Security Practices for Confidential Information on University Computers
- University Rules and Procedures for IT resources
- Proper posting of Grades
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) for Faculty, Staff and Adminstrators.
- Short courses on the proper use of Vista/WebCt
EIT Documents, Links and Presentations
- Security Portal on the AgriLife Content Management application
- Information Security, Computer Use, and Software Installation/Use - AgriLife Extension - Terms of use
- Information Security, Computer Use, and Software Installation/Use - AgriLife Research - Terms of use
- Security Incident Reporting page
- Disaster Recovery data entry application (send email to ag-itsecurity@tamu.edu for access)
- Good Security practices (Power Point presentation)
Tools to find personally identifiable information (such as Credit Card or Social Security numbers)
- Senf (Sensitive Number Finder) TAMU version that can identify UINs - requires java 1.5 or later - (available at java.com)
- Senf (standard version that just searches for SSNs and Credit card numbers)
- Cornell Spyder
Tools to identify SQL injection vulnerabilities
Securing Windows XP (and other Operating Systems)
- Securing Windows XP
- Securing removeable drives under Active Directory
- Disabling autorun and autoplay in Windows (and instructions for Vista to prevent the automatic parsing of autorun.inf files)
- Securing Macintosh systems
- 10 security tips for all general-purpose OSes
Securing Web Browsers
Securing Web servers
Commerical products for Securing Removable drives
Anti-spyware software
- Spyware Doctor (free as part of the Google pack)
- Spybot Search and Destroy (free for personal use)
Security Practices
- CWE/SANS - Top 25 Most Dangerous Programing Errors - Jan 12, 2009
- Centra Security Practices powerpoint presentation - December 21, 2007
- Software Patch Web resource
- Ten things you should do to secure every general purpose operating system
- Ten BAD Computer Practices
- Disable wireless when you dont need it - link to vulnerability announcement
- Hoaxes and Urban Legends - provided by Texas Department of Information Resources
Laptop Security PDFs from DIR
- Ten things you should already be doing to secure your laptop (added on Sept 18)
- NIST Laptop Security Checklist
- Wireless Laptop security
- Laptop Security Onguard online (link fixed - Jan 30)
Disk Wipe Utilities
Setting up a Secure Wireless
Security Help
Encryption Software
- CIS links and information on the use of Androsa FileProtector for file encryption.
- TrueCrypt A free windows file encryption utility (whole disk encryption now available in version 5.0)
- Documentation for the use of TrueCrypt
Vulnerability Assessment
- cisecurity.org - Open Source vulnerability assessment tools for Windows and other products
- Windows Defender
- Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
- Retina from Eeye.com- Commercial product
Penetration Testing
- Metasploit.org - Open source penetration testing product for Windows and other products/OSs
- Core Impact from Core Security - Commercial product
Intrusion Detection Tools
- Open Source Host Based Intrusion Detection
- Sectools.org
- Free Anti-Root Kit
- Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
Intrusion Discovery Commands
Disaster Recovery/Business Continunity links
Data Recovery Software
- Data recovery products (Commercial and free products links from anandtech.com)
Important Security Events - updated daily
Listserv links and e-mail lists
- Microsoft Security Alerts
- Cyber Security alerts from US-Cert
- A&M Listserv for Computer Administrators
- Educause Security listserv
Security Metrics
- SecurityStats.com Security Statistics
Security Webcasts from SANS
Network Security tools
- Security tools
- Top 5 security products
- Application to process the Web browser history file (for Internet Explorer) - IEHistoryView
Latest Virus Alerts
- Virus Total Uploader - Scans single files with 32+ different products
- Sophos.com
- McAfee.com
- Symantec.com
Secure Web Application Development
- Open Web Application Security Project
- Build Security In from US-Cert
- Building Security In Maturity Model
Other Security Links
- DIR Cyber Security tips - Updated - March 23, 2009
- Current article for March 2009 - http://www.dir.state.tx.us/security/reading/200903cybersec.htm
- Previous article for January 2009 - http://www.dir.state.tx.us/security/reading/200901cybersec.htm
- Topics for 2008
- http://eit.tamu.edu/more-security.shtml
- Identity Theft events
- Protecting Children online from Attorney General Greg Abbott
Free software links