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Information Security is important whether it is for your home or work computing. Your system can find itself under attack from a variety of sources. We have gathered a few resources together to help your defense.

 

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Anti-Phishing Working Group (www.antiphishing.org)
The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) is a global industrial and law enforcement association focused on eliminating the fraud and identity theft that result from phishing, pharming and email spoofing of all types. Here you can report phishing, discover the geographical source of attacks and obtain reports and other papers.

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CERIAS (www.cerias.purdue.edu)
Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) is a university center for multidisciplinary research and education in areas of information security (computer security, network security, and communications security), and information assurance. Faculty from six different colleges and 20+ departments across campus focus on: Risk Management, Policies, and Laws; Trusted Social and Human Interactions; Security Awareness, Education, and Training; Assurable Software and Architectures; Enclave and Network Security; Incident Detection, Response, and Investigation; Identification, Authentication, and Privacy; and Cryptology and Rights Management.

CERT Coordination Center (www.cert.org)
The CERTŪ Program is part of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), a federally funded research and development center at Carnegie Mellon University. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) charged the SEI with setting up a center (CERT Coordination Center - CERT/CC) to coordinate communication among experts during security emergencies. Their role has expanded and is now part of the larger CERT Program, which develops and promotes the use of appropriate technology and systems management practices to resist attacks on networked systems, to limit damage, and to ensure continuity of critical services.

CIAC Bulletins (www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins.html)
Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC) has been providing the U.S. Department of Energy with incident response, reporting, and tracking, along with other computer security support since 1989. Of interest to all computer users are the CIAC Bulletins. CIAC Information Bulletins are distributed to the DOE community to notify sites of computer security vulnerabilities and recommended actions. They are also available to the public.

Computer Crime Research Center (www.crime-research.org)
The Computer Crime Research Center (CCRC) is a non-profit, non-governmental and scientific research organization functioning on a voluntary basis. The mission of the CCRC is to research and warn of unlawful acts involving computer and information technologies, including computer crimes, internet fraud and cyber terrorism. We conduct researches in fighting child pornography and pedophilia in the Internet. It was created in 2001 to conduct research in legal criminal and criminological problems of cybercrime with the purpose to render scientific and methodical aid, consulting. They collaborate with The Security Engineering Research Center (SERC), Hannam University (Korea), The Zaporizhzhya National University "ZNU" (Zaporozhye, Ukraine) and other universities, institutes and research centers.

Counterpane Crypto-Gram Newsletter (www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram.html)
A free monthy newsletter on computer security and cryptography from Bruce Schneier, authour of Applied Cryptography.

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Information Shield (www.informationshield.com)
A provider of publications that provide businesses with prepackaged information security policies, templates, tools and implementation guidance that can be customized for any organization. Information Shield publications provide policies covering aspects of ISO 1-7799.

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National Vulnerability Database (NVD) (nvd.nist.gov)
NVD is the U.S. government repository of standards based vulnerability management data. This data enables automation of vulnerability management, security measurement, and compliance (e.g. FISMA). They provide a keyword searchable data base of vulnerabilities.

NTBugtraq (www.ntbugtraq.com)
NTBugtraq is a mailing list for the discussion of security exploits and security bugs in Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP plus related applications.

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SecureMac (www.securemac.com)
Focused on Macintosh computer security, this site has been running since February 1999. The site provides information and product reviews on securing a Macintosh and detecting hackers.

Security News Portal (www.securitynewsportal.com)
Scroll to the bottom of the Security News Portal (SNP). There you will find a collection of the latest computer security related news, clustered into categories.

SecurityFocus.com (www.securityfocus.com)
SecurityFocus is a vendor-neutral site that provides objective, timely and comprehensive security information to all members of the security community, from end users, security hobbyists and network administrators to security consultants, IT Managers, CIOs and CSOs. They host BugTraq (not to be confused with NTBugtraq), a full disclosure moderated mailing list for the detailed discussion and annoucement of computer security vulnerabilities.

 

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