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Final Shaw Irg 202c
Final Shaw Irg 202c
Final Shaw Irg 202c
By Haley Shaw
Table of Contents
Front Matter .................................................................................................................................... 3 Whats in the Guide .................................................................................................................... 3 Who the Guide is For .................................................................................................................. 3 What the Guide Assumes ............................................................................................................ 3 How the Guide is Organized for Use .......................................................................................... 3 Tips for Using the Guide............................................................................................................. 4 Penn State Websites ........................................................................................................................ 5 The College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State ......................................... 6 ISTs COMPASS Service ........................................................................................................... 7 Government Websites ..................................................................................................................... 8 Catalog of U.S. Government Publications .................................................................................. 9 Statistical Abstract of the United States.................................................................................... 10 United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team.............................................................. 11 National Institute of Standards an Technology Computer Security Resource Center ........... 12 Private Sector Resources............................................................................................................... 13 Gartner ...................................................................................................................................... 14 Security Strategies Journal .........................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Front matter
Government Websites
These next four resources are products of the United States government. There are two general websites and two databases that relate to the studies of Security and Risk Analysis.
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Gartner
Index Location: http://www.gartner.com/technology/home.jsp Description Gartner, Inc. is the worlds leading information technology research and advisory company. They offer up to date technology-related information to clients in over 13,000 different organizations from the government sector to the private sector. Their website is filled with resources including an index of thousands of articles useful to a student studying Security and Risk Analysis. On the homepage of the Gartner website there is a search bar on the top right-hand side where the user can search through these articles. The articles contain many different subjects, but all of them relate to information technology. They could be used for general homework questions as well as a research project because this is a reliable resource. Within each article there is a small biography of the author of the article, with a link to a more full biography. After the article there is also a place for responses to the article. In this section there are either links to other articles on other websites relating to the article, or there are comments from readers. Only registered users can post comments and the registered users are the people that use Gartner, Inc. as a consulting company. Tips: Browse through the articles and find an author that suits the research you are conducting. You can go to their profile page and browse all of the articles that they have written.
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