Terminology Glossary
This glossary supplements the NIST Computer Security Resource Center Glossary.
- DIR
- Texas Department of Information Resources
- FERPA
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974
- FIPS
- Federal Information Processing Standards
- FTI
- Federal Tax Information
- HIPAA
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
- PCI
- Payment Card Industry
- PII
- Personal Identifying Information
- SCISO
- System Chief Information Security Officer
- SCRSO
- System Chief Research Security Officer
- Security incident
- an event which results in the accidental or deliberate unauthorized access, loss, disclosure, modification, disruption, or destruction of information or information resources
- SPI
- Sensitive Personal Information
- TAMUS
- Texas A&M University System