Rob Slade has authored a new book providing over 1,000 security-specific terms and definitions.
According to Hal Tipton, CISSP, ISSAP, ISSMP, and author of the book's foreword...
"What is needed now in the world of information security is a single glossary of terms using the preferred definition for each term to be published and used throughout the world. I personally have come face to face with this definition problem as the chief instructor over the past dozen years for the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2. In that role, I have developed several courses that addressed topics contained in the Common Body of Knowledge for the information security field that dealt with concepts and definitions. I struggled continuously to select the most appropriate definition for many of the most important terms. As a result, I am supportive of the idea of publishing an official glossary of terms for information security professionals and related personnel. Rob Slade has undertaken this difficult task, and his Dictionary should prove to be one of the most helpful additions to the professional library of every one of us working in the field of information security."
Rob Slade is a data communications, information security, and management consultant from North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His first love is teaching (before research turned him into a virus expert), and he got into computers because of an interest in what they could do to improve the education process in the public school system. He has B.Sc. from the University of BC, an M.S. (in Computer and Information Science Education) from the University of Oregon, and a Diploma of Christian Studies from Regent College.
The book is published by Syngress.
[Rob has been maintaining and building a dictionary/encyclopedia for many years and also published it in print before, but this is the first time the infosec part appears in print. As any reference work produced by a single individual Rob's word lists contains entries you agree with, and some you don't. Having this type of dictionary is, however, always useful. --Ed].
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Taken from Information Security Bulletin.