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Identity Governance
  • ECRS

Identity governance is the centralized, policy-based coordination of user identity management and access control. Identity governance helps support enterprise IT security and regulatory compliance.

 

Identity management (IAM/IdAM)
  • ECRS

A framework of policies and technologies to identify, authenticate and authorize the right users to an application, system or comprehensive IT environment .

Immutability
  • Blockchain

The ability of a blockchain ledger to remain unchanged, unaltered, and indelible.

Industrial robot
  • Robotics

Robot systems used for manufacturing that are automated, programmable and capable of movement on three or more axes. It is developed to automate intensive production tasks.

Information Security Management System (ISMS)
  • ECRS

A set of policies and procedures for managing an organization's sensitive data, therefore minimizing the risk and ensuring business continuity by proactively limiting the impact of a security breach.

Infrared sensor
  • Robotics

An electronic sensor (often passive) that measures infrared light radiating from objects in its view. It is widely used for measuring distances.

Initial Coin Offering (ICO)
  • Blockchain

ICO is the cryptocurrency industry's equivalent of an initial public offering (IPO). An unregulated means by which funds are raised for a new cryptocurrency venture.

Input device
  • Robotics

Devices that allow humans to interact with a machine like a computer or a robot – including a keyboard, mouse, or touchpad.

Insect robot
  • Robotics

A small mobile robot that does not need conventional motors and gears to fly.

Instruction
  • Robotics

A piece of a program commanding the computer to do something.

Integral control
  • Robotics

A method used in Feedback Control where the output of the controller depends on its input (typically the error) and previous values of its output.

Integrated development environment (IDE)
  • Robotics

A software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development.

Integration
  • Robotics

The process of programming and outfitting industrial robots so they can perform automated manufacturing tasks

Intelligent robot
  • Robotics

Machines with the ability to take actions and make choices.

International Organization for Standardization (ISO) quality audit
  • ECRS

Management tools that companies use to evaluate, confirm and validate quality-related activities. An ISO quality audit determines the effectiveness of the organization's quality management system (QMS).

Interoperability
  • Blockchain

The ability of two or more systems to communicate and exchange data.

Intrusion detection system (IDS)
  • ECRS

A device or software application that monitors a network or systems for malicious activity or policy violations. Any unusual event is reported to an administrator or collected centrally using security information and an event management system.

Intrusion prevention system (IPS)
  • ECRS

A network security tool that continuously monitors the network for malicious activity and takes action to prevent it, including reporting, blocking or deleting them as they occur.

IPFS (Interplanetary File System)
  • Blockchain

A peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol for storing and sharing data in a distributed file system to uniquely identify each file in a global namespace connecting all computing devices.

IT compliance audits
  • ECRS

An independent assessment of your organization's cyber security tools, practices, and policies. Performed by certified bodies, audits ensure that an organization meets certain regulatory or legal requirements.

IT general controls (ITGC)
  • ECRS

Basic controls that can be applied to IT systems such as applications, operating systems, databases, and supporting IT infrastructure. It ensures the integrity of the data and processes that support the system.