Wikipedia:WikiProject Computing/Computer and Information Security task force

Welcome to the Computer and Information Security task force of WikiProject Computing.

Scope

The Computer and Information Security task force exists to centralize efforts to improve Wikipedia's coverage of related matters, to include:

• Topics and Terminology (information security, firewall, hacker (computer security), etc.)
• Events, outages, and notable virus/worm outbreaks (Morris Worm, etc.)
• Practitioners (Dan Geer, Marcus J. Ranum, etc.)

Participants

1. Jclemens (talk · contribs)
2. Tinucherian (talk · contribs) - 05:15, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
3. Sephiroth storm (talk · contribs) - 10:01 8 August 2008 (UTC)
4. DavidBailey (talk) 10:31, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
5. h2g2bob (talk) 22:51, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Todo

Todo items for members of Computer and Information Security task force

• Find editors who have shown interest in this subject and ask them to take a look here.
• Tag related articles.
• Identify articles for creation
• Identify articles for improvement
• Review importance and quality of existing articles

Todo items for anyone

• Convert Protected Computer from a verbatim quote from a U.S. government source to an actual encyclopædic article. 69.140.152.55 (talk) 03:42, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

-In progress.

Guidelines

Tagging and assessment

Any articles that are within the scope of this project should be tagged with the project banners of WikiProject Computing. You may also find {{WikiProjectBanners}} useful. To each of these banners, you should add |security=yes as this will automatically put the page in the appropriate categories., such as Category:Computer and Information Security articles.

Templates

Main page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Computing/Templates

Userbox template

• {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Computing/Outreach/User Computer and Information Security task force}}

WikiProject Computing is a participant in WikiProject Computer Security.

Infobox template

• {{Infobox computer underground}}
• {{Hacking}}

Project Articles

{{WikiProject Computing|class=|importance=|security=yes|security-importance=}}

Computer and Information Security articles		Importance
		-	Quality

Importance scale

Proposed importance guidelines for Computer and Information Security Task Force - please edit me!

Importance	Criteria	Examples
Top	Core articles which are a "must have" for the Computer and Information Security Task Force. High-traffic articles which many people outside of computer security will already have a good knowledge of.	Computer security, Computer insecurity, Firewall, Malware
High	Most people interested in computer security will be familiar with the topic, and the article gives context to a number of other information security articles. Is mentioned by many books and academic papers, and discussed in detail in more than one.	Port scanner, Morris worm, Bruce Schneier
Mid	Known to many people interested in computer security, even if not in detail.	Chaos Computer Club, Snort (software)
Low	More specific and specialized content known only to some people intersted in computer security.	Michael Lynn, Datenschleuder, Certified Information Systems Security Professional