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Term

Definition

Cadbury
Capability
Capability Maturity Model (CMM)
Capacity Stress Testing
Capital Expenditure
Capital Expense
Card Swipes
Cathode Ray Tube (CRT)
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
Centralized Data Processing
Certificate Authority (CA)
Certificate Revocation List (CRL)
Certification Practice Statement (CPS)
Chain of Custody
Challenge/Response Token
Change Management
Channel Service Unit/Digital Service Unit (CSU/DSU
Chargeback
Check Digit
Check Digit Verification (Self-checking Digit)
Checklist
Checkpoint Restart Procedures
Checksum
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Ciphertext
Circuit-Switched Network
Circular Routing
Cleartext
Client-server
Cluster Controller
Coaxial Cable
COBIT
COCO
Coevolving
Coherence
Cohesion
Cold Site
Combined Code on Corporate Governance
Communication Processor
Communications Controller
Community Strings
Comparison Program
Compensating Control
Competencies
Compiler
Completely Connected (Mesh) Configuration
Completeness Check
Compliance Testing
Component
Comprehensive Audit
Computationally Greedy
Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Computer Forensics
Computer Sequence Checking
Computer Server
Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE)
Computer-Assisted Audit Technique (CAATs)
Concurrency Control
Concurrent Access
Confidentiality
Configuration Item (CI)
Configuration Management
Console Log
Consulted
Content Filtering
Context
Contingency Plan
Contingency Planning
Continuity
Continuous Auditing Approach
Continuous Availability
Continuous Improvement
Control Center
Control Framework
Control Group
Control Objective
Control Objectives for Enterprise Governance
Control Perimeter
Control Practice
Control Risk
Control Risk Self-Assessment
Control Section
Control Weakness
Controls
Cookie
Corporate Exchange Rate
Corporate Governance
Corporate Security Officer (CSO)
Corrective Controls
COSO
Countermeasure
Coupling
Coverage
Crack
Credentialed Analysis
Criteria
Critical Functions
Critical Infrastructure
Critical Success Factors (CSFs)
Criticality Analysis
Cross-Certification
Cryptography
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Cybercops

Compensating Control

An internal control that reduces the risk of an existing or potential control weakness resulting in errors and omissions.

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