ISO Consensus Papers

The Information Security Office (ISO) receives many inquires about the security of technology. Periodically, ISO staff publish opinions on some of these topics from a security perspective. Use the ISO Consensus Papers to inform the decisions you make about implementing information technology resources in your area. If you have questions or feedback about these articles, please send e-mail to security@utexas.edu.

Skype (September 2008)

Virtual Computing (November 2006)

Windows Vista (November 2006)

Cleaning Compromised Systems (July 2007)

Windows 7 (October 2009)

Research Papers

SANS Institute Gold Paper: Auditing and Securing Multifunction Devices (January 2007)

SANS Institute Gold Paper: Covering the Tracks on Mac OS X Leopard (June 2008)

SANS Institute Gold Paper: Skype - A Practical Security Analysis (October 2008)

SANS Institute Gold Paper: Developing a Snort Dynamic Preprocessor (August 2008)