Security Management

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Security Management

American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS)

http://www.asisonline.org/

The Web site for one of the largest associations for professionals responsible for security, including managers and directors of security. ASIS publishes Security Management, the premier magazine in the field. A few articles from the current issue are available online. (Check out the Library's ABI/Inform Complete database for electronic access to several years of full-text articles from Security Management.) The ASIS web site also provides useful links to other Web sites and important documents.

The Biometric Consortium

http://www.biometrics.org/

"Serves as a focal point for research, development, testing, evaluation, and application of biometric-based personal identification/verification technology."

International Institute of Security and Safety Management

http://www.iissm.com/

The IISSM supports professionalism among individual and private security agencies and raises security awareness amongst non-security management personnel.

Information Security

Computer Security Information

http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/

A comprenenisve list of links put together by the Center for Information Technology, National Institutes of Health. The site contains links to documents, organizations, mail lists and newsgroups, and other WWW links.

Information Security Magazine

http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/magazineCurrent/0,296884,sid14,00.html

This online magazine provides access to security news, insight and analysis. The site includes a library of white papers on security issues and job listings for information security professionals.

The SANS (SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security) Institute

http://www.sans.org/

SANS was established in 1989 as a cooperative research and education organization for information security. The InfoSec Reading Room features over 1300 articles in 63 different categories, most written by professionals as part of their certification requirements. The SANS Information Security Knowledge Base links to many online resources including the "Glossary of Security Terms" and "Guide To Popular Resources On Information Security".

Federal Departments & Law Enforcement

Central Intelligence Agency

http://www.cia.gov/

The mission of the CIA is to "support the President, the National Security Council, and all who make and execute US national security policy".

DefenseLINK

http://www.defenselink.mil/

The official Web site for the Department of Defense and a starting point for finding U.S. military information online. "Provides official, timely and accurate information about defense policies, organizations, functions and operations

U.S. Department of Justice

Includes the following agencies:

Federal Bureau of Investigation

http://www.fbi.gov/

Bureau of Justice Statistics

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/

Interpol -- U.S. National Central Bureau

http://www.usdoj.gov/usncb/

Department of Homeland Security

http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/

The official U.S. government department which is charged with protecting the country against terrorist acts.

International Security (U.S. Dept. of State)

http://usinfo.state.gov/

Produced by the Bureau of International Information Programs, this web site links to key documents from the White House and the U.S. Department of State.