04_WhitePapersResearch

A **white paper** is an authoritative report or guide that helps solve a problem. White papers are used to educate readers and help people [|make decisions], and are often requested and used in politics, policy, business, and technical fields. In commercial use, the term has also come to refer to documents used by businesses as a [|marketing] or [|sales] tool. Policy makers frequently request white papers from universities or academic personnel to inform policy developments with expert opinions or relevant research.

I've uploaded several pdf's of whitepapers i found on firewalls and intrustion detection & prevention, as well as a spreadsheet that lists them all.