Forensic Education Resources:
INTERNET RESOURCES FOR COMPUTER FORENSICS
GENERAL RESOURCES
Educational Sites
- CARIS - Center for Advanced Research in InfoSec at University of Illinois.
- CERIAS - Purdue's Center for Education & Research in Information Assurance Security
- CERT - Carnegie Mellon's Coordination Center for Internet Security Expertise.
- Center for Computer Communications Security - also at Carnegie Mellon.
- Critical Infrastructure Project - joint project of George Mason and James Madison U.
- CISSP Certification - online study guides available.
- Colleges with Courses in Digital/Computer Forensics - from E-Evidence Info Center.
- Complete List of College Crypto and Security Courses - for U.S. and worldwide.
- Dartmouth College ISTS - Institute for Security Technology Studies.
- George Mason University.
- GMU Technology Law - an InfoSec Center think tank.
- George Washington University - Off-programs related to InfoSec.
- Georgia Tech Information Security Center - College of Computing and Info Security Center.
- Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection - a consortium group at Dartmouth.
- Indiana Univ. of PA - Center of Excellence in Information Assurance.
- Institute of Police Technology - popular Florida courses in computer crime investigation.
- ISS advICE - database on infosec and anti-hacker techniques.
- ITLabsOnline - helpful resources found here.
- John Hopkins Security Informatics Institute - an industry-academe partnership.
- Kennesaw State Cybercrime Institute - SCI Southeast Cybercrime Institute.
- MIT Lab for Computer Science Ron Rivest's Group - InfoSec and Cryptography Pages.
- National Defense University - their many Centers on Information and Technology.
- New York University Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems - joint project with Cornell et. al.
- Oregon State Information Security Laboratory - College of Computing, Math, and Engineering.
- Univ. of California Davis - Computer Security Laboratory.
- UNC-Charlotte IT course offerings - in security, privacy, and other topics.
- Univ. of Tulsa - Center for Information Security.
Government Sites
- CERT (Computer Emergency Readiness Team) - coordinates attacks against the nation.
- CIAO (Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office) - coordinates top twenty list of vulnerabilities.
- DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency) - Air Force, Army, Navy IS.
- DOJ Cybercrime Bureau - a department of Justice website with a kid's page.
- EC InfoSec home page - European Commission InfoSec site.
- FedCIRC - great source for incident notes and intrusion detection tips.
- FBI - the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- InterPol - their Technocrime Prevention page, with checklist.
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - cutting edge research in energy science.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory - futuristic applied research.
- NIPC (National Infrastructure Protection Center) - Infraguard and where most incidents reported.
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - technological innovation.
- GAO Cyber-Security Assessments - yearly risk assessments in pdf and htm format.
- NIH Center for Security Information - includes advisories and other links.
- NIST Computer Security Division and CSRC - Department of Commerce sites.
- NPS CISR - Navy Postgraduate School Center for InfoSec Research.
- Office of Homeland Security - America's newest cabinet level agency.
- Sandia National Laboratory - emerging technologies that respond to national security threats.
- White House National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace - the official strategy of the U.S.
Industrial, Organization, or Private Sector Sites
- CVE - Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures.
- Computer Security Institute - a professional association that holds conferences.
- CyberSecurity Institute - a buisiness site listing core competencies in computer forensics.
- E-Evidence Info - big list of links in computer forensics.