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We currently have 21 entries in all our glossaries.

Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend CERT [Agencies and Organizations]

The CERT Coordination Center at Carnegie Mellon University Federally funded research center provides training, incident handling, R&D, advisories....

Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend CIAO [Agencies and Organizations]

Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office (CIAO ) CIAO focuses on developing a national plan for protecting the US government's critical infrastruc...

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Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) COSO stands for the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations, which created internal controls standards ...

Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend CSI [Agencies and Organizations]

Computer Security Institute (CSI) An educational membership organization that offers conferences, training, and networking opportunities to securi...

Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend Default Password [Internet and Intranet]

The password that arrives preinstalled with a new computer or software system. Often, these passwords are simple and easy to guess, like "123456." Th...

Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend Firewall [Internet and Intranet]

A firewall is a set of related programs, located at a network gateway server, that protects the resources of a private network from users from other ...

Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend Identity-Based Encryption [Identification, Authentication, and Authorization]

The concept of Identity-Based Encryption (IBE) was first formulated by Shamir in 1984.

"An identity-based scheme resembles an idea...


Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend IDS [Internet and Intranet]

See Intrusion Detection System...

Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend InfraGard [Agencies and Organizations]

Public/private information-sharing effort led by the FBI and the National Infrastructure Protection Center with local chapters located across the Uni...

Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend Intrusion Detection System [Internet and Intranet]

Comprehensive security software that identifies and records all attempts to compromise a network. In its simplest form, an intrusion detection system...

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