IA Guidance
The Information Assurance (IA) at the National Security Agency provides security solution guidance based upon our unique and deep understanding of risks, vulnerabilities, mitigations, and threats. This information can be utilized to harden and defend network and system infrastructure, while providing for a sustained presence.
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From section:
Tech Briefs
Unified Communications Technical Primer
The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide IT managers with a brief introduction to Unified Communications (UC) and the technologies that make up UC. This fact sheet should be used as a starting point for IT managers who are researching whether to upgrade their current infrastructure to incorporate a UC solution. Once they make the decision to implement...
03 January 2011 2 page(s) pdf
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From section:
Operating Systems
Security Highlights of Windows 7
This guide highlights many of the new security features in Windows 7, just one of the many commercial operating systems available.
06 October 2010 2 page(s) pdf
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From section:
Guidance Archive
Securing IBM Lotus Sametime
This guide has been designed to provide a high-level security reference when deploying a Sametime solution. It is intended to be utilized in parallel with the security features already present in Lotus Domino® and Sametime. There are many configurations for a Sametime deployment. Depending on the feature set desired, the environment can become complex. It is important to implement security...
22 September 2010 2 page(s) pdf
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From section:
Industrial Control Systems
A Framework for Assessing and Improving the Security Posture of Industrial Control Systems (ICS) (version 1.1)
This publication is the first in a series intended to help Industrial Control System (ICS) owners and operators in need of improving the security posture of their systems. This document will focus the reader on aspects of network security and give them a framework for assessing their current operational risk. It will then offer the reader a quantifiable approach to...
20 August 2010 18 page(s) pdf
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From section:
Guidance Archive
Application Whitelisting
This document provides an overview of Application Whitelisting, including what it is, why one should use it, and how to enforce it.
01 August 2010 2 page(s) pdf
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From section:
Operating Systems
Application Whitelisting using Software Restriction Policies (version 1.1)
Software Restriction Policies (SRP) enables administrators to control which applications are allowed to run on Microsoft Windows. SRP is a feature of Windows XP and later operating systems. It can be configured as a local computer policy or as domain policy using Group Policy with Windows Server 2003 domains and later. Using this guide, administrators can configure SRP to prevent...
01 August 2010 19 page(s) pdf
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From section:
Guidance Archive
Cisco Unified Presence Server (CUPS)
This document goes over Cisco Unifed Presence Server (CUPS) and what it is, the functions, risks, etc.
01 August 2010 2 page(s) pdf
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From section:
Guidance Archive
Activating Authentication and Encryption for Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express (CUCME) 7.0/4.3
The intent of this document is to provide step-by-step instructions for configuring authentication and encryption for Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express (CUCME) releases 4.2, and 7.0/4.3.
28 April 2010 30 page(s) pdf
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From section:
Algorithm Guidance
Mathematical routines for the NIST prime elliptic curves
Described in this document are routines for implementing primitives for elliptic curve cryptography on the NIST elliptic curves P–192, P–224, P–256, P–384, and P–521 given in [FIPS186-2]. Also included are specialized routines for field arithmetic over the relevant prime fields and example calculations.
05 April 2010 44 page(s) pdf
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From section:
Tech Briefs
Host and Network Integrity through Trusted Computing
This document provides an overview of the Trusted Computing Group including explaining the Trusted Platform Module, Measured Boot and Measured Launch, Network Access Control, Recommendations, and Host Integrity at Startup.
01 April 2010 2 page(s) pdf
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