Glossary of Terms

This glossary supplements the NIST Computer Security Resource Center Glossary and Texas Administrative Code Section 202.1.

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