// THREAT DETECTION AND DATA PRIVACY TERM
Transparency
In cybersecurity and defense, transparency refers to an organization's commitment to being open and clear about its data handling practices, security measures, and privacy policies. It means providing visible and understandable information to stakeholders about how digital assets are protected and how personal data is managed.
TECHNICAL DEFINITION
Transparency, within the Cybersecurity & Defense domain and specifically concerning Compliance & Privacy, denotes an organization's proactive and clear disclosure of its data processing activities, security controls, incident response plans, and privacy frameworks to internal and external stakeholders, thereby fostering trust, accountability, and enabling adherence to regulatory mandates like GDPR or CCPA.
BACKGROUND
The Artificial Intelligence Act is a European Union regulation concerning artificial intelligence (AI). It establishes a common regulatory and legal framework for AI within the European Union (EU). The regulation entered into force on 1 August 2024, with provisions that shall come into operation gradually over the following 6 to 36 months.
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- Openness
- Disclosure
- Clarity
- Visibility
- Accountability
- Informative practices
USAGE NOTE
Transparency is vital for building trust with customers, partners, and regulators, often influencing public perception and legal compliance in data-sensitive environments.
DEVELOPERS
Organizations developing technology related to Transparency.
A cross-industry collaboration hosted by The Linux Foundation dedicated to improving the security of open source software, thereby promoting transparency through open code and collaborative security practices.
Develops Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) management solutions that provide visibility and transparency into the software supply chain for enhanced cybersecurity.
Offers solutions for software supply chain security, providing deep visibility and transparency into container images and application components to identify vulnerabilities and enforce policies.
Provides a leading Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platform that collects, monitors, and analyzes machine data, offering extensive visibility and transparency into an organization's security posture and events.
Known for the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana), which provides powerful logging, monitoring, and security analytics, enabling organizations to gain transparency and insights from their data for threat detection and response.
Operates federally funded research and development centers and is known for creating publicly available, transparent frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK, which provides a common language and understanding of adversary tactics and techniques.
A U.S. federal agency focused on improving the nation's cybersecurity and infrastructure security. CISA promotes information sharing and transparency within critical infrastructure sectors to enhance collective defense.
Helps developers find and fix vulnerabilities in open source dependencies, containers, and infrastructure as code, bringing transparency to the security posture of modern applications and their components.
Delivers real-time threat intelligence through its Intelligence Cloud, providing transparency into the global threat landscape, adversary activities, and vulnerabilities to help organizations proactively defend against cyber attacks.