Washington, D.C.

Hosted by the Watermark Institute, this one-day seminar brings together senior experts in the security industry to share new concepts, best practices, and emerging trends highlighting effective strategies for reducing the costs of security without sacrificing effectiveness.

Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge will deliver the keynote address.

SANS returns to Skokie, IL, October 25-31 with five of their top-rated courses, including the Developer 522: Defending Web Applications Security Essentials and SEC566: Implementing and Auditing the Twenty Critical Security Controls - In Depth. Taught by SANS top instructors, this event offers an opportunity to learn, network, and practice the hands-on skills that will boost your career in a more intimate setting. Register by September 15 to receive a $400 tuition fee discount!

The MITRE Corporation (www.mitre.org) will host the “Secure and Resilient Cyber Architectures” conference on Friday, October 29, 2010, in McLean, Va. The one-day conference will bring together practitioners, vendors, architects, and researchers to discuss and explore issues relating to secure and resilient architectures in the face of cyber attacks by the advanced persistent threat. The conference is intended to motivate the public and private community to consider available techniques and solutions for evolving today's IT architectures as well as innovative concepts for revolutionizing IT architectures to make them more secure and resilient within a threat analysis and risk management framework.

SANS is bringing six of its most popular courses to SANS San Francisco 2010, November 7 - 12. Enhance your skills by taking advantage of this hands-on security training loaded with practical tools and cutting-edge information. Learn about network security, incident handling, hacker techniques, auditing networks, computer and network forensics, and much more.

SANS San Antonio 2010 features three of its most popular courses along with its highest level course, SEC709: Developing Exploits for Penetration Testers and Security Researchers, with its new six-day format. Two short courses will also be offered, and there is a reduced fee if you take one in conjunction with a five- or six-day course. Register by October 1 to save $400 on your tuition, so don’t delay.