HIPAA Links: Privacy and Security
Privacy
Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT)
http://www.cdt.org
News and resources dealing with online privacy law and policy,
as well as encryption, Internet standards, and digital authentication.
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
http://www.cpsr.org
FAQs about data privacy and P3P, articles about electronic privacy
and civil liberties, the Internet, and much more.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
http://www.eff.org
A non-profit, non-partisan organization working to protect privacy
and freedom of expression in the arena of computers and the Internet.
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
http://www.epic.org/privacy/tools.html
A public interest research center, provides links to "practical"
privacy tools. Mainly for the user.
Foundation for Information Policy Research
http://www.fipr.org
An independent body that studies the interaction between IT and
society as it impacts the UK and Europe. Content on site addresses
smart cards, cryptography and e-commerce policy, etc.; has links
to organizations doing related or similar work to FIPR world-wide.
Internet Privacy Coalition
http://www.privacy.org
News, tools, and links pertaining to online privacy and consumers,
children, government, research, and legislation. Privacy.org is
a joint project of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
and Privacy International.
Internet Society (ISOC)
http://www.isoc.org/internet/issues/index.shtml
Covers important issues relating to the Internet, including privacy,
security, encryption, and public policy.
National Consumer Coalition (NCC) Privacy Group
http://www.NCCPrivacy.org
A coalition of conservative and "free-market" advocacy
groups has launched this site to teach consumers how to protect
their privacy rights and lists legislative efforts related to privacy.
TRUSTe
http://www.truste.org
An independent, non-profit privacy initiative, has developed a
third-party oversight "seal" program.
Security
Business Software Alliance (BSA)
http://www.bsa.org
Cybersecurity resources, white papers and more on online privacy
and security.
Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center (CERT/CC),
The
http://www.cert.org
A federally-funded R&D center of Internet security expertise
operated by Carnegie Mellon University. CERT/CC publishes security
alerts, general documents about Internet security, and more to help
you improve security at your site.
Computer Security Institute (CSI)
http://www.gocsi.com
A membership organization dedicated to serving and training the
information, computer and network security professional. Site includes
free resources on firewalls and intrusion detection, and sample
articles on security policy, VPNs, cryptography, and more.
Department of Defense Computer Emergency Response Team (DOD CERT)
http://www.cert.mil
Provides technical reports, antivirus information, security resources,
and vendor OS security bulletins.
Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST)
http://www.first.org
A global organization established to foster cooperation and coordination
among computer security teams worldwide. It provides a forum for
trusted interaction among incident response teams and an annual
conference focusing on incident response and providing education
through tutorials and presentations.
Information Systems Security Association
http://www.issa.org
A not-for-profit international organization of information security
professionals and practitioners. Site provides many good links relating
to security.
National Institutes of Health's Computer Security Information
http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/
Links to programs, FAQs, magazines and advisories.
NASA Incident Response Center (NASIRC)
http://www-nasirc.nasa.gov
Includes links to recent congressional hearings and laws affecting
information technology security, as well as to vendor software patches.
NIST's Computer Security Resource Center
http://csrc.ncsl.nist.gov
Information about a variety of computer security issues, products,
and research. This site is operated and maintained as a service
to the computer security and IT community.
National Security Agency
http://www.nsa.gov
A high technology organization, NSA is on the frontiers of communications
and data processing. Site includes information on information security
(INFOSEC) and security recommendations for Windows and Linux operating
systems.
SANS (System Administration, Networking, and Security) Institute
http://www.sans.org
A cooperative research and education organization providing many
resources, such as news digests, research summaries, security alerts
and award-winning papers, free to all who ask.
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Security Resources
http://www.w3.org/Security/
Resource for web security.
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