Links
Canadian government directories
- Government of Canada Electronic Directory Service (GEDS)
- Province of British Columbia Government Directory
- Province of Ontario Government Directory
Canadian security standards and guidance
- Government of Canada – Security Policy – Policies and Publications
- Government of Canada – Information Technology Security – Audit Guide
- Government of Canada – Guide to Audit of Security
- Communications Security Establishment (CSE) IT Security Guidance (ITSG) documentation
- Industry Canada – The Digital Economy in Canada – Publications
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Technical Security Branch Publications
- Canadian Institute of Charted Accountants (CICA) Web Trust and Sys Trust security certification schemes
International security standards and guidance
- US National Institute of standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publications providing IT security guidance.
- US Department of Defence Index of Software Engineering Standards
- US Department of Defence Directives and Instructions
- US National Security Agency (NSA) Security Configuration Guides
- US Department of Justice – Computer Crime Cases
- US Department of Homeland Security – National Vulnerability Database
- Common Criteria (ISO/IEC 15408) Evaluation and Validation Scheme
- Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard
- American Bar Association Information Security Committee
- Computer Security Institute (CSI)
- The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
- IETF RFC Index of standards
- Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
- Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)
- International Telecommunications Union (ITU) standards
- ISACA Control Objectives for Information and related Technologies (COBITS)
- CERT Secure Coding Standards
- EU Security in Computer Networks SEMPER / SIRENE – index of standards, protocols and initiatives
- SC Magazine for IT Security Professionals
- Information Security Magazine
- Security Focus portal
- Security News portal
- Aladdin Security Statistics
- Terrorism Research Centre
- Carnegie Mellon CERT
- F-Secure – Virus hoaxes
- COSO – Guidance on governance, ethics, internal controls, and enterprise risk management
- Privacy International – Privacy invasions by governments and corporations
- SANS – free resources (including top 20 Internet Security Vulnerabilities)
- SANS – Top 20 Cyber Security Menances