Center for Research in Information Security and Privacy
Outreach
Student Organizations
CIS – Women in Technology
CIS – Women in Technology is an organization for women students in undergraduate and graduate programs in the Department of Computer Information Systems at the Robinson College of Business. The group is dedicated to women’s advancement in technology fields. A primary goal of the organization is to empower female students to succeed and thrive in technology fields.
Association for Information Systems Student Chapter
Georgia State University now offers all undergraduate and graduate students at Robinson membership in our newly established AIS (Association for Information Systems) student chapter organization. It is our commitment to support the educational and professional development of students, and this student chapter is all about providing access to tools and resources that supports this commitment. We are honored that our university is a founding member of the AIS student chapter.
Information Systems Audit and Control Association Student Chapter
ISACA GSU is the Information System Audit and Control Association student group at Georgia State University. We are affiliated with ISACA International and ISACA Atlanta.
ISACA Mission
- To act as a medium through which members can have interactions with IT/IS audit professionals, and become familiar and involved with IT and IS industry employers.
- To stimulate interest and promote academic excellence in the IT/IS audit field. More specifically, to provide information and guidelines for the certification that is provided by the ISACA.
Professional Organizations
SANS
SANS is a leading provider of computer security training and resources. This site offers ideas for research topics and papers, and contains many resources useful to computer security students.
Rainbow Series Documents
This site contains electronic copies of the NSA-produced Rainbow series of security documents. It includes the Orange Book for Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria, Network Security Guidelines and more. While most of these are now out of date, they offer a very good historical perspective.
IBM Intrusion Detection Resource
A good IBM resource for intrusion detection information
IEEE Search Engine
An excellent search engine for IEEE journals
Information Systems Audit and Control Association
This is the homepage for the Information Systems Audit and Control Association with access to online articles published in its Control magazine. A good resource for master’s in information systems students.
ACSA Information Security Bookshelf
The ACSA Information Security Bookshelf is intended to be a virtual extension to a security professional’s shelf of information security books, reports and other references. ACSA sees this bookshelf being used as a source of readings for self-study and for courses. The goal of the bookshelf is to supplement physical holdings with items that are out of print or difficult to obtain for any reason.
Infosecurity Magazine
This is an excellent online magazine containing well-written short articles pertaining to computer security in the real world.
Information Systems Security Association
The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)® is a non-profit, international organization of information security professionals and practitioners. It provides educational forums, publications and peer interaction opportunities that enhance the knowledge, skills and professional growth of its members. The primary goal of the ISSA is to promote management practices that will ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information resources.