Information Security and Data Protection Glossaries

Information Security and Data Protection Glossaries

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Dec 9, 2022

upd.04.01.2024, reviewed and updated

I use them regularly, so I thought I'd share my favourites with you:

1. ISACA (cybersecurity) - https://www.isaca.org/resources/glossary

2. NIST (cybersecurity) - https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary

3. ISO - https://www.iso.org/obp/ui

4. IEC - https://www.electropedia.org

5. SANS (cybersecurity) - https://www.sans.org/security-resources/glossary-of-terms

6. PCI (cybersecurity) - https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/glossary

7. ACSC (Australian cybersecurity) - https://www.cyber.gov.au/resources-business-and-government/essential-cyber-security/ism/cyber-security-terminology  and https://www.cyber.gov.au/learn-basics/view-resources/glossary

8. NCSC (UK cybersecurity) - https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/advice-guidance/glossary

9. IAPP (privacy) - https://iapp.org/resources/glossary

10. EDPS (privacy) - https://edps.europa.eu/data-protection/data-protection/glossary_en

11. Gartner (IT and other) - https://www.gartner.com/en/glossary

12. Forrester - https://www.forrester.com/staticassets/glossary.html

13. AXELOS (ITIL v4) - https://www.axelos.com/resource-hub/glossary/ITIL-4-glossaries-of-terms

14. IAEA (Nuclear Safety and Security, 2022) - https://www.iaea.org/publications/15236/iaea-nuclear-safety-and-security-glossary

15. OCEG (GRC) - https://www.oceg.org/glossary/en

16. NICCS (cybersecurity) - https://niccs.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-career-resources/vocabulary

The Cyber Security Body Of Knowledge - https://www.cybok.org