Securing the Campus: Books, Websites, Whitepapers, Webinars

• 07/01/07

Resources for physical and data security on higher ed campuses

The following books, websites, whitepapers, and webinars are all geared to assist you in your quest to devise truly actionable plans for strategically sound protection of the campus, its community, and its information assets.

Books

Physical Security

• Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design by Timothy Crowe ( Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000)
• Critical Infrastructure: Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness by Robert Radvanovsky ( CRC Press, 2006)
• Homeland Security: A Complete Guide to Understanding, Preventing, and Surviving Terrorism by Mark Sauter and James Jay Carafano ( McGraw-Hill, 2005)
• Homeland Security Field Guide by Jan Glarum and Eric Swanson ( Informed Publishing, 2006)
• Homeland Security Law and Policy by William C. Nicholson and Joseph Biden (C. C. Thomas, 2005)
• Introduction to Homeland Security by Jane Bullock and George Haddow ( Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006)
• National Strategy for Homeland Security by the Office of Homeland Security (Pavilion Press, 2004)
• Safe Schools: A Security and Loss Prevention Plan by J. Barry Hylton ( Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996)
• Security Planning and Design: A Guide for Architects and Building Design Professionals by the American Institute of Architects (Wiley, 2003)
• Terrorism and Disaster, Volume 11: New Threats, New Ideas by Lee Clarke, ed. ( JAI Press, 2003)
• Terrorism, Risk, and the City: The Making of a Contemporary Urban Landscape by Jon Coaffee ( Ashgate Publishing, 2003)

Data Security

• The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security by Kevin D. Mitnick, William L. Simon, and Steve Wozniak (Wiley, 2002)
• Building Internet Firewalls by Elizabeth D. Zwicky, Simon Cooper, and D. Brent Chapman (O’Reilly Media, 2000)
• Building Secure Wireless Networks With 802.11 by Jahanzeb Khan and Anis Khwaja ( Wiley, 2003)
• Computer Security Handbook by Seymour Bosworth and Michel E. Kabay, eds. (Wiley, 2002)
• The Executive Guide to Information Security: Threats, Challenges, and Solutions by Mark Egan and Tim Mather (Addison-Wesley Professional, 2004)
• Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker by William R. Cheswick, Steven M. Bellovin, and Aviel D. Rubin (Addison-Wesley Professional, 2003)
• Hacker’s Challenge 3 by David Pollino, Bill Pennington, Tony Bradley, and Himanshu Dwivedi (McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2006)
• Halting the Hacker: A Practical Guide to Computer Security by Donald L. Pipkin (Prentice Hall PTR, 2002)
• Incident Response: Computer Forensics Toolkit by Douglas Schweitzer (Wiley, 2003)
• Information Security Management Handbook by Harold F. Tipton and Micki Krause, eds. (Auerbach, 2007)
• Internet and Intranet Security by Rolf Oppliger (Artech House Publishers, 2006)
• Malware: Fighting Malicious Code by Ed Skoudis and Lenny Zeltser (Prentice Hall PTR, 2003)
• Network Intrusion Detection: An Analyst’s Handbook by Stephen Northcutt and Judy Novak (New Riders Publishing, 2000)
• Practical Unix and Internet Security by Simson Garfinkel, Gene Spafford, and Alan Schwartz (O’Reilly Media, 2003)
• Real World Linux Security by Bob Toxen (Prentice Hall PTR, 2002)
• Security and Loss Prevention by Philip Purpura (Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002)
• Silence on the Wire: A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks by Michal Zalewski ( No Starch Press, 2005)
• Web Hacking: Attacks and Defense by Stuart McClure, Saumil Shah, and Shreeraj Shah (Addison-Wesley Professional, 2002)
• Web Security, Privacy, and Commerce by Simson Garfinkel (O’Reilly Media, 2002)

Websites/Organizations

Physical Security

• ASIS International
• Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams
• National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism
• National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center
• Office of Hazardous Materials Safety
• Ready America
• Security Industry Association
• US Department of Homeland Security
• US Environmental Protection Agency Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention

