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PCI DSS made easy
Date - Jun 27, 2007
Author - GFI Software
Addressing the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
The Regulatory Compliance Planning Guide
Date - Jun 15, 2006
Author - Microsoft
IT professionals who must ensure regulatory compliance for the IT systems of the organizations in which they work can be in a difficult position. To help address these needs, Microsoft has created the Regulatory Compliance Planning Guide. The guide is designed to help IT professionals and others interested in regulatory compliance in a number of ways.
Strengthen Security with an Effective Security Awareness Program
Date - Apr 12, 2006
Author - Tom Olzak
You can have everything in your Security Arsenal perfect. Your team is ready, but is everyone else prepared? This article will help insure you have everyone aware and helping you maintain the security you have worked hard to achieve.
Applying the Principle of Least Privilege to User Accounts on Windows XP
Date - Feb 01, 2006
Author - Microsoft
This document discusses the issues and concerns that organizations may face when they apply the LUA approach to computers that run Microsoft Windows XP. This paper also describes the high-level issues that affect implementation of the LUA approach and provides useful links to other online resources that explain these concepts in more detail.
Assessing Your Security: Advice on Assessing your IT Security Posture
Date - Aug 24, 2005
Author - Gunter Ollmann
Most people will agree that Information Technology (IT) is changing or altering business processes and work environments at a dizzying pace. Unfortunately for those responsible for maintaining the security posture of these processes and environments, security changes faster.
The Shortcut Guide to Network Compliance – Chapter 4 - Network Compliance Best Practices and Methodologies
Date - May 26, 2005
Author - Realtimepublishers.com, Inc.
By managing compliance requirements as you would any other type of business policy, and by implementing tools that can automate compliance and configuration management, maintaining a compliant network can be straightforward. Another way to simplify compliance management is to implement best practices and sound methodologies for managing your network, which is what this chapter is all about.
The Shortcut Guide to Network Compliance – Chapter 1 – Understanding IT Compliance
Date - May 04, 2005
Author - Realtimepublishers.com, Inc.
This guide explores the underlying meaning of IT compliance, apart from all the hype and publicity. It will explain how the IT industry has been handling compliance for decades, and how new technologies and techniques can help you better handle compliance moving forward. To prove that compliance has always been with us, we’ll focus on an often-overlooked area of IT—the network infrastructure.
Practical Guide to Compliance Security & Risk – Part 1 – Assuring Compliance
Date - Feb 17, 2005
Author - Realtimepublishers.com, Inc.
In today’s integrated, regulated, litigated environment, it is necessary to provide assurance to customers, business partners, regulators, and sometimes even the courts that you have done your due diligence in securing your IT infrastructure. New and updated United States laws are increasingly making corporate management responsible for ensuring compliance, as companies face substantial fines and penalties for not doing so. Existing and emerging global security and privacy laws and regulations make keeping up with multinational compliance requirements imperative.
Building and Implementing a Successful Information Security Policy
Date - Jun 25, 2003
Author - Dancho Danchev
Most recognize the necessity of having a security policy, but designing and successfully implementing one throughout your organization can be quite an intimidating task. To take the pain out of this process we are providing you with one of the most comprehensive guides on the design and implementation of an effective security policy for your company. To make this guide available to the entire community we have opened web distribution rights, allowing you to freely host this guide on your website and share it with colleagues.
