On this page we provide links to training and education material at government, industry, and academic sites. The material may be in the form of:

• Available courses, workshops, and seminars
• Material that can be downloaded and modified to fit your particular needs
• Lists of publications that either describe training models and standards, or that contain useful material that can be incorporated into a training course
• Training-oriented organizations and conferences
• Education programs, primarily at colleges and universities
• IT security professional certification programs and related issues

Please see our NIST disclaimer: Any mention of commercial products within NIST web pages is for information only; it does not imply recommendation or endorsement by NIST.

Having said that, if your agency, business, or school has training or education material that falls into any of the following categories, and if you would like to make this available to the federal, industry, and academic community, please contact us. If you are a vendor of IT Security training services and we have not listed you as a source of training, please contact us. If you have attended a course offered by a vendor who is not listed here, and are satisfied with their work, please contact us. Send e-mail to mark.wilson@nist.gov.

As we have done on this page, in most cases we will link to available material, or to sites that you identify as being useful to the training and education community. In some cases, a category in the following index will be sparsely populated with sites. We would like your help in identifying additional training/education programs and sites.

Federal IT Security Training Programs

Courses, Workshops, and Seminars

Course Material

Training Publications

Training-Oriented Organizations & Conferences

IT Security Education Programs

IT Security Professional Certification and Related Issues

Send your suggestions of additional training and/or education information, material, and sites to: Mark Wilson