Edison Community College

	Edison Home
	Blackboard
	WebAdvisor
	MSDNAA Software Center
	Computer Information Technology
	Microsoft Academy
	Course Applicability System
	Ohio IT Clearinghouse

Moraine Valley Community College

	CATC
	CSSIA

Cisco Systems

	Cisco Home
	Academy Connection
	Cisco Security Advisories and Notices
	Security Reference Information
	Cisco Learning Institute
	CCNA Certification
	CCNP Certification
	Academy Quality Management Tool

Franklin University

	Franklin Home
	Community College Alliance
	Management Information Sciences - Alliance School + Online
	Information Technology - Alliance School + Online
	myFranklin

Capitol College

	Capitol Home
	Master of Science in Network Security - Online
	Centra
	myCapitol
	Blackboard

Nova Southeastern University Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences

	SCIS Home
	Doctoral Degree Programs
	Computer Information Systems (DCIS) - Online + 3-day Clusters

Microsoft

	Microsoft Home
	TechNet
	MCP Career Center
	Microsoft Security Advisories

Computer Forensics and Incident Handling

	Searching and Seizing Computers and Obtaining Electronic Evidence in Criminal Investigations
	The SANS Security Policy Project
	CERT Coordination Center Incident Reporting Guidelines
	CERT Coordination Center Incident Reporting Form

Best Practices

	Guidelines for the Secure Operation of the Internet
	Site Security Handbook
	The Center for Internet Security
	National Security Agency Security Configuration Guides
	SANS InfoSec Reading Room / Best Practices
	Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGS) / Security Readiness Review Evaluation Scripts (SRR)

Forensic Tools

	Cain & Abel - password recovery utility + sniffer capabilities.
	www.DNSstuff.com - Domain Name tests, IP tests, Hostname tests.
	Ethereal - a freeware network protocol analyzer. Windows version requires WinPcap.
	NeWT - Vulnerability scanner for the Microsoft Windows platform (NeWT stands for "Nessus Windows Technology").
	Nessus - Security scanner for Linux, BSD, Solaris, and other flavors of Unix.
	NetStumbler - a tool for Windows that allows you to detect WLANs using 802.11b, 802.11a and 802.11g.
	Web Server Scanners Nikto - an open source web server scanner which performs comprehensive tests against web servers for multiple items, including over 3200 potentially dangerous files/CGIs, versions on over 625 servers, and version specific problems on over 230 servers. Scan items and plugins are frequently updated and can be automatically updated.
	Nmap - a free open source utility for network exploration or security auditing.
	PacketCrafter - build custom TCP/IP/UDP packets. Great for testing intrusion detection systems.
	John the Ripper - a fast password recovery utility.
	Kiwi Syslog Daemon - a freeware Syslog Daemon for Windows.
	SomarSoft Utilities - such as DumpSec, DumpReg, DempEvt.
	Foundstone Utilities - such as Fport, NTLast, Forensic Toolkit.
	Sysinternals Utilities - so many they can't all be listed. Autoruns, Filemon, Process Explorer, Regmon, PsTools.
	Snort - the de facto standard for intrusion detection/prevention. Snort for Windows.
	Win-IDS Installation Guide - Excellent!! usage of Snort. A guide for installing either a Master or Stand Alone Intrusion Detection System (Win-IDS) using the world famous SNORT, logging alerts to a MySQL database, and viewing those alerts with the BASE console. Printer friendly version. PDF version.
	Tripwire - change auditing software. Detects changes to files, etc.
	Netcat - A utility used to create a communication channel between two different systems.
	Cryptcat - (Netcat + encryption).
	Windows Deployment and Resource Kits Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tools Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit Supplement 4
	Insecure.Org's Top 75 Security Tools
	The Toolbox - freeware security tools for Windows.