global community of security practitioners.
The actual content behind SANS training courses and training events remain vendor-agnostic . Free webcasts and email newsletters (@Risk, Newsbites, Ouch!) have been developed in conjunction with security vendors.
The SANS Institute, founded in 1989, provides computer security training, professional certification through GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification), and a research archive - the SANS Reading Room.
