The SANS (System Administration, Networking, and Security) Institute is a cooperative research and education organization through which more than 100K+ system administrators, security professionals, and network administrators share the lessons they are learning and find solutions for security challenges they face. SANS now offers online training towards security certification, along with their instructor-based training. If you are involved in IT security, please visit SANS.org and be aware of what's going on "out here". SANS offers the Global Incident Analysis Center (GIAC) security certifications.
A sample from the SANS Institute - How to Eliminate the Ten Most Critical Internet Security Threats
SANS GIAC Certification: Security Essentials Toolkit (GSEC)This book is the first in the series of SANS Press books that cover SANS' popular Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) Certification program. SANS GIAC Certification: Security Essentials Toolkit (GSEC) prepares you for the GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC), the most popular among several GIAC certifications. This book shows security engineers how to configure, deploy, and troubleshoot the preferred tools of the trade. |
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Other security certifications available include the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP books) through the International Information Systems Security Consortium, and the Certified Network Security Administrator or Engineer through ICSA.net.
The Center for Internet Security (CIS) is a not-for-profit cooperative enterprise that helps organizations reduce the risk of business and e-commerce disruptions resulting from inadequate security configurations.
For the first time ever, a large group of user organizations, information security professionals and auditors have agreed on security configuration specifications that represent a prudent level of due care, and are working together to define consensus best-practice security configurations for computers connected to the Internet.
Determine how your systems measure up to these widely accepted security benchmarks. I challenge you!
In accordance with the CIS not-for-profit mission, the Benchmarks and Scoring Tools are available free.