Glossary of Key Information Security Terms

Published

April 25, 2006

Author(s)

Richard L. Kissel

Abstract

[Superseded by NISTIR 7298 Revision 1: http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=907638] This glossary of basic security terms has been extracted from NIST Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) and the Special Publication (SP) 800 series. The terms included are not all inclusive of terms found in these publications, but are a subset of basic terms that are most frequently used. The purpose of this glossary is to provide a central resource of definitions most commonly used in NIST security publications. Each entry in the glossary points to one or more source NIST publications, and in addition, supplemental sources where appropriate. As we are continuously refreshing our publication suite, terms included in the glossary come from our more recent publications and existing FIPS.

Citation

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 7298

Report Number

7298

NIST Pub Series

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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Glossary of Key Information Security Terms

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Keywords

computer security, computer security division, glossary, Information security, information security glossary, IT security, IT security glossary

Citation

Kissel, R. (2006), Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7298 (Accessed April 18, 2024)