Useful Links

Technology Governance Frameworks

COBIT - http://www.isaca.org/COBIT

Val IT - http://www.isaca.org/ValIT

ISO 20000 / IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) - http://www.itil.org.uk/

PRINCE 2 - http://www.prince2.com/

Information Security Standards

Information Security Forum (ISF) Standard of Good Practice - http://www.isfsecuritystandard.com

ISO27001/BS7799 Information Security Standard - http://www.27001-online.com/

Corporate Governance Standards

Committee of Sponsoring Organistaions of the Treadway Commission (COSO) -  http://www.coso.org/

Sarbanes Oxley Act 2002 - http://thecaq.aicpa.org/Resources/Sarbanes+Oxley/

Statement on Auditing Standards No 70 (SAS70) - http://www.sas70.com/

European Corporate Governance Institute - http://www.ecgi.org/

OECD Principals of Corporate Governance - http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/32/18/31557724.pdf

Business Continuity Institute / BS 25999 - http://www.thebci.org/

Technical Standards & Information

Centre for Internet Security (Lockdown Standards) - http://www.cisecurity.org/

SANS Internet Storm Centre - http://isc.sans.org/

International Committee for Technical Standards - http://www.incits.org/ 

Microsoft Windows Security - http://www.microsoft.com/security/default.mspx

Solaris UNIX Security - http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0100/security.pdf

IBM zOS Security -  http://www-03.ibm.com/security/

Software Development

ISO 9001 Quality Management System: http://emea.bsi-global.com/Quality/Overview/WhatisISO9000.xalter 

CERT Software Assurance - http://www.cert.org/

Committees and Associations

ISACA / CISA / CISM- www.isaca.org and www.isaca.org.uk

British Computer Society (BCS) / Information Risk Management and Assurance Group: http://www.bcs-irma.org/

British Computer Society (BCS) / Information Security Specialist Group: http://www.bcs-issg.org.uk/index.html

(ISC)2 / CISSP - https://www.isc2.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi