Top 10 SANS Summits Talks of 2021

In 2021 SANS Summits hosted 13 events, featuring 275 talks from top cybersecurity practitioners from all over the world. And as many of you know, SANS is ALL about capturing feedback. Evals! Evals! Evals! At each Summit, attendees rate the quality of the speakers' content and presentation skills.

Here were the top 10 rated Summit talks in 2021:

Keynote: Cobalt Strike Threat Hunting Chad Tilbury, Senior Instructor, SANS Institute SANS Digital Forensics and Incident Response Summit 2021

Keynote: Understanding the Effectiveness of Exploit Mitigations for Purple Teams Stephen Sims, Fellow, SANS Institute, Fellow, SANS Institute Purple Team Summit 2021

Threat Intel for Everyone: Writing Like A Journalist To Produce Clear, Concise Reports Selena Larson, Cyber Threat Analyst Cyber Threat Intelligence Summit Register for the FREE virtual 2022 SANS Cyber Threat Intelligence Summit here.

Landing a Job: Resumes & The Application Process Lesley Carhart, Principal Threat Analyst, Dragos New to Cyber Summit 2021 Register for the FREE virtual SANS New2Cyber Summit here.

A River Runs Through IT: What Whitewater Rafting Taught Me About Incident Response Stef Rand, Incident Response Consultant, FireEye/Mandiant Blue Team Summit 2021

Killing Time Tim Conway, Certified Instructor, SANS Institute Jeff Shearer, Instructor, SANS Institute ICS Security Summit 2021

Keynote: OSINT Efficiency: Extending & Building Tools Chris Poulter, CEO, OSINT Combine OSINT Summit 2021 Register for the 2022 FREE virtual SANS OSINT Summit here.

Kubernetes Goat – Interactive Kubernetes Security Learning Playground Madhu Akula, Security Engineer, Miro CloudSecNext Summit 2021

ICS Security Summit 2021 Keynote Anne Neuberger Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology on the National Security Council

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