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Welcome to SANS' Information Security Reading Room
Featuring over 1722 original computer security white papers in 73 different categories.
Special Categories |
Last Updated |
| Last 25 Papers Added to the SANS InfoSec Reading Room | Aug 20, 08 |
| Top 25 Papers Based on Views | Aug 22, 08 |
| Thought Leadership Interviews (STI) | June 30, 08 |
| GIAC Honors Papers | May 01, 07 |
| SANS Industry Analysts Program | Apr 23, 08 |
| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Dec 7, 07 |
| Free Vendor White Papers | Fall 2008 |
| Does Certification Matter Series | Archive |
| Book Reviews | Archive |
| Special Papers | Archive |
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Category |
Last Updated |
| Acceptable Use | Mar 02, 04 |
| Application/Database Sec | Jan 04, 08 |
| Attacking Attackers | Oct 31, 03 |
| Auditing & Assessment | Jun 18, 08 |
| Authentication | Aug 07, 07 |
| Backup Strategies | May 05, 05 |
| Best Practices | Jul 27, 07 |
| Case Studies | Mar 28, 08 |
| Commercial Software | Jan 26, 05 |
| Country-specific Issues | Sep 16, 04 |
| Covert Channels | Feb 07, 08 |
| Data Loss Prevention | Oct 31, 03 |
| Digital Certificates | Oct 31, 03 |
| Digital Privacy | Feb 14, 07 |
| Directories | Mar 15, 07 |
| Disaster Recovery | Aug 07, 08 |
| DNS Issues | May 05, 05 |
| eCommerce | Aug 29, 06 |
| Email Issues | Nov 20, 07 |
| Encryption & VPNs | Oct 26, 07 |
| Firewalls & Perimeter Protection | Aug 20, 08 |
| Forensics | Jun 25, 08 |
| Getting Started/InfoSec | Aug 18, 06 |
| Hackers | Dec 11, 07 |
| HIPAA | Mar 09, 05 |
| Home & Small Office | Oct 05, 05 |
| Incident Handling | Jul 15, 08 |
| Information Assurance | May 05, 05 |
| Information Warfare | Aug 24, 05 |
| Intrusion Detection | Apr 11, 08 |
| Intrusion Prevention | Aug 19, 08 |
| ISO-17799 | Jan 24, 08 |
| Legal Issues | Feb 01, 08 |
| Linux Issues | Jan 14, 08 |
| Logging Technology and Techniques | Jul 29, 08 |
| Mac/Apple Issues | Dec 07, 06 |
Category |
Last Updated |
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| Mainframes | Jun 30, 05 | |
| Malicious Code | Feb 12, 08 | |
| Managed Services | Jun 29, 05 | |
| Management & Leadership | Aug 19, 08 | |
| Network Devices | Oct 15, 07 | |
| Novell/Netware Issues | Jan 22, 05 | |
| PDAs and Other Mobile Devices | Jun 24, 08 | |
| Penetration Testing | Nov 06, 07 | |
| Physical Security | Aug 30, 07 | |
| Protocols | Sep 27, 07 | |
| Scripting Tips | Mar 25, 04 | |
| Securing Code | Feb 01, 08 | |
| Security Awareness | May 20, 08 | |
| Security Basics | Jun 25, 08 | |
| Security Modeling | Jul 03, 08 | |
| Security Policy Issues | Jul 03, 08 | |
| Social Engineering | Dec 01, 07 | |
| Solaris Issues | May 05, 05 | |
| Standards | Aug 24, 05 | |
| Steganography | Jul 03, 08 | |
| Storage | Mar 02, 04 | |
| System Administration | Oct 01, 07 | |
| Telecommuting | Oct 31, 03 | |
| Telephone Issues | May 05, 05 | |
| Terminal Services | Feb 14, 07 | |
| Threats/Vulnerabilities | Mar 28, 08 | |
| Tools | Aug 20, 08 | |
| Travel Security | Oct 31, 03 | |
| Unix Issues | Aug 03, 07 | |
| VOIP Issues | Dec 21, 07 | |
| Web Servers | Jan 18, 07 | |
| Windows .NET | Oct 31, 03 | |
| Windows 2000 Issues | Oct 31, 03 | |
| Windows Issues | Mar 28, 08 | |
| Wireless Access | Jun 18, 08 | |
| Work Monitoring | Oct 31, 03 |
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