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Catfish

Internet predators who create fake online identities to lure people into emotional or romantic relationships for personal or financial gain.

Caveat

A marking that indicates that the data has special requirements in addition to those indicated by its classification. This term covers codewords, source codewords, releasability indicators and special-handling caveats.

CDN

Content delivery network

Certificates

1. (O) In relation to information assurance (IA), a digitally-signed representation of information that identifies the issuing authority, subscriber, and valid operational period (date of issue and expiration).(ACSI 1D) 

2. (O) On the internet, a digital file installed on a secure web server that identifies a website to establish the identity and authenticity of the company or merchant so that online shoppers can trust that the website is secure and reliable.

Certification report

An artefact of Common Criteria evaluations that outlines the outcomes of a product’s evaluation.

Change and configuration management plan

A document that describes the management of changes to the configuration of systems.

Chief executive officer (CEO)

The highest-ranking executive in a company, whose primary responsibilities include making major corporate decisions, managing the overall operations and resources of a company, acting as the main point of communication between the board of directors and corporate operations, and being the public face of the company.

Chief information security officer (CISO)

A senior executive who is responsible for coordinating communication between security and business functions as well as overseeing the application of security controls and associated security risk management processes.

CHIPs

Cyber Hygiene Improvement Program

Classification

The categorisation of information and systems according to the business impact level associated with the information or system.

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