Government Authentication (Top of page)

Personal Identity (Top of page)

Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors

Federal Information Processing Standard 201 (FIPS 201) Personal Identity Verification for Federal Employees and Contractors

NIST 2^nd Draft Special Publication 800-73 Interfaces for Personal Identity Verification

NIST Draft Special Publication 800-76, Biometric Data Specification for Personal Identity Verification

Federal Trade Commission -ID Theft Home Page

FTC Identity Theft Complaint Form

Department of Justice – Identity Theft and Fraud

Department of Defense Directive 1000.25 DoD Personal Identity Protection (PIP) Program

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston – Identity Theft

National Cyber Security Progress Report

Progress and Freedom Foundation – Privacy and the Market for Personal Information: Should Congress Regulate?

Smart Card Alliance

OECD Information Security and Privacy webpage (e-commerce)

Public Key Infrastructure

PKI Resources

NIST PKI Program

DoD PKI Resources

Dartmouth College PKI Lab

Electronic Privacy Information Center – Privacy Tools

Federal Standards (Top of page)

National Health Information Network

Executive Order 13335 - Incentives for the Use of Health Information Technology and Establishing the Position of the National Health Information Technology Coordinator

HHS – Health IT Strategic Framework

HHS – Development and Adoption of a National Health Information Network: Request for Information (Federal Register notice)

HHS – Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

ISO TC 215 Working Group 4: Health Informatics – Security (Documents)

Governance (Top of page)

UN/International Telecommunication Union: World Summit of Information Society (WSIS)

World Summit of Information Society: Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIS)

UN/International Telecommunication Union: Internet Governance Resources

United Nations Information and Communications Technologies (UN ICT) Task Force

US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation – Hearing on ICANN Oversight and Security of Internet Root Servers and the Domain Name System (DNS)

Progress and Freedom Foundation – New Domain Name Services: Should ICANN or Competition Govern?

ICANNfocus Archives

R&D (Top of page)

President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee, Subcommittee on Cyber Security: Update (discusses need for more R&D)

President’s FY ‘06 Budget – Department of Homeland Security

Homeland Security Budget Request Overview

House Committee on Science – An Overview of the Federal R&D Budget for FY ‘06

NSF Cyber Trust Grants Program

Cyber Security R&D Center

Resources (Top of page)

OATH – Initiative for Open Authentication

Liberty Alliance Project

Electronic Authentication Partnership

Anti-Phishing Working Group

FTC SPAM Page

FTC E-mail Authentication Summit

National Academy of Sciences – Trust In Cyberspace

Legislation & Policy

Legislation (Top of page)

Computer Security Act of 1987 (40 USC 1441)

National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995

Homeland Security Act of 2002

E-Government Act of 2002

Cyber Security Research and Development Act

Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002

CAN-SPAM Act of 2003

Proposed Legislation: 109^th Congress

SPY ACT (H.R. 29)

Online Privacy Protection Act of 2005 (H.R. 84)

Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2005  (H.R. 220)

Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2005 (H.R. 285)

REAL ID Act of 2005

Internet Spyware (I-SPY) Prevention Act of 2005 (H.R. 744)

Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act (S. 115)

Privacy Act of 2005 (S. 116)

Anti-phishing Act of 2005 (S. 472)

Information Protection and Security Act (S.500)

Information Protection and Security Act (H.R. 1080)

Executive Orders

Executive Order 13231 - Critical Infrastructure Protection in the Information Age

Executive Order 13284 - Amendment of Executive Orders, and Other Actions, in Connection With the Establishment of the Department of Homeland Security

Executive Order 13286 -Amendment of Executive Orders, and Other Actions, in Connection With the Transfer of Certain Functions to the Secretary of Homeland Security

Executive Order 13316 - Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees

Executive Order 13335 - Incentives for the Use of Health Information Technology and Establishing the Position of the National Health Information Technology Coordinator

Homeland Security Presidential Directives

Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7 (HSPD-7) Critical Infrastructure Identification, Prioritization, and Protection

Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors

Presidential Plans

The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace

Interim National Infrastructure Protection Plan

OMB Memoranda

Reducing Redundant IT Infrastructure to Homeland Security (M-02-12)

E-Authentication Guidance for All Agencies (M-04-04)

Development of Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) - 7 Critical Infrastructure Protection Plans to Protect Federal Critical Infrastructures and Key Resources (M-04-15)

FY 2004 Reporting Instructions for the Federal Information Security Management Act (M-04-25)

Section E: FY 2004 FISMA Reporting Template

Electronic Signatures: How to Mitigate the Risk of Commercial Managed Services (M-05-05)

Other White House Documents

President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee, Subcommittee on Cyber Security: Update

OMB Circular A-119 Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities (w/ transmittal memorandum)

Federal Information Processing Standards Publications

Department of Defense

Rainbow Series Library

Congressional Research Service

Creating A National Framework for Cybersecurity

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OECD Guidelines for the Security of Information Systems and Networks: Towards a Culture of Security

Biometric-Based Technologies

OECD Information Security and Privacy webpage (e-commerce)

OECD Culture of Security website

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