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