Information Security Sites and Files

Links to Government Sites on Information Security

CERT - the Computer Emergency Response Team at Carnegie Mellon University
NIETP - The National Security Agency's National Information Assurance Education & Training Program
The Computer Security Resource Center of the Computer Security Division of the National Institute of Standards (NIST)
Fedral Agency Security Practices (FASP) of the NIST Computer Security Division, Computer Security Resource Center
Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the US Department of Justice
US Department of Homeland Security's Information Sharing & Analysis
US Secret Service - Criminal Investigations
US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) - Cyber Investigations
InfraGard - FBI program between government, business, and academia to promote Cyber Security

Links to Other Information Security Sites

Links to Security Certification Organizations

(ISC)² - security certification organization (CISSP, SSCP, etc) - CISSP is the premier information security professional certification
GIAC - the Global Information Assurance Certification
SANS Institute - the largest source of Information Security training, certification, and research in the world

Links to Internet Hoax / Urban Legend Sites

Inboxer Rebellion at Snopes.com
Hoaxbusters at the CIAC - Computer Incident Advisory Capability of the US Department of Energy
BreakTheChain.org - dedicated to breaking Internet chain letters
About.com's page on Internet/Web Hoaxes

Papers Published by AASU Faculty on Information Security

"The Effect of a University Information Security Survey on Instruction Methods in Information Security," Frank H. Katz, presented at Information Security Curriculum Development (InfoSecCD) Conference 2005 at Kennesaw State University.
"Campus-wide Spyware and Virus Removal as a Method of Teaching Information Security," Frank H. Katz, presented at InfoSecCD Conference 2006 at Kennesaw State University
"Integrating a Security Awareness Program Into an Information Security Course," Frank H. Katz, presented at the 21st Annual Southeastern Conference of the Consortium for Computer Science in Colleges, November 2007, at Coastal Carolina University
Avian Flu: the Use of IT to Mitigate a Pandemic and its Effects on Information Security," Frank H. Katz, presented at the 2nd Annual Computer Security Conference, April 17, 2008, at Coastal Carolina University.

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