Resources
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National Information Sources
- Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education
- Department of Homeland Security
- National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center
- United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT)
- Industrial Control Systems Computer Emergency Response Team
- United States Secret Service
- Stop. Think. Connect.
- Software Assurance Program
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Federal Trade Commission
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Federal Communications Commission
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Department of Commerce
- Computer Security Resource Center
- Small Business Community
- Workshops
- Small Business Information Security: The Fundamentals Report
- Guide to Selecting Information Technology Security Products
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Computer Security Resources Center (http://csrc.nist.gov)
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National Security Agency
- National Security Agency’s Academic Outreach, including CAEIAE Program (https://www.nsa.gov/Resources/Students-Educators/)
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Professional Security and Computing Organizations
- Association for Computing Machinery (www.acm.org)
- ASIS International (www.asisonline.org) – formerly American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS)
- ISACA (www.isaca.org) formerly the Information Systems Auditing and Controls Association
- IT Governance Institute (http://www.itgi.org/)
- Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) (www.issa.org).
- OWASP (https://owasp.org/)
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Security Industry Professional Certifications
- International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2 (https://www.isc2.org)
- ISACA (https://www.isaca.org) formerly the Information Systems Auditing and Controls Association
- EC-Council (https://www.eccouncil.org/)
- The CMMC Accreditation Body (https://cmmcab.org/)
You can also reference a wiki list of computer security certifications here.
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Other Academic Institutions
- Listing of CAEIAE universities (http://www.nsa.gov/ia/academic_outreach/nat_cae/institutions.shtml)
- Carnegie Mellon’s Software Engineering Institute – CERT Center (http://www.cert.org/)
- Georgia Tech Information Security Center (http://cyber.gatech.edu/)
- National Information Assurance Training and Education Center (www.niatec.info)
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Rankings of Security Programs
- Cybersecurity Guide (https://cybersecurityguide.org/online/cybersecurity-bachelors-degree/) 2020-KSU #1
- Best Colleges.com (https://www.bestcolleges.com/features/top-online-information-assurance-degree-programs/)
2020-KSU #4 - Learn.org (https://learn.org/articles/best_online_schools_for_cyber_security.html)
2020-KSU #18 - Cyber Degrees.org (https://www.cyberdegrees.org/listings/best-online-cyber-security-bachelors-degrees/)
2020-KSU #21 - Cyber Security Degrees.org - (https://cybersecuritydegrees.org/schools/georgia/)
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KSU Resources
- CISO’s web site This site includes campus security policies, guidelines and standards (link).
- Undergraduate Student Policies in KSU Catalog - Select Academic Policies in the menu on the right
- Graduate Student Policies in KSU Catalog - Select Graduate Catalog from the pull-down at the top, then select Academic Policies in the menu on the right
- The KSU Offensive Security Research (OffSec) Club
- The members page is on OwlLife – the URL to join is http://bit.ly/ksu_offsec
- OffSec Club meetings are on the 4th Tuesday each month from 6:30-7:45pm via Zoom.
The URL to join is http://bit.ly/OffSecMeeting and the password is “Offsec1” without the quotes - OffSec Discord – Very active, lots of things happening there.
The URL to join is http://bit.ly/offsec-discord
- KSU Infosec Security Slack – Broader audience, open to anyone n the general KSU community interested in security. The URL to join is http://bit.ly/ksu-infosec-community
- Atlanta Cybersecurity Engineers Discord – Lots of activity here, some great resources for security students. The URL to join is http://bit.ly/atlseceng