Back to Information Security Basics
Date - Nov 18, 2002
Author - Robert Geiger
Several advises about organizing of your network security.
How to develop a Network Security Policy
Date - Oct 16, 2002
Author - Singapore IT Security Techno Portal
Almost all steps.
An Overview of Corporate Information Security
Date - Oct 16, 2002
Author - Seán Boran
Combining Organizational, Physical & IT Security.
10 Tips for Creating a Network Security Policy
Date - Oct 16, 2002
Author - The Editor
Very short.
Site Security Policy Development
Date - Oct 16, 2002
Author - Rob McMillan
Australian CERT recommendations.
Computer and Information Security Policy
Date - Oct 16, 2002
Author - The Editor
Draft paper for NIST Computer Security Handbook.
The Inevitability of Failure: The Flawed Assumption of Security in Modern Computing Environments
Date - Apr 18, 2000
Author - Peter A. Loscocco
ISO Security Standards Generation
Date - Apr 18, 2000
Author - Peter Gutmann
IEEE Std 1003.1e
Date - Apr 18, 2000
Author - IEEE
IEEE 1003.2c
Date - Apr 18, 2000
Author - IEEE
Navy Handbook for the Computer Security Certification of Trusted Systems: Security Policy Model
Date - Feb 21, 2000
Author - C.N Payne
Navy Handbook for the Computer Security Certification of Trusted Systems: Assurance Mappings
Date - Feb 21, 2000
Author - John McHugh
Navy Handbook for the Computer Security Certification of Trusted Systems: Implementation
Date - Feb 21, 2000
Author - CTA Inc.
Navy Handbook for the Computer Security Certification of Trusted Systems: Covert Channel Analysis
Date - Feb 21, 2000
Author - John McHugh
Navy Handbook for the Computer Security Certification of Trusted Systems: Penetration Testing
Date - Feb 21, 2000
Author - Unisys Government Systems
Department Of Defense Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria - "Orange Book"
Date - Feb 20, 2000
Author - The Editor
US Department Of Defense Password Management Guideline
Date - Feb 20, 2000
Author - The Editor
US Department Of Defense: Computer Security Requirements
Date - Feb 20, 2000
Author - The Editor
US Department Of Defense: Technical Rationale Behind CSC-std-003-85:Computer Security Requirements
Date - Feb 20, 2000
Author - The Editor
US Department Of Defense: Audit in Trusted Systems
Date - Feb 20, 2000
Author - The Editor
US Department Of Defense: Trusted Product Security Evaluation Program
Date - Feb 20, 2000
Author - The Editor
US Department Of Defense: Discretinary Access Control in Trusted Systems.
Date - Feb 20, 2000
Author - The Editor
US Department Of Defense: Glossary of Computer Security Terms
Date - Feb 20, 2000
Author - The Editor
US Department Of Defense: Trusted Network Interpretation
Date - Feb 20, 2000
Author - The Editor
US Department Of Defense: Configuration Management in Trusted Systems
Date - Feb 20, 2000
Author - The Editor
US Department Of Defense: A Guide to Understanding Trusted Distribution in Trusted Systems
Date - Feb 20, 2000
Author - The Editor
US Department Of Defense: Guidlines for Formal Verification Systems
Date - Feb 20, 2000
Author - The Editor
US Department Of Defense: Trusted Product Evaluation Questionnaire
Date - Feb 20, 2000
Author - The Editor

Network Security Library topic  

   [ 26 ] Anti Spam    [ 12 ] Anti Virus    [ 44 ] Auditing
   [ 60 ] Auth. & Access Control    [ 3 ] Content Management    [ 103 ] Cryptography
   [ 12 ] Disaster Recovery    [ 36 ] Firewalls & VPN's    [ 6 ] Forensics
   [ 41 ] Harmless hacking book    [ 1 ] Honeypots    [ 14 ] Information Warfare
   [ 26 ] Intrusion Detection    [ 7 ] Law    [ 3 ] Managed Security Solutions
   [ 50 ] Misc    [ 24 ] Mobile Code    [ 32 ] NCSC&DoD Rainbow series
   [ 13 ] NetWare    [ 31 ] Network Security    [ 4 ] Patch Management
   [ 3 ] Phishing    [ 38 ] Policy & Standards    [ 25 ] Privacy
   [ 21 ] Software Engineering    [ 2 ] Trojans    [ 2 ] Underground
   [ 82 ] Unix Security    [ 19 ] Web Security    [ 39 ] Windows Security
   [ 6 ] Wireless Security

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