Level Up Your Blue Team SkillsThe blue team represents information security professionals on the front line of defending an organizations critical assets and systems against attacks and threats from adversaries. Defending against attacks is an ongoing challenge with new threats emerging all the time. At the SANS Blue Team Summit, enhance your current skill set and become even better at defending your organization and hear the latest ways to mi...

The AWS State and Local Learning Days is an in-person education event where customers can access Amazon Web Services (AWS) training sessions, get one-on-one support with AWS experts, and enjoy co-working facilities with complimentary coffee and Wi-Fi—all at no cost. You are welcome to attend as many days and sessions as you wish. Join whichever fits your cloud education needs. Located at Arizona State University in Scottsdale, AZ, the AW...

WELCOME TO INTERFACE Phoenix 2022! IT Infrastructure is constantly changing, bringing more new challenges with it every day. From ransomware and the latest security threats to needs for increased bandwidth and storage, it’s nearly impossible to keep up to date. Our conference is designed to help. We’ve assembled a combination of Best-in-Breed hardware and software solutions, along with local experts and organizations, to help educa...

Swap your pajamas for business casual and join cybersecurity experts, government leaders, industry peers, and cutting-edge exhibitors at the first in-person conference for cybersecurity training and awareness professionals since 2019! Featured Sessions U.S. Secret Service Panel Discussion: The U.S. Secret Service will present a briefing on the connection between romance scams and BEC, featuring discussions with field officers regarding recent...

The SINC West IT & Security Leaders Forum will bring together the top innovative IT and Security leaders across the West region for 3 days of engagement. The forum will address the topics that most directly impact the resource challenges of the attendees, which in turn, will drive the growth of the West region’s IT industry and community. The forum will be geared towards strengthening the IT community across the West, while creating...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to dominate news headlines, your health, wellbeing, and safety - along with that of our clients, partners, employees, and people in the communities where we live and operate - are always top of mind. To that end, we’re canceling our upcoming in-person OptivCon event in Phoenix on November 10, 2021. This was a hard, but necessary decision to ensure we’re doing our part to limit the spread of COVID-...

This bi-annual conference, presented in partnership with the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), serves as the forum for executive-level security leadership and policy-makers across the federal agencies and U.S. Industry to convene to address major government security topics. Don't miss this opportunity for candid discussion, high-level networking, and updates on important subjects. Themes and challenges addressed include: Continuing secur...

The SMILE Conference is the leading training conference devoted to Social Media, the Internet and Law Enforcement initiatives. The SMILE Conference is the world’s premier source for training for police in the use of social media for community outreach, event management, and investigations. The 17th SMILEcon is now TWO conferences spanning five days. The new iSMILE is Investigator’s SMILEcon and will feature three whole days of inve...

Cybersecurity is one of the biggest internal control areas that need executive attention. You just received an urgent call from the CEO. An e-mail was received demanding $10M Bitcoin to be paid as ransom to unencrypt the company's data. "Oh no! Maybe if we audited the organization's Cybersecurity program and controls before this happened, we might not be in this mess!" Sound familiar? Hundreds of Security, Compliance and Audit professionals ha...

So, you've accepted a new position as an Internal Auditor; congratulations, and welcome to our world! Internal Auditors provide an extremely important and unique function: to independently assess controls to balance risk that may impede the objectives of an organization. We are the "last line of defense" in organizations to report risk events. Please join us for this valuable in-person, interactive training and allow our expert instructors to...