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Prioritized Industrial Cyber Defense in Oil and Gas

WhitepaperIndustrial Control Systems Security

13 Jun 2025
Dean Parsons

Be a DLP Hero: How to Quickly Deliver Value from Your DLP Program and Set It Up for Future Success

WhitepaperSecurity Awareness

3 Jun 2025
Kevin Garvey

Resiliency and Business Continuity in the Cloud Era

WhitepaperCloud Security, Security Awareness

21 May 2025
Dave Shackleford

SANS 2025 CTI Survey Webcast & Forum: Navigating Uncertainty in Today’s Threat Landscape

WhitepaperDigital Forensics and Incident Response, Security Awareness, Cybersecurity and IT Essentials

20 May 2025
Rebekah Brown, Andreas Sfakianakis

Collaborative Mobile App Security Development and Analysis

WhitepaperSecurity Awareness

19 May 2025
Jeroen Beckers

Beneath the Mask: Can Contribution Data Unveil Malicious Personas in Open-Source Projects?

WhitepaperArtificial Intelligence, Digital Forensics and Incident Response

13 May 2025
SANS Institute

Out-of-Band Defense: Securing VPNs from Password-Spray Attacks with Cloud Automation

WhitepaperCloud Security

12 May 2025
SANS Institute

NERC CIP-015: Monitoring Deep Inside Critical Networks to Keep Adversaries Outside

WhitepaperIndustrial Control Systems Security

9 May 2025
Tim Conway

From Crash to Compromise: Unlocking the Potential of Windows Crash Dumps in Offensive Security

WhitepaperOffensive Operations

9 May 2025
SANS Institute

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8 May 2025
Michael Murr

JON TEST SANS 2025 Threat Hunting Survey: Advancements in Threat Hunting Amid and Cloud Challenges

WhitepaperCyber Defense

30 Apr 2025

A Simple Framework for OT Ransomware Preparation

WhitepaperIndustrial Control Systems Security

15 Apr 2025
Lesley Carhart