Public Glossary Index

Controlled vocabulary for the Cybersecurity Encyclopedia. Glossary entries are **term authorities** (is_authority: true). Future documents reference **KIDs**, not ad hoc definitions.

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Public Glossary Index

Version: 2.0
Status: 43 glossary authorities (41 + Phase 2 foundation)
Last Updated: 2026-07-07

Purpose

Controlled vocabulary for the Cybersecurity Encyclopedia. Glossary entries are term authorities (is_authority: true). Future documents reference KIDs, not ad hoc definitions.

Use GLOSSARY_ENTRY_TEMPLATE.md for new entries.

First glossary collection

KID Term File Status
KID-GLS-0001 Evidence EVIDENCE.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0002 Investigation INVESTIGATION.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0003 Security Context SECURITY_CONTEXT.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0004 Risk RISK.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0005 Threat Intelligence THREAT_INTELLIGENCE.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0006 Operational Intelligence OPERATIONAL_INTELLIGENCE.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0007 Exposure EXPOSURE.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0008 Finding FINDING.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0009 Asset ASSET.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0010 Identity IDENTITY.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0011 Attack Path ATTACK_PATH.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0012 Canonical Data CANONICAL_DATA.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0013 Correlation CORRELATION.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0014 Provenance PROVENANCE.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0015 Evidence Confidence EVIDENCE_CONFIDENCE.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0016 Chain of Custody CHAIN_OF_CUSTODY.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0017 Evidence Integrity EVIDENCE_INTEGRITY.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0018 Hypothesis HYPOTHESIS.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0019 Disposition DISPOSITION.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0020 Risk Intelligence RISK_INTELLIGENCE.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0021 Residual Risk RESIDUAL_RISK.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0022 Blast Radius BLAST_RADIUS.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0023 Decision Support DECISION_SUPPORT.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0024 Intelligence Confidence INTELLIGENCE_CONFIDENCE.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0025 Threat Indicator THREAT_INDICATOR.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0026 Operational Signal OPERATIONAL_SIGNAL.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0027 Operational Context OPERATIONAL_CONTEXT.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0028 Security Intelligence SECURITY_INTELLIGENCE.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0029 Asset Criticality ASSET_CRITICALITY.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0030 Unknown Asset UNKNOWN_ASSET.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0031 Identity Privilege IDENTITY_PRIVILEGE.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0032 Unknown Identity UNKNOWN_IDENTITY.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0033 Security Application SECURITY_APPLICATION.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0034 Security Service SECURITY_SERVICE.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0035 Exposure Context EXPOSURE_CONTEXT.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0036 Attack Surface ATTACK_SURFACE.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0037 Attack Exposure ATTACK_EXPOSURE.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0038 Canonical Understanding CANONICAL_UNDERSTANDING.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0039 Relationship RELATIONSHIP.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0040 Operational Decision OPERATIONAL_DECISION.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0041 Operational Feedback OPERATIONAL_FEEDBACK.md 📝 draft
KID-GLS-0042 Canonical Asset (foundation) GLOSSARY_CANONICAL_ASSET.md 📝 draft phase_2
KID-GLS-0043 Tenant TENANT.md 📝 draft phase_2

Phase 2 public CMS slugs (existing authorities)

KID Term File Website slug
KID-GLS-0004 Risk RISK.md glossary-risk
KID-GLS-0005 Threat Intelligence THREAT_INTELLIGENCE.md glossary-threat-intelligence
KID-GLS-0007 Exposure EXPOSURE.md glossary-exposure

Next allocation: KID-GLS-0044.

Product terms (use authority pages)

Term Reference
SentriScope KID-PLT-0001
Platform layers KID-PLT-0003
Product maturity KID-PLT-0004

Discouraged Public Terms

See metadata/WRITING_STANDARDS.md:

  • AI-powered detection → AI-assisted analysis
  • Autonomous SOC
  • Replaces SIEM (unqualified)

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