(ISC)² Supports NIST Encouragement of Inclusive Cybersecurity Terminology
CyberSecurity Insiders
MAY 17, 2021
Commonly used cybersecurity terms such as “blacklisting” and “whitelisting” may be discontinued if the National Institute of Standards and Technologies (NIST) efforts are successful. The agency wants to eliminate terms with problematic connotations from speech and written documents and replace them with neutral, more precise wording.
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