Resources

URLs

www.cs.princeton.edu/sip/pub/index.php3

This is the home page for the secure Internet programming program at Princeton University, which examines the best practices programming techniques when writing code for wireless, handheld and portable embedded devices and iAppliances.

www-3.ibm.com/security/library/index.shtml

IBM's security resource site has an extensive list of publications, associations, groups, government programs and their Web locations are listed.

www.cert.org/nav/index_main.html

This the home page for the Carnegie Mellon CERTS program with a complete listing of security breaches and reports, resources.

www.opengroup.org

The Open Group, which has developed standards such as Corba for computer interoperability, and the Embedded Systems Forum have formed a security working group.

Recommended Reading

Security in Computing, by Charles Pfleeger, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall.

Good overall discussion of current state of security on computers and networks, covering cryptography, virus detection, and intrusion currently used in the commercial environment.

RSA Security's Official Guide to Cryptography by Steve Burnett and Stephen Paine, Osborne/McGraw Hill.

Everything you ever wanted to know about cryptography.

Network Intrusion Detection by Stephen Northcutt and Judy Novak, New Riders Press.

Excellent technical overview of all aspects of network intrusion and the impact on overall security.