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Can't tell 'smtp' from 'snmp'? Find the precise meaning of these and hundreds of other security-related terms in our convenient and up-to-date Security Dictionary.
security service
(I) A processing or communication service that is provided by a
system to give a specific kind of protection to system resources.
(See: access control service, audit service, availability service,
data confidentiality service, data integrity service, data origin
authentication service, non-repudiation service, peer entity
authentication service, system integrity service.)
(O) "A service, provided by a layer of communicating open systems,
which ensures adequate security of the systems or the data
transfers." [I7498 Part 2]
(C) Security services implement security policies, and are
implemented by security mechanisms.
