SANS InfoSec Reading Room - Work Monitoring

Most of the computer security white papers in the Reading Room have been written by students seeking GIAC certification to fulfill part of their certification requirements and are provided by SANS as a resource to benefit the security community at large. SANS attempts to ensure the accuracy of information, but papers are published "as is". Errors or inconsistencies may exist or may be introduced over time as material becomes dated. If you suspect a serious error, please contact webmaster@sans.org.

Featuring 4 papers as of May 24, 2013

Securing the K-12 School Network through Effective Internet Access Control, Network Traffic Monitoring, and Data Analysis.

By: Barry Young (posted on September 17, 2008)

Internet access control, network traffic monitoring, and related data analysis, are powerful tools available to the K-12 Network Security Analyst

First Step Data Capture - Key Stroke Loggers

By: Nigel Lewis (posted on October 31, 2003)

An examination of software and hardware keystroke logging, with mention of malicious keystroke logging, and keylogger detection options.

Information Assurance at the PC Level

By: Carlton Bowen (posted on October 31, 2003)

This paper contemplates a bottom up approach to information security, where attention is given to information assurance at the PC level initially, rather than as an after thought.

Echelon: The Danger of Communication in the 21ST Century

By: Chad Yancey (posted on October 31, 2003)

How governments are using Echelon to gain and collect information on not only political or military interests, but that they are suspected of using this system on common citizens