Web Sites for Computer and Information Security

This page lists selected web sites containing information about computer and information security.

• Government sites
• University and Other R&D sites
• Associations and organizations
  

Government Sites

Information Assurance Directorate, NSA -- The National Security Agency's infosec site
 
NIST Computer Security Resource Center -- National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) center has five research groups: cryptography standards and applications, security testing, research and emerging technologies, management, and outreach/education.

University and Other R&D Sites

International Association for Cryptologic Research -- a non-profit organization which organizes the most important
conferences in the field.
 
Information Security Institute -- At Queensland University of Technology, Australia. 
 
CERT Coordination Center -- Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute
 
Center for Internet Security -- Consortium of 175 entities from 17 countries, began October 2000. Read FAQ to find out about the development of benchmarks and downloadable tools.
 
Computer Security Laboratory, UC Davis -- One of NSA's "Centers for Excellence" in this area.
 
Penn Computing-- Computer Security Information -- Lists newsgroups, vendor-specific info, advisories, patches, and more

Associations and Organizations

ACM -- Special Interest Group on Security, Audit, and Control (SIGSAC)

IEEE -- Society on Social Implications of Technology

IEEE -- Computer Society, Technical Committee on Security and Privacy

Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) -- ISSA's extensive list of FIRST teams, organizations, government sites, and other sites.     

Computer Science Librarian:  Sue Vazakas, 410-516-4153, svazakas@jhu.edu
Last revised:  August 20, 2008