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Transportation Cybersecurity Glossary

The Transportation Cybersecurity Glossary establishes unified terminology across the transportation and cybersecurity community for the purpose of improving understanding and conversations about transportation cyber incident information sharing. The glossary contains definitions of cybersecurity terms includes examples for illustrate the concept, technology, or application associated with the term.

For information about Intelligent Transportation Systems and cybersecurity, or to obtain links to sites to report a cybersecurity incident, visit the U.S. DOT’s ITS Cybersecurity Research Program website.

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