Corvallis School District Glossary
Written by Tony Ling
Updated at August 22nd, 2024
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Glossary
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Cloud Computing Application
Cloud computing is the practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer. Examples of cloud computing applications are Dropbox, Facebook, Google Drive, Salesforce, and Box.com.
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Confidential Information
Confidential Information is information protected by statutes, regulations, Corvallis School District policies, procedures, or contractual language. Information Owners may also designate Information as Confidential. Confidential Information is sensitive in nature and access is restricted. Disclosure is limited to individuals on a “need-to-know” basis only. Disclosure to parties outside of Corvallis School District must be authorized by executive management, approved by the Director of Technology Services and/or the Information Security Committee, or covered by a binding confidentiality agreement. Examples of Confidential Information include: Customer data shared and/or collected during the course of a consulting engagement Financial information, including credit card and account numbers Social Security Numbers Personnel and/or payroll records Any Information identified by government regulation to be treated as confidential, or sealed by order of a court of competent jurisdiction Any Information belonging to a Corvallis School District customer that may contain personally identifiable information Patent information
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Incident
An incident can have one or more of the following definitions: Violation of an explicit or implied Corvallis School District security policy, Attempts to gain unauthorized access to a Corvallis School District Information Resource, Denial of service to a Corvallis School District Information Resource, Unauthorized use of Corvallis School District Information Resources, Unauthorized modification of Corvallis School District information, Loss of Corvallis School District Confidential or Protected information
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Information Resource
An asset that, like other important business assets, is essential to an organization’s business and consequently needs to be suitably protected. Information can be stored in many forms, including hardware assets (e.g., workstation, server, laptop) digital form (e.g., data files stored on electronic or optical media), material form (e.g., on paper), as well as unrepresented information in the form of knowledge of the employees. Information may be transmitted by various means including courier, electronic or verbal communication. Whatever form information takes, or how the information is transmitted, it always needs appropriate protection.
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Internal Information
Internal Information is information that must be guarded due to proprietary, ethical, or privacy considerations and must be protected from unauthorized access, modification, transmission, storage, or other use. This classification applies even though there may not be a civil statute requiring this protection. Internal Information is information that is restricted to personnel designated by Corvallis School District, who have a legitimate business purpose for accessing such Information. Examples of Internal Information include: Employment Information, Business partner information where no more restrictive confidentiality agreement exists, Internal directories and organization charts, Planning documents
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MFA
Multi-Factor Authentication
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Mobile Device
Computing devices that are intended to be easily moved and/or carried for the convenience of the user, and to enable computing tasks without respect to location. Mobile devices include, but are not necessarily limited to mobile phones, smartphones, tablets, and laptops.
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Non-Repudiation
The inability to deny responsibility for performing a specific act. (Sources: NISTIR 4734 under Non-repudiation)
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Penetration Test
A highly manual process that simulates a real-world attack situation with a goal of identifying how far an attacker would be able to penetrate into an environment.
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Personally Owned
Systems and devices that were not purchased, owned, or managed by Corvallis School District.
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Public Information
Public Information is information that may or must be open to the general public. It is defined as information with no existing local, national, or international legal restrictions on access or usage. Public Information, while subject to Corvallis School District disclosure rules, is available to all Corvallis School District employees and all individuals or entities external to the corporation. Examples of Public Information include: Publicly posted press releases, Publicly available marketing materials, Publicly posted job announcements
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Removable Media
Portable devices that can be used to copy, save, store, and/or move Information from one system to another. Removable media comes in various forms that include, but are not limited to, USB drives, flash drives, read/write CDs and DVDs, memory cards, external hard drives, and mobile phone storage.
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Synergy Task
A task can be added onto a user who has already been assigned a role. If someone has been assigned a role that doesn’t have access to something they need, a task can be used to give access to a specific node or menu option. Staff may be assigned multiple Tasks.
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Vulnerability Scan
A vulnerability scan is an automated tool run against external and internal network devices and servers, designed to expose potential vulnerabilities that could be found and exploited by malicious individuals.
