Offense informs Defense!SANS Pen Test HackFest Training & Summit is coming back for another year of mind blowing and exciting hands-on learning opportunities! This year's HackFest Summit features two days of leading talks from top experts and then six days of hands-on, immersion-style pen test training in one of our nine courses to choose from!! Learn and develop your offensive techniques as you strive to better defend your environment. Wh...

A large difference between water storage dams versus tailings dams and coal ash impoundments is that these industrial structures are always under construction. This provides the opportunity to optimize design and construction, but places an emphasis on ongoing evaluation and monitoring. This course provides an overview of the unique construction and design components of these facilities. This course will examine a number of recent failures tha...

CONNECT • DEVELOP • EMPOWER Start setting goals and develop a solid plan for improving student achievement. Take your leadership skills to the next level at the 2016 ASCD Conference on Educational Leadership in National Harbor, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. Connect with Today's Most Influential Education Leaders! Join colleagues who share your commitment to transforming education: Principals Assistant or associate principals Centra...

Course "Predicting and Improving Product Reliability" has been pre-approved by RAPS as eligible for up to 12 credits towards a participant's RAC recertification upon full completion. Overview: Although a primary objective of reliability analysis is to improve product reliability, there are many possible reasons for collecting and analyzing reliability data. Several examples are the following: Assessing product reliability in the field Predicti...

Unique Challenges, Practical Solutions The employment laws, executive orders and regulations applicable to federal contractors present an ever changing sea of compliance challenges, and well-meaning contractors often find themselves either under the regulatory microscope or on the receiving end of a demand letter from plaintiff’s counsel (or both!!). Centre’s new, one-day Labor & Employment Law Compliance seminar is designed to...

Our four-hour virtual conference will provide important rules and key concepts for a successful contract negotiation. Learn directly from our highly experienced presenters specializing in government and industry negotiations. Learning Objectives include: Negotiation Basics – planning for, conducting and documenting negotiations Start with an Ideal and End with a Deal – discriminating between wants and needs, evaluating ideals and t...

SEMINAR SERIES in Washington DC OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2016 EAR Export Controls / ITAR Defense Trade Controls Seminar Series at the Embassy Suites Alexandria Old Town 1900 Diagonal Road Alexandria, VA 22314 USA REGISTER NOW DOWNLOAD SEMINAR BROCHURE EAR & OFAC Controls SEMINAR SEMINAR AGENDA ECoP® EAR renewal credits = 4 OCT 31-NOV 1, 2016 USD $1175 ITAR Controls SEMINAR SEMINAR AGENDA ECoP® ITAR renewal credits = 4 NOV 2-3 , 2016 USD $1...

A variety of five qualitative and quantitative methodologies are discussed in detail during this three-day workshop. The “do’s & don’t” of report writing are covered. Field evaluations are conducted. Students will learn the differences between qualitative and quantitative risk analysis. They will use a variety of methodologies by evaluating single or multiple buildings and critical infrastructure nodes. This worksho...

The Presidential Directive on Managing Government Records (M-12-18) has elevated the records management conversation – prioritizing the idea that records are truly the lifeblood of an organization—and must be organized, managed and protected appropriately to ultimately drive maximum return on information (ROI). This timely conversation is critical as the explosion of information growth continues at an exponential rate and new forms...

Federal contractors have a lot of questions about procurements in 2017: How can you build a successful 2017 pipeline and align capture and proposal staff early given the prevailing market trends? Which procurements will continue on schedule and which will slow during the upcoming presidential transition? Are Category Management and IT Modernization bipartisan in nature, or will a change in administration stall these initiatives? Will we contin...