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Network Access Control.
Network Address Translation.
These guidelines describe NCUA's policy for ensuring the quality of information that it disseminates to the public and sets forth the administrative procedure by which an affected person may obtain correction of disseminated information.
The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace is part of our overall effort to protect the Nation. It is an implementing component of the National Strategy for Homeland Security and is complemented by a National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets
Equipment that enables the movement of data in a computer network. Examples would include switches, telecommunications equipment, routers, firewalls, bridges, wireless access points, etc.
Equipment or instruments designed to aid testing, analyzing and/or monitoring on networks.
system or group of systems used to control access between two Network Zones
The facilities to aggregate and correlate logs generated by the networks that constitute the environment
The ability to securely monitor and manage network equipment
Tools used to enforce the availability, confidentiality, and integrity for the network.
Formal processes by which employees are hired into the organization. Proper procedures require a dependency between IT, HR, Business Unit, and Legal.
When an information system comes up short does not meet pre-set standards
Presidential Decision Directive 63 (PDD-63), "Protecting America's Critical Infrastructures," officially mandates a framework of cooperation for America's critical infrastructures.