NISTIR 7298 Revision 1, Glossary of Key Information Security Terms

NIST IR 7298 Revision 1, Glossary of Key Information Security Terms
Wireless Application Protocol –
(WAP)
A standard that defines the way in which Internet communications
and other advanced services are provided on wireless mobile devices.
SOURCE: CNSSI-4009
Wireless Technology – Technology that permits the transfer of information between
separated points without physical connection.
Note: Currently wireless technologies use infrared, acoustic, radio
frequency, and optical.
SOURCE: CNSSI-4009
Work Factor – Estimate of the effort or time needed by a potential perpetrator, with
specified expertise and resources, to overcome a protective measure.
SOURCE: CNSSI-4009
Workcraft Identity – Synonymous with Tradecraft Identity.
SOURCE: CNSSI-4009
Worm – A self-replicating, self-propagating, self-contained program that uses
networking mechanisms to spread itself. See malicious code.
SOURCE: SP 800-61; CNSSI-4009
Write – Fundamental operation in an information system that results only in
the flow of information from a subject to an object. See access type.
SOURCE: CNSSI-4009
Write Access – Permission to write to an object in an information system.
SOURCE: CNSSI-4009
Write-Blocker – A device that allows investigators to examine media while preventing
data writes from occurring on the subject media.
SOURCE: SP 800-72
X.509 Certificate – The International Organization for Standardization/International
Telecommunication Union – Standardization Department (ISO/ITU-
T) X.509 standard defined two types of certificates – the X.509
public key certificate and the X.509 attribute certificate. Most
commonly, an X.509 certificate refers to the X.509 public key
certificate.
SOURCE: SP 800-57
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