Category Archives: ICT Terminology

Another Security Vocabulary bt IETF

There exist another vocabulary called “Internet Security Glossary, Version 2”. It is IETF RFC 4949 from 2007. IETF=Internet Engineering Task Force Note, in RFC 4949 the definitions might differ from the ITU and ISO definitions. For example, “information security” is … Continue reading

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ITU Terms and Definitions

ITU (International Telecommunication Union, intro) has online database for terms and definitions for 6 languages. Currently there are more than 100000 terms.   For the term “information security” it can find a match in ITU-T. Term : information security Definition … Continue reading

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ISO Standards, Risk Management and Information Security Vocabularies

There are different vocabularies for Information Security. One good reference Risk Management is the ISO Guide 73 from 2009. For Information Security, one should look ISO 27000 from 2009. Unfortunately these standards are not free. For free vocabulary, it is … Continue reading

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