The Networked Systems Survivability (NSS) Program of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is home to the CERT® Coordination Center. In addition to incident handling activities and security information services, the NSS Program includes teams dedicated to research and development of security improvement tools and techniques, survivable network technologies, incident and vulnerability analysis, and systems for collaborative security analysis.

Many system and network administrators familiar with UNIX and other types of networked systems are faced with translating their existing knowledge and experience into terms and practices applicable to the NT networking environments. Although many common system and network security issues are directly applicable in environments incorporating NT, those unique to such environments are not yet well understood.

The Security Improvement Team is currently engaged in the definition, research and development of recommended system and network administration practices, and information security evaluation procedures and tools. Our goal is to provide pragmatic guidance to organizations regarding secure deployment and operation of their systems and networks. Implementation platforms of interest include popular UNIX variants and Windows NT.

Our team is particularly interested in learning from the experiences of system and network administrators who are currently deploying and managing systems and networks that incorporate Windows NT Server, Workstation, and related products. We also hope to cultivate collaborative relationships with individuals and organizations using NT in the field, developers producing security solutions for NT environments, and researchers investigating security issues associated with systems and networks incorporating NT.

The Software Engineering Institute is sponsored by the United States Department of Defense.

Derek Simmel <ds@cert.org>
Security Improvement Team
Networked Systems Survivability Program
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
4500 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
(412) 268-6238
https://www.cert.org
https://www.sei.cmu.edu