NIST Updates Glossary of Security Terms. Glossary provides some 1,500 definitions of cybersecurity terms. NIST created the glossary after receiving requests from practitioners to explain the terms used in NIST’s guidance. The glossary includes terms commonly seen in the news, such as denial of service, “the prevention of authorized access to resources or the delaying of time-critical operations,” and hacker, hacker, “unauthorized user” who attempts to or gains access to an information system.”]
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