During the past 30 or so years, as the field of information secu-
rity has grown from fledging status to an overarching giant,
developers in both the private and public sectors have created
thousands of tools and protocols to help ensure the confiden-
tiality, integrity, and availability of all types of information
resources. Quite naturally, the terminology and definitions of
terms and concepts multiplied exponentially. Unfortunately,
during this process, the same term and/or acronym described, in
many cases, very different things.The state today is that we have
difficulty communicating our thoughts to each other in this
profession because there is no standard glossary of terms we all
subscribe to and understand.
Several efforts in the past have resulted ...