The Virginia Alliance for Secure Computing and Networking (VA SCAN) exists for the purpose of strengthening information technology security programs within the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Discussion Board
VA SCAN provides a discussion forum for its outreach community. This currently includes representatives from Virginia higher education institutions. Participants may use the list to exchange information and debate a wide-range of security issues. Subscribe to the VA SCAN discussion list.
VA CIRT Security Alerts
In the mid-1990s Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University formed the VA-CIRT group to provide early warnings of new security threats and to hold periodic educational meetings to build incident response expertise. Members came from larger institutions of higher education with Virginia. VA SCAN is supporting the expansion of this group to include all Virginia institutions and beyond if requested by the Commonwealth of Virginia. Join the VA-CIRT group.
Additional Resources
- Virginia State Internal Audit Office
- The Association of Collegiate Computing Services (ACCS) of Virginia
- Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts security website
- Carnegie Mellon CERT Coordination Center - See in particular the CERT Advisory mail list
- Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security
- Virginia Information Technology Agency Security Website
- Virginia Information Technology Agency Security Policies, Standards, and Guidelines
- EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer and Network Security Task Force
- Dartmouth College Institute for Security Technology Studies daily news
- DShield
- George Mason and James Madison Critical Infrastructure Protection Project
- George Mason Center for Secure Information Systems
- George Mason University security website
- James Madison University security website
- The Institute for Infrastructure and Information Assurance (IIIA)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology Computer Security Resource Center
- National Security Agency
- SANS Institute - See in particular the News and Vulnerabilities mail lists
- University of Virginia security website
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University security website
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