Go To Class

The best way to protect yourself from attacks is to educate yourself. Virginia Tech and other groups in technology areas provide classes, presentations, hold group meetings to discuss security, and provide helpful references. Publications also offer good insight.

Request an Awareness Session

The Information Technology Security Office is committed to presenting technology security awareness sessions to anyone associated with Virginia Tech. If your area is interested in learning more about this educational opportunity, please contact Wayne Donald at wdonald@vt.edu. See slides from the presentation below.

Training At Tech

The Integrated Virginia Tech Training site represents a collaborative cross-campus initative to centralize access to a wide range of university training information. The site is designed to provide a "one stop shopping" experience by allowing users to browse, search, and in some cases register for university training events from one location.

If you have comments or questions about the training available through Virginia Tech, please send e-mail to vttrain@vt.edu

VT Presentations/Papers

The following are a collection of slide presentations that have been presented at Tech by Virginia Tech's security staff. If you have questions or comments about these presentations, please e-mail the presenter.

• General
  • FDI- Security Awareness 101a (latest as of May, 2005) Faculty Development Institute Security Awareness presentation for 2005 - Wayne Donald and Randy Marchany
  • CheckNet: A Vulnerability Scanning Network Tool - presentation by Randy Marchany about a scanning tool developed in the IT Security Lab
  • Customer Information & The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act - presentation for offices working with "customer" information
  • Computer Safety 101 for Desktops and Systems - presentation by University Development support personnel - 2004
  • A Copyright Primer - presentation by Jeff Kidd from ANI&S
  • Internet Copyright Infringement - a 2003 presentation for students on downloading music and movies
  • Being Prepared: Techniques for Risk Analysis & Business Reovery Planning presented by Shirley Payne, UVA, and Wayne Donald, VT, at the 2002 ACCS meeting
  • Tools that Work by Scott Conti, U-Mass Amherst
  • General Recommendations for Technology Security presentation by Wayne Donald
  • Scaring You Secure: Welcome to the (IT) jungle... by Marc DeBonis
  • Auditing Information Systems ACUA Conference Presentation, Montreal, Canada - September 2000 by Randy Marchany
  • E-commerce Security Issues by Randy Marchany
  • Internet Security & Incident Response: Scenarios & Tactics by Randy Marchany
  • Principles of Unix System Management - Solaris 2.6 by Randy Marchany

Helpful Technology References

• High-Tech Dictionary -- Search for definitions for more than 7,000 high-tech terms
• Webopedia - An online dictionary and search engine for computer and internet technology
• SC Magazine - A monthly publication that gives insight into security issues thru feature articles and product reviews
• Information Security - A one-stop resource for news, analysis, insight and commentary on today's security issues

Organizations At Tech

These groups around campus provide users with help regarding various security and operating system issues.

• VT Linux/UNIX Users Group
• VT Windows NT Users Group

Mailing Lists

These lists are very convenient resources for system administrators.

• Windows

NTBugTraq
An indespensible list for NT administrators.

• UNIX/Linux

• BugTraq
  View the Forums section for mailing lists and online forums.
• SGI-L
  In the body of your e-mail message, put:
  SUBSCRIBE SGI-L firstname lastname
• VT-SUG (Sun Users Group)
  In the body of your e-mail message, put:
  SUBSCRIBE VT-SUG firstname lastname
• IBM AIX Sysadmin List
  In the body of your e-mail message, put:
  SUBSCRIBE vtrs6k-l firstname lastname

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