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*-property
3DES
A1 computer system
AA
ABA Guidelines
Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)
ACC
acceptable risk
access
Access Certificate for Electronic Services (ACES)
access control
access control center (ACC)
access control list (ACL)
access control matrix
access control service
access level
access list
access mode
access policy
access profile
access right
accountability
accounting See: COMSEC accounting.
accounting legend code (ALC)
accreditation
accreditation boundary
accreditor
ACES
ACL
acquirer
activation data
active attack
active content
active user
active wiretapping
add-on security
adequate security
administrative security
administrator
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
adversary
AES
Affirm
aggregation
AH
air gap
ALC
algorithm
alias
Alice and Bob
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
Anderson report
anomaly detection
anonymity
anonymizer
anonymous credential
anonymous login
ANSI
anti-jam
apex trust anchor
API
APOP
Application Layer
application program
architecture
archive
ARPANET
ASCII
ASN.1
asset
association
assurance See: security assurance.
assurance level
asymmetric cryptography
asymmetric key
ATIS
attack
attack potential
attack sensing, warning, and response
attack tree
attribute
attribute authority (AA)
attribute certificate
audit
audit log
audit service
audit trail
AUTH
authenticate
authentication
authentication code
authentication exchange
Authentication Header (AH)
authentication information
authentication service
authenticity
authority
authority certificate
Authority Information Access extension
authorization
authorization credential
authorize
authorized user
automated information system
availability
availability service
avoidance
B1, B2, or B3 computer system
back door
back up
backup
bagbiter
baggage
baked-in security
bandwidth
bank identification number (BIN)
Basic Encoding Rules (BER)
Basic Security Option
bastion host
BBN Technologies Corp. (BBN)
BCA
BCR
BCI
Bell-LaPadula model
benign
benign fill
BER
beyond A1
Biba integrity
Biba model
billet
BIN
bind
biometric authentication
birthday attack
bit
bit string
BLACK
BLACK/Crypto/RED (BCR)
BLACK key
BLACKER
blind attack
block
block cipher
Blowfish
brain-damaged
brand
brand certification authority (BCA)
brand CRL identifier (BCI)
break
Brewer-Nash model
bridge
bridge CA
British Standard 7799
browser
brute force
BS7799
buffer overflow
buffer zone
bulk encryption
bulk key
bulk keying material
bump-in-the-stack
bump-in-the-wire
business-case analysis
byte
C field
C1 or C2 computer system
CA
CA certificate
CA domain
Caesar cipher
call back
CAM
CANEWARE
capability list
capability token
Capability Maturity Model (CMM)
CAPI
CAPSTONE
card
card backup
card copy
card restore
cardholder
cardholder certificate
cardholder certification authority (CCA)
CAST
category
CAW
CBC
CCA
CCEP
CCI
CCITT
CCM
CERIAS
CERT
certificate
Certificate Arbitrator Module (CAM)
certificate authority
certificate chain
certificate chain validation
certificate creation
certificate expiration
certificate extension
certificate holder
certificate management
certificate management authority (CMA)
certificate owner
certificate path
certificate policy
certificate policy qualifier
certificate profile
certificate reactivation
certificate rekey
certificate renewal
certificate request
certificate revocation
certificate revocation list (CRL)
certificate revocation tree
certificate serial number
certificate status authority
certificate status responder
certificate update
certificate user
certificate validation
certification
certification authority (CA)
certification authority workstation (CAW)
certification hierarchy
certification path
certification policy
certification practice statement (CPS)
certification request
certify
CFB
chain
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
challenge-response
Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism (CRAM)
channel
channel capacity
CHAP
checksum
Chinese wall policy
chosen-ciphertext attack
chosen-plaintext attack
CIAC
CIK
cipher
cipher block chaining (CBC)
cipher feedback (CFB)
cipher text
ciphertext
ciphertext auto-key (CTAK)
ciphertext-only attack
ciphony
CIPSO
CKL
Clark-Wilson model
class 2, 3, 4, 5
Class A1, B3, B2, B1, C2, or C1 computer system
