The IEEE Computer Security and Privacy Glossary is currently in preparation, under IEEE Standards Project P610.9. The Glossary has been divided into a number of groups of terms, each of which is designated as a Keyword Group. Each keyword group contains up to several dozen terms, which are related to a common theme within the scope of the Glossary. Terms have also been included from a number of glossaries that have been compiled in the past.
The IEEE Computer Dictionary, when completed, will contain a compendium of several such glossaries.
Members of the IEEE Technical Committee on Security and Privacy are invited to review one or more of the keyword groups within the Security and Privacy Glossary. We ask only that you complete your review in a timely manner and return your comments, since the Glossary is now nearing completion.
Send inquiries to:
Bennett Meyer
Project Leader, P610.9
Email: ben.meyer@ieee.org
Please include your name, organizational affiliation, mailing address, email address, and phone number with your request, along with the names of the Keyword Groups you would like to review. The complete list of keyword groups is given below.
IEEE COMPUTER SECURITY AND PRIVACY GLOSSARY, KEYWORD GROUPS KEYWORD GROUP NO. OF TERMS ============= ============ 1. Access concepts 50 2. Administrative security 22 3. Security assessment 38 4. Channel concepts 10 5. Communications security 32 6. Copy protection 27 7. Emanations security 6 8. Encryption 57 9. Erasing/overwriting 12 10. Formal verification methods 32 11. General 23 12. Hardware/software methods 67 13. Security levels/modes 84 14. Passwords 22 15. Physical security 8 16. Security policies/principles 13 17. Security threats 63 18. Trusted computing base 17 19. Types of security 26
Cipher readers may also be interested in the two-volume Unified Glossary of Security and Privacy Terms distributed gratis at the recent NISS 19 conference and (sometimes) available for online searching at http://cis.isu.edu/security/glossary.html (see New Reports Available by FTP and WWW).