http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2012/07/fbi-cyber-posse-goes-back-school/56632/ By Aliya Sternstein Nextgov.com July 5, 2012 The FBI is sending its cyber squad back to school to earn special certifications, according to a contract notice stating the SANS Institute will teach the 38-course curriculum. The new syllabus, called the Cyber Career Path Program, was prompted by βa greater need within the FBI for cyber investigators with accredited training,β stated a justification for the sole source award. βAn unaccredited certification cannot provide rational assurances that all material and tests are up to the highest standard.β For an undisclosed amount of money, SANS instructors will teach seminars that cover subjects including security essentials boot camp style, hacker techniques, exploits and incident handling, cloud security fundamentals, network penetration testing and ethical hacking, metasploit Kung Fu for enterprise pen testing, Windows memory forensics in-depth, technical communications and presentation skills for security professionals, and NetWars tournament play, an online, multilevel game where agents will test their offensive and defensive skills against each other. SANS was the only education center supplying licenses accredited by the American National Standards Institute that expressed interest in the program during a two week application period and a similar competition held last year, FBI officials said. [...] -- Learn how to be a Pen Tester, CISSP, ISSMP, or ISSAP with Expanding Security online. Come to a free class and see how good and fun the program really is. http://www.expandingsecurity.com/PainPillReceived on Fri Jul 06 2012 - 00:29:00 PDT
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