classification
classification label
classification level
classified
classify
clean system
clear
clear text
clearance
clearance level
cleartext
CLEF
client
client-server system
CLIPPER
closed security environment
CMA
CMAC
CMCS
CMM
CMS
code
code book
code signing
code word
COI
cold start
collateral information
color change
Commercial COMSEC Evaluation Program (CCEP)
commercially licensed evaluation facility (CLEF)
Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS)
Common Criteria for Information Technology Security
Common IP Security Option (CIPSO)
common name
communications cover
communication security (COMSEC)
community of interest (COI)
community risk
community string
compartment
compartmented security mode
Compartments field
component
compression
compromise
compromise recovery
compromised key list (CKL)
COMPUSEC
computer emergency response team (CERT)
Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC)
computer network
computer platform
computer security (COMPUSEC)
computer security incident response team (CSIRT)
computer security object
Computer Security Objects Register (CSOR)
computer system
Computers At Risk
COMSEC
COMSEC account
COMSEC accounting
COMSEC boundary
COMSEC custodian
COMSEC material
COMSEC Material Control System (CMCS)
confidentiality
concealment system
configuration control
confinement property
constraint
content filter
contingency plan
control zone
controlled access protection
controlled cryptographic item (CCI)
controlled interface
controlled security mode
controlling authority
cookie
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
correction
correctness
correctness integrity
correctness proof
corruption
counter
counter-countermeasure
counter mode (CTR)
Counter with Cipher Block Chaining-Message Authentication Code
countermeasure
country code
Courtney's laws
covert action
covert channel
covert storage channel
covert timing channel
CPS
cracker
CRAM
CRC
credential
critical
critical information infrastructure
CRL
CRL distribution point
CRL extension
cross-certificate
cross-certification
cross-domain solution
cryptanalysis
crypto, CRYPTO
cryptographic
cryptographic algorithm
cryptographic application programming interface (CAPI)
cryptographic association
cryptographic boundary
cryptographic card
cryptographic component
cryptographic hash
cryptographic ignition key (CIK)
cryptographic key
Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
cryptographic module
cryptographic system
cryptographic token
cryptography
Cryptoki
cryptology
cryptonet
cryptoperiod
cryptosystem
cryptovariable
CSIRT
CSOR
CTAK
CTR
cut-and-paste attack
cyclic redundancy check (CRC)
DAC
daemon
dangling threat
dangling vulnerability
DASS
data
Data Authentication Algorithm, data authentication algorithm
Data Authentication Code, data authentication code
data compromise
data confidentiality
data confidentiality service
Data Encryption Algorithm (DEA)
data encryption key (DEK)
Data Encryption Standard (DES)
data integrity
data integrity service
data origin authentication
data origin authentication service
data owner
data privacy
data recovery
data security
datagram
datagram confidentiality service
datagram integrity service
DEA
deception
decipher
decipherment
declassification
declassify
decode
decrypt
decryption
dedicated security mode
default account
defense in depth
Defense Information Infrastructure (DII)
Defense Information Systems Network (DISN)
degauss
degausser
DEK
delay
deletion
deliberate exposure
delta CRL
demilitarized zone (DMZ)
denial of service
DES
designated approving authority (DAA)
detection
deterrence
dictionary attack
Diffie-Hellman
Diffie-Hellman-Merkle
digest
digital certificate
digital certification
digital document
digital envelope
Digital ID(service mark)
digital key
digital notary
digital signature
Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA)
Digital Signature Standard (DSS)
digital watermarking
digitized signature
DII
direct attack
directory, Directory
Directory Access Protocol (DAP)
disaster plan
disclosure
discretionary access control
DISN
disruption
Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER)
distinguished name (DN)
distributed attack
Distributed Authentication Security Service (DASS)
distributed computing
distribution point
DKIM
DMZ
DN
DNS
doctrine
DoD
DOI
domain
