🔐 Cybersecurity Glossary
Over 307 professional cybersecurity terms in English & Arabic — your comprehensive reference for the cybersecurity world
307 terms
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12 terms
§ Anonymization
إخفاء الهوية
The process of removing personally identifiable information from data so individuals cannot be identified.
§ Consent
الموافقة
A freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous indication of the data subject's agreement to the processing of their personal data.
§ Cross-Border Data Transfer
نقل البيانات عبر الحدود
The transfer of personal data from one country to another, subject to legal restrictions and adequacy requirements.
§ Data Breach
انتهاك البيانات
A security incident in which sensitive, protected, or confidential data is accessed, disclosed, or stolen by an unauthorized party.
§ Data Controller
المتحكم بالبيانات
The entity that determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.
§ Data Portability
نقل البيانات
The right of data subjects to receive their personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
§ Data Processor
معالج البيانات
An entity that processes personal data on behalf of the data controller.
§ Data Protection Impact Assessment
DPIA
تقييم أثر حماية البيانات
A process to identify and minimize the data protection risks of a project or system.
§ Data Protection Officer
DPO
مسؤول حماية البيانات
A designated person responsible for overseeing data protection strategy and compliance within an organization.
§ Personal Data
PII
البيانات الشخصية
Any data that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person.
§ Privacy by Design
PbD
الخصوصية حسب التصميم
An approach where privacy and data protection are embedded into the design of systems and business practices from the outset.
§ Pseudonymization
الترميز المستعار
Processing personal data so it can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information.