Glossary of Data Communications Terms

Courtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc.

Term: security mechanisms
Definition: operating procedures, hardware and software features, management procedures, and any combinations of these that are designed to detect and prevent either passive or active threats on any component of an information system.

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