Glossary of Key Terms

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Acceptable use policies (AUPs)

Policies that define what actions are acceptable and which ones aren't.

Access control lists (ACLs)

The lists of permissions that define which users or groups can access an object.

Act of Congress

A statute or public law enacted by Congress.

A-I-C

The availability, integrity, and confidentiality properties that describe a secure object. Also referred to as confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA).

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)

The organization that developed the SAS 70 standard.

American National Standards Institute

A nonprofit accrediting organization that overseas the development of standards.

Application performance monitoring

Software that can measure end-user ...

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