Cyber Security Glossary

Find definitions for IT security and compliance in our online glossary of key terms, acronyms, and vocabulary.

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  • "The defined representation of the overall progression of how a process is intended to be performed, including all exceptions."
  • "‘Processing’ means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by(...)
  • "the combination of software and hardware on which the Application runs."
  • "‘Processor’ means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller."
  • "a specialized product management professional whose job is to manage the planning, development, launch, and success of products/solutions powered by AI, machine learning, and deep learning technologies."
  • "[person who is] focused on providing direction and prioritization for the cross-functional AI team, ensuring everyone remains focused on the overall vision and road map. This role is responsible for unifying individuals with diverse skills and backgrounds toward a common goal."
  • "how fast a product can be delivered to the market"
  • "[turning the best performing model] into an actual "data product," ready to be used in live services."
  • "‘Profiling’ means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation,(...)
  • Definition: A NICE Framework category consisting of specialty areas responsible for the identification, analysis, and mitigation of threats to internal IT systems or networks.
  • "An attribute that partitions a population into groups whose outcomes should have parity. Examples include race, gender, caste, and religion. Protected attributes are not universal, but are application specific."
  • "[a feature] that may not be used as the basis for decisions [and] could be chosen because of legal mandates or because of organizational values. Some common protected [classes] include race, religion, national origin, gender, marital status, age, and socioeconomic status."
  • "A prototype is an original model constructed to include all the technical characteristics and performances of the new product."
  • "The granting of access rights and executional privilege to an agent (human or machine) within an application(s) or system(s)."
  • "A variable that can stand in for another, usually not directly observable or measurable, variable."
  • "a particularly pernicious subset of disparate impact. Like all forms of disparate impact, it involves a facially neutral practice that disproportionately harms members of a protected class. But a practice producing a disparate impact only amounts to proxy discrimination when a second(...)
  • "‘Pseudonymisation’ means the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and(...)
  • "a system of theories, assumptions, and methods erroneously regarded as scientific"
  • The place where Outlook stores its data (when Outlook is used without Microsoft® Exchange Server). A PST file is created when a mail account is set up. Additional PST files can be created for backing up and archiving Outlook folders, messages, forms and files. The file extension given to PST(...)
  • Definition: A cryptographic key that may be widely published and is used to enable the operation of an asymmetric (public key) cryptographic algorithm. Extended Definition: The public part of an asymmetric key pair that is uniquely associated with an entity and that may be made(...)
  • Definition: A branch of cryptography in which a cryptographic system or algorithms use two uniquely linked keys: a public key and a private key (a key pair).Synonym(s): asymmetric cryptography, public key encryption
  • Synonym(s): public key cryptography
  • Definition: A framework consisting of standards and services to enable secure, encrypted communication and authentication over potentially insecure networks such as the Internet.
  • A network that is part of the public Internet. 
  • "The totality of features and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs."