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DigiTaal: cyber dictionary for education & research

The world of cybersecurity is teeming with technical terms and abbreviations. In education and research, there are several more on top of that. This Dutch cyber dictionary is intended for everyone in education and research, whether you are at home in cybersecurity or not. Because, after all, working together goes better when we speak the same cyber language.

From Attack to Zero trust: way to terminology

From attack to duty of care, from false negative to zero trust and from script kiddie to the University of Harderwijk. This cyber dictionary guides you through the terminology we use in cybersecurity and how we work together in education and research. Useful for both security experts new to the industry and those less familiar with cybersecurity. You can then share knowledge faster, making us more resilient as an industry.

Specific to our sector

The DigiTaal cyber dictionary for education & research contains generic terms from cybersecurity as well as terms specific to the education and research sector. For instance, it contains names of consultations in our sector, specific educational organisations and services, but also universal security protocols, certificates and (ISO) standards. However, it is not an exhaustive reference work.

For the generic cybersecurity terms, we used the cybersecurity dictionary developed by Cyberveilig Nederland in collaboration with ECP, the Platform for the Information Society. SURF experts have supplemented this with the most common sector-specific terms.

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Download the cyber dictionary (in Dutch, PDF)

The original (Dutch) article can be found on the website of the Security Expertise Centre.

October is cybersecurity month

Throughout the month of October, organisations worldwide are drawing extra attention to cybersecurity (awareness). SURF too. On the SURF Security Expertise Centre you will find an overview of all the activities and publications we share in the context of this month. We will add to the page during the month.

To the Security Expertise Centre