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National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) http://csrc.nist.gov/ Founded in 1901, NIST is a non-regulatory Federal agency within the U.S. Commerce Department's Technology Administration. NIST's mission is to develop and promote measurement, standards, and technology to enhance productivity, facilitate trade, and improve the quality of life. The NIST Information Technology Laboratory, Computer Security Division provides a variety of tips, newsletters, and publications to support cyber security efforts. Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) httD:/ /www.cscic.state.nv.us/msisaclindex.html A public site identifying what the MS-ISAC is and what its mission, goals and objectives are in improving the Nation's cyber security posture from a State and local perspective. The goal is to have this MS-ISAC include all fifty States, which would provide a valuable centrally- coordinated mechanism for sharing important security intelligence and information between the States. The MS-ISAC can serve as a critical point of contact between the States and the Federal government. A primary goal of the MS-ISAC is to eliminate duplicative efforts. U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US CERT) htto:/ /www.us-cert.gov/ Established in 2003 to protect the Nation's Internet infrastructure, US-CERT coordinates defense against and responses to cyber attacks across the Nation. The SANSTM Institute htto://www.sans.org SANS is an example of non-government cyber security resources, and is one of the largest sources for information security training and certification in the world. It also develops, maintains, and makes available at no cost, the largest collection of research documents about various aspects of information security, and operates the Internet's early warning system - Internet Storm Center. The SANS (SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security) Institute was established in 1989 as a cooperative research and education organization. Its programs now reach more than 165,000 security professionals, auditors, system administrators, network administrators, chief information security officers, and CIOs who share the lessons they are learning and jointly find solutions to the challenges they face. National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace http://www . whitchouse.gov/pcipb/ The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace is part of our overall effort to protect the Nation. It is an implementing component of the national Strategy for Homeland Security and is complemented by a national Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets. The purpose of this document is to engage and empower Americans to secure the portions of cyberspace that they own, operate, control, or with which they interact. 1-3