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Security Links

As an Information Security Professional, staying up to date with current happenings is of the utmost importance. For those who are looking for great places to start visiting regularly, I have compiled the following list of links to a variety of information security websites  including news, guides, articles, certifcation, wikis, forums, mailing lists, and podcasts. I have also included the frequency that I return to each site as a guideline.

Enjoy:-)

Information Security News Websites (Visit Daily)

• SANS Internet Storm Center
• SecurityFocus
• Security Fix (Brian Krebs)
• The Register
• CSO
• SC Magazine
• ComputerWorld Security
• CNET: Defense in Depth

Individual Security Blogs (Visit Weekly)

• Steve Gibson
• Bruce Schneier
• Jeremiah Grossman
• Dancho Danchev
• Jesper Johansson
• Alun Jones
• Richard Bejtlich
• Infosecblog

Commercial Security Company Blogs (Visit weekly)

• F-Secure
• Sophos
• Tenable
• Ethical Hacker Network
• Mark Russinovich (Microsoft)

Vulnerability Watching (Visit Daily)

• packet storm
• Open Source Vulnerability DataBase
• US CERT
• SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities
• Linux Security
• FSecure Vulnerabilities

Information Security Podcasts (RSS Weekly)

• Security Weekly (Pauldotcom)
• Security Now
• Network Security Podcast

Forensics Websites

• Computer Forensics World
• Forensics Wiki

Research and Reading (As needed)

• SANS Reading Room
• Internet Health Report
• D Shield
• VirusTotal
• Port Numbers List

Resources

• SANS Security Policy Templates
• Top 100 Security Tools

Security Organizations and Certifications (As needed)

• SANS
• ISACA
• HTCIA