Technology: REALTOR® Secure Reference Information


Below is a listing of organizations and Web sites where additional information about security can be found. These organizations are not affiliated with NAR or NAR's REALTOR® Secure program.


International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a network of the national standards institutes for 147 countries. ISO standard 17799 - Information technology - Code of practice for information security management is one of the underlying guides used for the REALTOR® Secure program.

International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2's Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) is a compilation of security information, collected internationally, of relevance to information security professionals and is one of the underlying guides used for the REALTOR® Secure program.

Center for Internet Security  helps organizations reduce the risk of business and e-commerce disruptions resulting from inadequate security configurations.

SANS Institute(SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security)  provides information security research, certification and education. Sample information security policy documents and access to security articles and white papers can be found here. SANS also publishes the Twenty Most Critical Internet Security Vulnerabilities

CERT® Coordination Center (CERT/CC) is a center of Internet security expertise. CERT/CC provides technical advice and coordinates responses to security compromises, intruder activity and security problems.

SecurityFocus is an on-line security community and source for security intelligence, news and insights.

AntiOnline is a community of security, network and computer professionals dedicated to computer and network security and identifying and mitigating security issues.

Network Security Library provides access to articles, FAQs, white papers and books on network security.

The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) is a center for research and education in areas of information security that are crucial to the protection of critical computing and communication infrastructure using a unique multi-disciplinary approach.