Domain Keys Identified Mail (DKIM)
domain name
Domain Name System (DNS)
domain of interpretation (DOI)
dominate
dongle
downgrade
downgrade attack
draft RFC
Draft Standard
DSA
DSS
dual control
dual signature
dual-use certificate
duty
e-cash
EAP
EAL
Easter egg
eavesdropping
ECB
ECDSA
economy of alternatives
economy of mechanism
ECU
EDI
EDIFACT
EE
EES
effective key length
effectiveness
El Gamal algorithm
electronic codebook (ECB)
electronic commerce
electronic data interchange (EDI)
Electronic Key Management System (EKMS)
electronic signature
electronic wallet
elliptic curve cryptography (ECC)
Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA)
emanation
emanations analysis
emanations security (EMSEC)
embedded cryptography
emergency plan
emergency response
EMSEC
EMV
Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
encipher
encipherment
enclave
encode
encrypt
encryption
encryption certificate
end cryptographic unit (ECU)
end entity
end system
end-to-end encryption
end user
endorsed-for-unclassified cryptographic item (EUCI)
entity
entrapment
entropy
ephemeral
erase
error detection code
Escrowed Encryption Standard (EES)
ESP
Estelle
ETSI
EUCI
European Telecommunication Standards Institute (ETSI)
evaluated system
evaluation
evaluation assurance level (EAL)
expire
exposure
Extended Security Option
Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
extension
external controls
extranet
extraction resistance
extrusion detection
fail-safe
fail-secure
fail-soft
failure control
fairness
falsification
fault tree
FEAL
Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)
Federal Public-key Infrastructure (FPKI)
Federal Standard 1027
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
fill device
filter
filtering router
financial institution
fingerprint
FIPS
FIPS PUB 140
FIREFLY
firewall
firmware
FIRST
flaw
flaw hypothesis methodology
flooding
flow analysis
flow control
For Official Use Only (FOUO)
formal
formal access approval
Formal Development Methodology
formal model
formal proof
formal specification
formal top-level specification
formulary
FORTEZZA(trademark)
Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST)
forward secrecy
FOUO
FPKI
fraggle attack
frequency hopping
fresh
FTP
gateway
GCA
GDOI
GeldKarte
GeneralizedTime
Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSS-API)
geopolitical certificate authority (GCA)
GIG
Global Information Grid (GIG)
good engineering practice(s)
granularity
Green Book
Group Domain of Interpretation (GDOI)
group identity
group security association
GSS-API
guard
guest login
GULS
Gypsy verification environment
H field
hack
hacker
handle
handling restriction
Handling Restrictions field
handshake
Handshake Protocol
harden
hardware
hardware error
hardware token
hash code
hash function
hash result
hash value
HDM
Hierarchical Development Methodology (HDM)
hierarchical PKI
hierarchy management
hierarchy of trust
high-assurance guard
hijack attack
HIPAA
HMAC
honey pot
host
HTML
HTTP
https
human error
hybrid encryption
hyperlink
hypermedia
hypertext
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
IAB
IANA
IATF
ICANN
ICMP
ICMP flood
ICRL
IDEA
identification
identification information
Identification Protocol
identifier
identifier credential
identifying information
identity
identity-based security policy
identity proofing
IDOC
IDS
IEEE
IEEE 802.10
IEEE P1363
IESG
IETF
IKE
IMAP4
IMAP4 AUTHENTICATE
impossible
in the clear
Ina Jo
incapacitation
incident
INCITS
indicator
indirect attack
indirect certificate revocation list (ICRL)
indistinguishability
inference
inference control
INFOCON
informal
information
information assurance
Information Assurance Technical Framework (IATF)
information domain
information domain security policy
information flow policy
information operations condition (INFOCON)
information security (INFOSEC)
information system
Information Technology Security Evaluation Criteria (ITSEC)
INFOSEC
ingress filtering
initialization value (IV)
initialization vector
insertion
inside attack
insider
inspectable space
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
integrity
integrity check
integrity label
intelligent threat
interception
interference
intermediate CA
internal controls
International Data Encryption Algorithm (IDEA)
International Standard
International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
