EC-Council to Host Advanced Technical Security Summits in Alexandria and San Jose

Albuquerque, NM (PRWEB) January 13, 2012

The Center of Advanced Security Training (CAST) – the advanced training division of EC-Council – announces the next installment of its successful advanced training series EC-Council Summit (formerly known as CAST Summit) March 19-22 in Alexandria, Virginia and March 26-29 in San Jose, California. This series of summits feature five highly technical workshops in ethical hacking, penetration testing, mobile hacking/forensics, application security and network defense.

The highly technical training series first debuted in August 2011 in Washington, D.C. and is now being expanded to new cities this year following the strong reception it received among IT security professionals.

EC-Council Summit is a unique training opportunity that gives attendees the chance to undergo an intense three-day deep dive in five critical IT security fields with top industry experts. Unlike other training events where students are rushed through short presentations, the EC-Council Summit provides a unique opportunity to be immersed in key subject areas, with comprehensive training modules and a heavy focus on hands-on technical training and hacking labs, taught by the very best in their fields.

EC-Council Summit is expanding its offerings this year following the resounding success we had at the inaugural event last summer, said Leonard Chin, Director of CAST and EC-Council Conferences & Events. With an exponential increase of cyber threats facing businesses and government agencies, from the lone hacker armed with easily accessible hacking tools, hacktivists with malicious intents, to Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), offensive security training has never been more important than it is today. 2011 was called the year of the hack, but 2012 could worsen due to the proliferation of attacks and increasing popularity of the hacktivism movement. IT security professionals must adapt themselves to this changing threat environment in order to safeguard the information assets of their companies and organizations.

The goal of EC-Council Summit is to prepare security professionals, such as penetration testers and network security administrators, to use advanced hacking techniques in order to better identify and prevent threats before they impact a company or organization. Participants will walk way with a firm grasp of offensive security strategies and techniques, industry best practices, how to develop a secure baseline, how to harden enterprise architectures from the most advanced attacks, and how to reduce the capabilities of APTs.

Five three-day workshops, followed by a highly technical one-day seminar on key security topics, will be hosted in each city as follows:

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