The ISO 17799 Glossary of Information Security Terms and Phrases

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SACRIFICIAL HOST (Chapter 8)
A server located outside the firewall usually to provide a service that might otherwise compromise the local system's security.

SAMURAI
A hacker who hires himself out to other parties with 'legitimate' reasons to need such expertise.

SECURITY OFFICER (Chapter 4)
Usually the person who takes primary responsibility for the security related affairs of the organisation.

SEGREGATION OF DUTIES (Chapter 8)
The descrete allocation of tasks between different employees in order to contain the scope for error or fraud.

SHOULDER SURFING
Looking over someone's shoulder as they enter their password.

SLAG
To run a destructive program which leaves computer systems files, records, and data, utterly useless.

SMURF (Chapter 8)
An attack that exploits features of the IP protocol within the TCP/IP protocol.

SOCIAL ENGINEERING
Extraction of information, usually verbally, by impersonating a legitimate third party or by using other social interactions.

SOFTLIFTING (Chapter 12)
The theft (piracy) of software for personal use

SPOOFING
Another term for identity hacking

STEALTH BOMB (Chapter 8)
Malicious program code that is disguised as something else