Resources

On this page we provide links to useful information regarding information assurance and computer security. These links should be useful to students studying in our program and to practicing professionals.

General

• UNT System Cybersecurity Resources and Awareness Training
  • UNT Information Security Handbook (Updated Oct 2022) (pdf)
  • Information Security Users Guide (Updated July 2021) (pdf)
• NIATEC - The National Information Assurance Training and Education Center (General IA education and training resources)
• Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education (CISSE)
• CNSS - Committee on National Security Systems
• CERIAS - Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security at Purdue
• US-CISA - U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
• CVE - Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Learning

• CTF and Hacking
  • Vulnhub
  • Hack the Box
  • Over the Wire
  • TryHackMe
  • National Cyber League
• Operating Systems
  • Kali Linux
  • Ubuntu
• Software
  • Wireshark (Network Protocol Analyzer)
  • VirtualBox (Software to Run Virtual Machines)
  • PuTTY (SSH and telnet client for Windows)
  • WinSCP (SFTP and FTP client for Windows)
  • Notepad++ (Source Code Editor)

Organizations

• UNT
  • UNT Cybersecurity Club
  • UNT CSCE Club
• Research-Oriented:
  • IEEE Computer Society's Technical Committee on Security and Privacy (includes security conference calendar and call-for-papers lists)
  • IACR: International Association for Cryptologic Research
• Professional/Certification/Training Groups and Information:
  • CompTIA - Professional Certifications for Security, Networks, IT, etc.
    • Security+
    • PenTest+
  • ISSA: Information Systems Security Association - Professional organization with local chapters
  • (ISC)2 - International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (issues certifications, including CISSP)
  • Cisco Training & Events - including info on Cisco certifications
  • SANS - Network and Computer Security Training

Important Publications

• Computer Security History Project - Seminal Papers (Classic papers in computer security, including Anderson, Bell-LaPadula, Orange Book, Multics papers, and more)
• NIST 800-series publications

News Sources

• TechNewsWorld - Security Section
• NetworkWorld
• Security Weekly
• The Hacker News
• Infosecurity Magazine

Subscription-based Research Resources

The following are important research or commercial publications that are available to current UNT students, faculty, and staff. These are subscription-based and can be accessed from UNT systems - from off-campus systems, UNT people will have to log in through the library electronic resources. Non-UNT people will need their own subscriptions.

• ACM Digital Library
  Specific publications of interest:
  • ACM Journal of Computer Security
• IEEE Library
  Specific publications of interest:
  • IEEE Security & Privacy Magazine
  • IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
  • IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
  • IEEE Computer Security Foundations Workshop
• USENIX (proceedings over a year old are freely available)
• NDSS: Network and Distributed System Security Symposium
• ASCAC: Annual Computer Security Applications Conference

UNT Only: Available Non-Web Material

The following materials to UNT students who can check them out.

• DoD Training Materials (CDs):
  • Information Assurance Policy & Technology
  • Computer Network Defense
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection
  • Active Defense - An Executive's Guide to Information Assurance
  • Firewall and Router Fundamentals
  • System Administrator - Incident Preparation & Response for UNIX
  • OPSEC Fundamentals
• Cisco training materials:
  • Cisco Router Security
  • Securing Cisco Routers