interface

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-002198",
  "term": "interface",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. A boundary between the IoT device and entities where interactions take place. There are two types of interfaces: network and local.\n\n2. Wherever two or more logical, physical, or both system elements or software system elements meet and act on or communicate with each other.\n\n3. In a service-oriented architecture, a specification of the operations that a service offers its clients. In WSDL 2.0 an interface component describes sequences of messages that a service sends or receives. In WSDL 1.1 an interface is specified in a portType element.\n\n4. Common boundary between independent systems or modules where interactions take place.\n\n5. A boundary between the IoT device and entities where interactio",
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 800-213 from CNSSI 4009-2015 (Adapted), CNSSI 4009-2022 (Adapted)",
    "NIST SP 800-160v1r1 from ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288:2015",
    "NIST SP 800-95 from Open Grid Services Architecture Glossary of Terms",
    "CNSSI 4009-2015; NIST SP 800-37 Rev. 2 from CNSSI 4009-2015; NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 from CNSSI 4009-2015, CNSSI 4009-2022; CNSSI 4009-2022",
    "NISTIR 8259A from CNSSI 4009-2015 (Derived), CNSSI 4009-2022 (Derived)",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/interface/"
}