Information Security:
Education Organizations
- Computer Security Institute (CSI)
[www.gocsi.com] —
A membership organization directed at serving and training information, computer, and
network security professionals. CSI sponsors two conferences and exhibitions each year.
CSI members receive an ALERT newsletter, the quarterly The Computer Security Journal,
a Buyers Guide, and surveys.
- Information Security
[www.infosecuritymag.com] —
The industry's leading trade publication and monthly resource for news, analysis, insight,
and commentary on the information security marketplace. The magazine is provided
free to qualified subscribers.
- Security Wire Digest was a free Information Security newsletter delivered twice a
week via e-mail. It is now replaced by Security Wire Perspectives (which
also is a twice-a-week e-mail) and by the Security Wire Daily e-mail. — The
latter two periodicals can be ordered through
SearchSecurity.com/.
- Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)
[www.issa.org/] — A non-profit international
organization of information security professionals. ISSA provides educational
forums, publications, and meetings for its dues-paying members. ISSA has both
local chapters and an Annual
Conference.
- MIS Training Institute
[www.misti.com] —
A private company that gives Information Security and audit training courses and
certificate programs in major cities across the United States and overseas.
- SANS Institute (SANS)
[www.sans.org] —
Established in 1989, SANS (SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security) is a cooperative research
and education organization. It provides training for more than 150,000 security
professionals, auditors, system administrators, and network administrators. SANS
staff includes many security practitioners in corporations, government agencies, and
universities who invest hundreds of hours each year in research and teaching to help the
entire information security community. Most SANS printed publications and educational
programs are sold on a fee basis; however, many SANS resources, such as the following, are free.
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