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- NCSL BULLETIN
- SEPTEMBER, 1990
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- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF COMPUTER SECURITY GLOSSARIES
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- Many computer security glossaries and dictionaries have been
- published since 1976, when NIST issued Federal Information
- Processing Standards Publication (FIPS PUB) 39, "Glossary for
- Computer Systems Security." Recognizing the need to update FIPS
- PUB 39 and taking advantage of the variety of good glossaries
- that are now available from federal government agencies,
- industry, standards-making bodies, and other organizations within
- the computer security community, NIST has compiled a bibliography
- of selected material instead of developing another glossary.
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- This compilation includes work developed by the Department of
- Defense (DoD), the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
- Accredited Standards Committee X3K5, and private sector
- organizations. The bibliography includes glossaries that cover a
- broad spectrum of computer security terminology and concepts.
- The terms defined reflect those commonly used, as well as current
- specialized terminology and acronyms. Some are amplified by
- illustrations.
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- The bibliography will assist the security practitioner in
- becoming familiar with a variety of glossaries, many of which
- point to other reference sources. The bibliography is arranged
- in alphabetical order by title, indicating the author or work of
- an organization and a brief narrative by which the reader may
- select the most appropriate glossary.
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- "Computer Security Terms, Abbreviations, and Acronyms"
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- AFSSM 5000, Department of the Air Force, Air Force Systems
- Security Memoranda, July 31, 1989 (Draft). This glossary
- will be released in 1991.
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- This 84-page glossary was developed for the U.S. Air Force.
- Many of its terms and definitions are consistent with those
- in use in other defense and civilian federal government
- agencies.
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- "Data & Computer Security - Dictionary of Standards Concepts and
- Terms"
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- Dennis Longley and Michael Shain, Macmillan Publishers Ltd.,
- 1987. Order copies from CRC Press, Inc., 2000 Corporate
- Blvd., N.W., Boca Raton, FL 33431.
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- This document contains 376 pages and approximately 4,000
- terms. The dictionary provides in-depth definitions and
- descriptions of computer security terms and concepts.
- Extensive cross-referencing of terms allows users to compare
- or contrast terms and definitions. The many illustrations,
- models, and diagrams further assist users in understanding
- more complex computer security concepts. The dictionary
- provides multiple definitions for most of its terms.
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- "Datapro Reports on Information Security"
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- McGraw-Hill, Datapro Research, October 1989. Send
- subscription requests to McGraw-Hill, Datapro Research,
- Delran, NJ 08075.
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- This glossary contains over 1,000 terms and definitions.
- Although developed by a private sector organization, the
- publication contains many terms and definitions that are
- consistent with those used throughout federal government
- agencies.
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- "Glossary of Computer Security Terminology"
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- National Telecommunications and Information Systems Security
- Committee (NTISSC), September 11, 1987. When the draft is
- finalized, the document will be available through the
- Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing
- Office, Washington, DC 20402.
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- This 125-page draft glossary is composed largely of terms
- and definitions taken from official documents of U.S.
- government departments and agencies, although some
- definitions have been provided by private sector
- organizations. The glossary contains multiple definitions
- for most of its terms.
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- "Glossary of Computer Security Terminology"
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- Douglass L. Mansur (work performed under the auspices of the
- U.S. Department of Energy by the Lawrence Livermore National
- Laboratory under Contract No. W-7405-Eng-48) and Maj. Mary
- C. Curtis, U.S. Air Force, HQ/SCTT. Requests for copies
- should be sent to Douglass L. Mansur, Lawrence Livermore
- National Laboratory, L-303, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA
- 94550.
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- This glossary contains approximately 750 computer security
- terms. Its definitions are taken from official documents of
- departments and agencies of the U.S. government as well as
- private sector organizations. The glossary contains
- multiple definitions for most of its terms.
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- "Glossary of Computer Security Terms"
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- NCSC-TG-004, Version-1, October 21, 1988, National Computer
- Security Center (NCSC). Copies may be ordered from the
- Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office,
- U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.
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- This glossary contains approximately 300 terms and
- definitions and is issued by the National Computer Security
- Center. It is intended for use by U.S. government agencies
- or contractors that apply the criteria of DoD Directive
- 5200.28-STD, "DoD Trusted Computer System Evaluation
- Criteria" in the use of their computer systems.
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-
- "Supplement A: Computer Security - Results of 179th Meeting,
- March 16, 1990"
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- ANSI Accredited Standards Committee X3K5, Computer Security
- Supplement (Draft) to the American National Standard
- Dictionary for Information Systems.
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- This document, currently in draft, contains brief
- definitions of approximately 250 computer security terms.
- The ANSI Accredited Standards Committee X3K5 has yet to
- decide if the document will be published separately or will
- be included in the "American National Dictionary for
- Information Processing Systems."
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- "Tutorial - Computer and Network Security"
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- Marshall D. Abrams and Harold J. Podell, IEEE Computer
- Society Order Number 756, Library of Congress Number 86-
- 46217, IEEE Catalog Number EH0255-0, ISBN 0-8186-0756-4,
- published by IEEE Computer Society Press. Copies can be
- ordered from the IEEE Computer Society, P.O. Box 80452,
- Worldway Postal Center, Los Angeles, CA 90080.
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- This brief glossary is in the form of an index to a tutorial
- and provides definitions for approximately 250 network and
- computer security terms. The glossary addresses civil
- government, military (unclassified but sensitive), and
- private sector use of computer security terminology. The
- glossary contains multiple definitions for some of its
- terms.