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Privacy and Access Council of Canada

The voice for privacy and access

Glossary

Meaning. Intent. Clarity.

The following references, glossaries, and research sources are maintained by other organizations and provide valuable guidance.

A Civil Society Glossary and Primer for End-to-End Encryption Policy

 
Information Commissioner of Canada Lexicon

Institute of Internal Auditors Standards Glossary

ISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals Glossary

ISO27001security.com

link.springer.com — Access to more than 10 million scientific documents including boooks and articles

NATO CCDCOE Cyber Definitions

NICCS Glossary of Common Cybersecurity Terminology

NIST Glossary of Key Information Security Terms (NISTIR 7298 Rev. 2)

Personal Data Protection Glossary — European Data Protection Supervisor

Privacy and Data Security Terminology, Dresden Faculty of Computer Science, Institute of Systems Architecture

Privacy and Identity Management for Europe (PRIME) Framework version 3

repec.org — Research Papers in Economics

SANS Institute Glossary of Security Terms

www.base-search.net — Search engine for academic research texts

www.bioline.org.br — A library of published bioscientific journals

www.pdfdrive.com — A searchable library of 87.7 Million eBooks available for free download

www.refseek.com is a search engine for academic resources. More than a billion sources

www.science.gov — A US government search engine for more than 2200 scientific sites

www.worldcat.org — Search the content of 20,000 libraries around the world

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