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SANS Institute

American cybersecurity training and certification organization
Organization business Q535052

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
business, enterprise[4]
Field of work
cybersecurity[2]
Inception
1989[9]
Founder
Alan Paller[5]
Headquarters location
North Bethesda[6]
Country
United States[3]
Chief executive officer
James Lyne[7]
Official website
www.sans.org[10]
Industry
computer security[8]
Legal form
corporation[13]
Official name
The Escal Institute of Advanced Technologies, Inc[12]
P14750
3ECB-F6DD-9602-BB98-58FA[17]
Phone number
+1-301-654-7267[11]
Social media followers
6.8k (6.7k–6.8k, n=3)[14][15][16]
🏷️ Also known as
en SANS en SANS Institute ar معهد سانس ja サンズ研究所 zh SANS协会 zh SANS研究所 zh 系統網路安全協會 zh-hant SANS協會
🔖 Identifiers · 8
VIAF cluster ID
126866096
Library of Congress authority ID
n2003043784
Crunchbase organization ID
sans-institute
Freebase ID
/m/0768n
LinkedIn company or organization ID
sans-institute
Mastodon address
sans_isc@infosec.exchange
Quora topic ID
SANS-Institute
X (Twitter) username
sansinstitute, SANSPenTest

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
business, enterprise
Industry 1
computer security
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Summary

SANS Institute is a business[1].

Related Entities

business computer security

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . sans.org. sans.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . sans.org. sans.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . sans.org. sans.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . sans.org. sans.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . sans.org. sans.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . sans.org. sans.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . assets.contentstack.io. assets.contentstack.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . assets.contentstack.io. assets.contentstack.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 28d ago · Huanters · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Escal Institute of Advanced Tech
    Field of work → cybersecurity
    Phone number → +1-301-654-7267
    Legal form → corporation
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Phone number: +1-301-654-7267"
  2. 29d ago · Huanters · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 8
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'pl', 'pt']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Inception: 1989"
  3. 10w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United States
    P14750 → 3ECB-F6DD-9602-BB98-58FA
    LinkedIn company or organization ID → sans-institute
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: 3ECB-F6DD-9602-BB98-58FA, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269256|batch #269256]]"
  4. 18w ago · ~2026-37142-51 · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Chief executive officer → James Lyne
    Inception → —
    Instance of → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Headquarters location: North Bethesda"
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