NIST Releases New Guidelines for Securing Web Servers
The National Institute of Standards is the government's guiding body on all things standard. This is where the official "inch" and the official "pound" are kept. They also keep the official "guidelines for securing web servers" as well as "securing Windows XP", etc. Governmental institutions have to follow NIST guidelines if they're to use technology in their network.
Though the NIST standards are usually a little behind-the-times because of the lengthy approval process, they are usually an excellent "what do I need to do" document. Or, at least its a start.
You can check out...
...the newly-released document on the NIST web site at:
http://csrc.nist.gov/
Check out the right side of the page for a bunch of interesting documents. If you've ever wondered where your security administrator gets his or her guidance, this is one of the places.
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