Information security is the practice of protecting information by mitigating information risks. It is part of information risk management. It typically...

security (also cybersecurity, digital security, or information technology (IT) security) is a subdiscipline within the field of information security....

Physical information security is the intersection or common ground between physical security and information security. It primarily concerns the protection...

Information security standards (also cyber security standards) are techniques generally outlined in published materials that attempt to protect a user's...

A cryptosystem is considered to have information-theoretic security (also called unconditional security) if the system is secure against adversaries with...

Information security management (ISM) defines and manages controls that an organization needs to implement to ensure that it is sensibly protecting the...

Security information and event management (SIEM) is a field within computer security that combines security information management (SIM) and security...

(Certified Information Systems Security Professional) is an independent information security certification granted by the International Information System...

Information security awareness is an evolving part of information security that focuses on raising consciousness regarding potential risks of the rapidly...

Compartmentalization, in information security, whether public or private, is the limiting of access to information to persons or other entities on a need-to-know...

An information security audit is an audit of the level of information security in an organization. It is an independent review and examination of system...

In information technology, benchmarking of computer security requires measurements for comparing both different IT systems and single IT systems in dedicated...

A chief information security officer (CISO) is a senior-level executive within an organization responsible for establishing and maintaining the enterprise...

security risks to physical property, information, computer systems, or other assets. In the field of information security, such controls protect the confidentiality...

Information Technology Security Assessment (IT Security Assessment) is an explicit study to locate IT security vulnerabilities and risks. In an assessment...

Security information management (SIM) is an information security industry term for the collection of data such as log files into a central repository for...

Enterprise information security architecture is the practice of designing, constructing and maintaining information security strategies and policies in...

Operations security (OPSEC) is a process that identifies critical information to determine whether friendly actions can be observed by enemy intelligence...

provide security (security company, security police, security forces, security service, security agency, security guard, cyber security systems, security cameras...

The concept of information hazards is also relevant to information security. Many government, public, and private entities have information that could be...

The Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA, 44 U.S.C. § 3541, et seq.) is a United States federal law enacted in 2002 as Title III...

algorithmic information theory, and information-theoretic security. There is another opinion regarding the universal definition of information. It lies in...

The Security of Information Act (French: Loi sur la protection de l’information, R.S.C. 1985, c. O-5), formerly known as the Official Secrets Act, is...

classification of an information asset and rules on how to protect information classified at each level. This process often includes security clearances for...

private information. The international standards ISO/IEC 27001:2013 and ISO/IEC 27002:2013 cover data security under the topic of information security, and...

EU Regulation No 460/2004 under the name of European Network and Information Security Agency. ENISA's Regulation is the EU Regulation No 2019/881 of the...

In information security, transshipment is a technique for protecting software services and applications by ensuring they only receive data that they are...

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is an information security standard used to handle credit cards from major card brands. The...

Security engineering is the process of incorporating security controls into an information system so that the controls become an integral part of the system's...

An information security operations center (ISOC or SOC) is a facility where enterprise information systems (web sites, applications, databases, data centers...