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These National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST) links provide security reference material.
Several reports in the Special Publications 800 series
are noted in HIPAA's security rule preamble. |
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NIST
security
NIST
special pubs |
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(ISC)2
(the International Information Systems Security Certification
Consortium Inc.) sets the gold standard for information
security professional certification. |
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| ISSA
(the Information Systems Security Association) is the
industry's primary professional organization. |
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Fundamental information security principles and other
guidance documents are available at GAISP,
an ISSA collaborative effort. |
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| These
organizations provide security alerts and assistance with
incident response: |
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CERT
CIAC
FIRST |
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| CVE,
the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project, centralizes
and standardizes terminology for viruses and other exposures. |
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HIPAA
is the government web site with information on all
HIPAA Administrative Simplification rules. |
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| THOMAS
tracks federal legislation through Congress. |
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| The
Health Privacy Project is an organization dedicated
to raising awareness of the importance of ensuring health
privacy. |
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