Resources

The listing of related sites provide additional sources to pursue the topic of Information Assurance. The sites include Government organizations, including federal agencies, Department of Defense and military service agencies, commercial organizations, and academic institutions. Click on the links below for navigation through this page

• Federal
• DoD
• Commercial
• Academic

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Federal Agency Sites

• Department of Homeland Security
• FAA Office of Information Technology (AIT)
• DOE Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC)
• Computer Security Technology Center (CSTC)
• Federal Computer Incident Response Capability (FedCIRC)
• Information Design Assurance Red Team (IDART)
• Information Operations Red Team and Assessments (IORTA)
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Computer Security Division
• NIST Computer Security Resource Clearinghouse
• National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
• Plans, Customer Service, and Information Assurance Division (N5)
• Security Proof of Concept Keystone (SPOCK)
• ICAT Metabase
  ICAT is a searchable index of information on computer vulnerabilities. It provides search capability at a fine granularity and links users to vulnerability and patch information.

DoD/Military Service Sites

• National Security Agency, Central Security Service—Information Assurance
• Information Assurance Support Environment
• STRATCOM
• Office of Technology Transition
• Dual Use S&T
• Defense Production Act Title III
• Department of Defense Computer Emergency Response Team (DoD CERT)
• DISA Information Assurance Support Environment
• ASD NII
• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
• Rainbow Series Library
  Performs trusted product evaluations. The program focuses initially on products with features and assurances characterized by the Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (TCSEC) C2 level of trust
• Naval Postgraduate School Information Warfare Academic Group (IWAG)
• NPS Joint C4I Systems
• The Joint C4ISR Battle Center
  The Joint C4ISR Battle Center (JBC) has an assessment team that conducts assessments on IA and CND technological solutions that enhance interoperability and NETOPS for the deployed JTF.
• Current Focus
  DTIC's vision for a new Web resource, titled Current Focus, is designed to provide authoritative, publicly releasable information focused on topic areas within the general realm of homeland security. As the site development progresses unclassified/limited information will be added. This information will be gathered from numerous sources both within and external to the government, and will be validated by appropriate experts. DTIC is uniquely positioned to provide expertise and commitment in a manner that will offer material support to the leaders and decision makers of homeland security. DTIC's information specialists and government, private sector, and academic partners will add value to existing information resources by selecting relevant content from authoritative sources, validating it as necessary, and presenting it in an inclusive, yet protected Web environment. The site will be on a secure Web server, with encrypted information transmission. To provide further security, a registration process will assure that only authorized users are able to obtain access. At the present time, only individuals with e-mail addresses ending in .mil or .gov or those listed in the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) database are able to access the site. Please go to the following URL to register: https://focus.dtic.mil/help/help_account.html

Commercial Sites

• Internet Traffic Report
  The Internet Traffic Report monitors the flow of data around the world. It then displays a value between zero and 100 and is updated ever 15 minutes. Higher values indicate faster and more reliable connections.
• Electronic Privacy Information Center Home Page
  Public interest research center in Washington, D.C.
• Information Security Portal
  This site provides information concerning the topic of Information Warfare including security tools, the law and legal issues, espionage, terrorism, and information operations.
• Internet Privacy Coalition
• International Computer Security Association (ICSA)
  ICSA is known worldwide as an objective source for security assurance services.
• Glossary of Information Warfare Terms
• Cyberwar - Information warfare and psychological operations
  Provides information on the topics of propaganda analysis, online journals, index and metapages, general resources, intelligence agencies, and articles and documents.
• Reliable Software Technologies (RST): Information Warfare
• RAND National Security Research Division
  This division conducts research for RAND's national security research sponsors other than the U.S. Army and Air Force. It contains the National Defense Research Institute (NDRI), RAND's federally funded research and development center for the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, and the defense agencies.
• Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST)
  FIRST brings together a variety of computer security incident response teams from government, commercial, and academic organizations. FIRST aims to foster cooperation and coordination in incident prevention, to prompt rapid reaction to incidents, and to promote information sharing among members and the community at large.
• International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR)
  The International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) is a non-profit scientific organization whose primary purpose is to further research in cryptology and related fields.
• International Biometrics Industry Association (IBIA)
• Military Information Services, Inc.
  Military Information Services (MIS) is a Washington DC based consulting and sales group. Provides open source intelligence data retrieval, collection and analysis products in addition to a full range of editorial support services for defense and intelligence organizations, research centers, libraries, trade publications and information groups worldwide.
• Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
  A list of standardized names for vulnerabilities and other information security exposures - CVE aims to standardize the names for all publicly known vulnerabilities and security exposures.

Academic Institution Sites

• Peter Kiewit Institute
• The SANS Institute
  The SANS (System Administration, Networking, and Security) Institute is a cooperative research and education organization through which more than 96,000 system administrators, security professionals, and network administrators share the lessons they are learning and find solutions for challenges they face. SANS was founded in 1989.
• Computer Operations, Audit, and Security Technology (COAST)
• Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)
  Purdue's university-wide center for information assurance and security.
• CERT Coordination Center
  Studies Internet security vulnerabilities, provides incident response services to sites that have been the victims of attack, publishes a variety of security alerts, researches security and survivability in a wide-area-networked computing environment.
• The Computer Security Institute
  An international membership organization offering training specifically targeted to information security professionals.
• Naval Postgraduate School Information Warfare Academic Group (IWAG)
• HoneyNet Project