internet, Internet
Internet Architecture Board (IAB)
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Internet-Draft
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG)
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
Internet Layer
Internet Message Access Protocol, version 4 (IMAP4)
Internet Open Trading Protocol (IOTP)
Internet Policy Registration Authority (IPRA)
Internet Private Line Interface (IPLI)
Internet Protocol (IP)
Internet Protocol security
Internet Protocol Security Option (IPSO)
Internet Protocol Suite (IPS)
Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP)
Internet Society (ISOC)
Internet Standard
internetwork
intranet
intruder
intrusion
intrusion detection
intrusion detection system (IDS)
invalidity date
IOTP
IP
IP address
IP Security Option
IP Security Protocol (IPsec)
IPLI
IPRA
IPS
IPsec
IPSO
ISAKMP
ISO
ISO 17799
ISOC
issue
issuer
ITAR
ITSEC
ITU-T
IV
jamming
KAK
KDC
KEA
KEK
Kerberos
kernel
Kernelized Secure Operating System (KSOS)
key
key agreement (algorithm or protocol)
key authentication
key-auto-key (KAK)
key center
key confirmation
key distribution
key distribution center (KDC)
key encapsulation
key-encrypting key (KEK)
key escrow
key establishment (algorithm or protocol)
Key Exchange Algorithm (KEA)
key generation
key generator
key length
key lifetime
key loader
key loading and initialization facility (KLIF)
key management
Key Management Protocol (KMP)
key material
key pair
key recovery
key space
key translation center
key transport (algorithm or protocol)
key update
key validation
keyed hash
keying material
keying material identifier (KMID)
Khafre
Khufu
KLIF
KMID
known-plaintext attack
kracker
KSOS, KSOS-6, KSOS-11
L2F
L2TP
label
laboratory attack
LAN
land attack
Language of Temporal Ordering Specification (LOTOS)
lattice
lattice model
Law Enforcement Access Field (LEAF)
Layer 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Layer 2 Forwarding Protocol (L2F)
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)
LDAP
least common mechanism
least privilege
least trust
legacy system
legal non-repudiation
leap of faith
level of concern
level of robustness
Liberty Alliance
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
link
link encryption
liveness
logic bomb
login
long title
low probability of detection
low probability of intercept
LOTOS
MAC
magnetic remanence
main mode
maintenance hook
malicious logic
malware
MAN
man-in-the-middle attack
manager
mandatory access control
manipulation detection code
marking
MARS
Martian
masquerade
MCA
MD2
MD4
MD5
merchant
merchant certificate
merchant certification authority (MCA)
mesh PKI
Message Authentication Code (MAC), message authentication code
message digest
message handling system
Message Handling System
message indicator
message integrity check
message integrity code (MIC)
Message Security Protocol (MSP)
meta-data
metadata, Metadata(trademark), METADATA(trademark)
MHS
MIC
MIME
MIME Object Security Services (MOSS)
Minimum Interoperability Specification for PKI Components (MISPC)
misappropriation
MISPC
MISSI
MISSI user
mission
mission critical
mission essential
misuse
misuse detection
MLS
mobile code
mode
mode of operation
model
modulus
Mondex
Morris Worm
MOSS
MQV
MSP
multicast security
Multics
multilevel secure (MLS)
multilevel security mode
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)
mutual suspicion
name
naming authority
National Computer Security Center (NCSC)
National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
National Reliability and Interoperability Council (NRIC)
national security
National Security Agency (NSA)
national security information
national security system
natural disaster
NCSC
need to know, need-to-know
network
Network Hardware Layer
Network Interface Layer
Network Layer Security Protocol (NLSP).
Network Substrate Layer
network weaving
NIAP
nibble
NIPRNET
NIST
NLSP
no-lone zone
no-PIN ORA (NORA)
node
nonce
non-critical
non-repudiation service
non-repudiation with proof of origin
non-repudiation with proof of receipt
non-volatile media
NORA
notarization
NRIC
NSA
null
NULL encryption algorithm
OAKLEY
object
object identifier (OID)
object reuse
obstruction
OCSP
octet
OFB
off-line attack
ohnosecond
OID
Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP)
one-time pad