Information Security

• Anti-Virus Information Exchange Network
• Applied Computer Security Associates
• ASIS International
• Computer Security Day
• Computer Security Institute
• The Computing Technology Industry Association
• Information Systems Audit and Control Association
• Information Systems Security Association
• Information Systems Security Certification Consortium
• International Association for Computer Systems Security
• International High Technology Crime Investigation Association
• IT Governance Institute
• National White Collar Crime Center
• The SANS Institute
• Smart Card Alliance
• United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team

White Papers/Articles

Physical Security

• “Accessing 9-1-1 From Multi-Line Telephone Systems (MLTS) and Private Branch Exchanges (PBX),” The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International.
• “Biometrics’ Role in Physical Access Control,” Schlage.
• “Enhancing Security at the Port of Wilmington: How Advantech and Honeywell Helped Meet Federal Goals for Enhanced Security,” Honeywell.
• “Emergency Phone Towers Add Safety to Boston Park,” Talk-A-Phone.
• “Minneapolis Midtown Greenway,” Code Blue.
• “Port of Greater Baton Rouge,” Bosch Security Systems.
• “Secure Personal Identification Systems: Frequently Asked Questions,” Datacard.

Data Security

• “Active Wireless Protection,” Internet Security Systems.
• “Close the Data Loss Prevention Coverage Gap: Neutralize the Insider Threat,” McAfee.
• “Compliance in the Mobile Enterprise,” Sybase iAnywhere.
• “Department of Homeland Security Cyberspace Security,” DeepNines Technologies.
• “Ensuring Information Security: New Regulatory Challenges,” Websense
• “Filtering the Spectrum of Internet Threats: Defending Against Inappropriate Content, Spyware, IM, and P2P at the Perimeter,” St. Bernard Software.
• “How Safe Is It out There?” Imperva.
• “Penetration Testing: Taking the Guesswork out of Vulnerability Management,” Core Security Technologies.
• “Rootkits – The New Wave of Invisible Malware Is Here,” Trend Micro.
• “Securing Critical Applications and Databases: A Layered Approach,” Blue Lane Technologies.
• “Securing Networks With Next Generation Unified Threat Management,” Check Point Software Technologies.
• “Trends in Spam,” Barracuda Networks.

Plus, don’t miss these white papers at www.campustechnology.com:

• Critical Enabler for Security and Identity Management in Higher Education Institutions, Aladdin.
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Its Role in Higher Education (Parts 1 and 2), Thawte.
  

On-Demand Webinars

Physical Security

• “ATM Physical Security,” NCR Secure.
• “Cyber Security of Local Infrastructure,” Information Resources Management College.
• “Privacy Issues in the Federal Government: 2006 Update,” Information Resources Management College.
• “Securing Embedded Passwords,” SecurityDocs.com.
• “Using Facial Surveillance and Advanced Technologies to Combat Fraud,” 3VR.

Data Security

• “E-mail Security Industry Briefing,” IronPort Systems.
• “Expanding Network Access Control Beyond Student Networks,” Bradford Networks.
• “Patch Now or Patch Later: Costs, Risks, and Job Security,” Blue Lane Technologies.
• “Securing Handheld Devices, Data, and Applications,” Sybase iAnywhere.
• “Wireless LAN Security: What Hackers Know That You Don’t,” AirDefense.
• “Worms Attack – Fight Back,” Check Point Software Technologies.
• The Information Systems Security Association offers a number of webcasts on a variety of security topics.
• The SANS Institute has an extensive archive of security webcasts.

Plus, don’t miss these webinars at www.campustechnology.com:

• “Data Protection in the Real World: Guarding the Institution While Maintaining Academic Integrity,” Campus Technology.
• “Digital Authentication: The Dartmouth Experience,” Campus Technology.
• “Ending the E-mail Nightmare: Managing and Securing Your E-mail Infrastructure,” Campus Technology.