Reference and glossary

Reference and glossary

Terminology English ↔ German

The app interface and all created Jira/Confluence objects are bilingual. This table pairs the English and German designations so you can map both editions of the manual and mixed-language teams.

Areas and objects

EnglishDeutsch
ISMS Hub · Dashboard · Explorer (Relationship Explorer)ISMS-Hub · Dashboard · Explorer (Beziehungs-Explorer)
Work areas: Asset Management, Risk Management, Measures Management, Requirements Management, Audit Management, Nonconformity ManagementArbeitsbereiche: Asset-Management, Risikomanagement, Maßnahmenmanagement, Anforderungsmanagement, Auditmanagement, Abweichungsmanagement
Roles & responsibilities · Document control · Automations · Notifications · Reports · Setup & ConfigurationRollen & Zuständigkeiten · Dokumentenlenkung · Automatisierungen · Benachrichtigungen · Berichte · Einrichtung & Konfiguration
Project “ISMS Home” (key ISMS) · Confluence space “ISMS Home” (key ISMSTK)Projekt „ISMS Home" (Schlüssel ISMS) · Confluence-Bereich „ISMS Home" (Schlüssel ISMSTK)
Project roles: Bearbeiter (editor), Beobachter (observer), Administrators (not translated)Projektrollen: Bearbeiter, Beobachter, Administrators
Security level “Confidential”Sicherheitsstufe „Vertraulich"

Issue types

EnglishDeutsch
Epic · Requirement · Partial RequirementEpic · Anforderung · Teil-Anforderung
Audit · Major Nonconformity · Minor Nonconformity · Opportunity for ImprovementAudit · Hauptabweichung · Nebenabweichung · Verbesserungspotenzial
Action · Corrective actionMaßnahme · Korrekturmaßnahme
Risk Scenario · Information · Process · Supplier · ICT Asset · InfrastructureRisiko-Szenario · Information · Prozess · Lieferant · IKT-Asset · Infrastruktur
Document · Control RoundDokument · Lenkungsrunde
EnglishDeutsch
Mitigation: mitigates / is mitigated byMitigation: mitigiert / wird mitigiert von
Endangerment: endangers / is endangered byGefährdung: gefährdet / wird gefährdet von
Processing: processes / is processed byVerarbeitung: verarbeitet / wird verarbeitet von
Audit finding: found in / has findingAuditfeststellung: festgestellt in / hat Feststellung

Key fields

EnglishDeutschValues
🔒 confidentiality · 🔗 Integrity · 🕒 Availability · 🛡️ Protection need🔒 Vertraulichkeit · 🔗 Integrität · 🕒 Verfügbarkeit · 🛡️ Schutzbedarf1 - normal · 2 - high/hoch · 3 - very high/sehr hoch
🎲 Current/Target Likelihood🎲 IST-/SOLL-Eintrittswahrscheinlichkeit🟢 1 - rare/selten · 🟡 2 - medium/mittel · 🟠 3 - frequent/häufig · 🔴 4 - very frequent/sehr häufig
💥 Current/Target Impact💥 IST-/SOLL-Schadenshöhe🟢 1 - negligible/vernachlässigbar · 🟡 2 - limited/begrenzt · 🟠 3 - significant/beträchtlich · 🔴 4 - critical/existenzbedrohend
🚦 Current/Target Risk Category🚦 IST-/SOLL-Risikokategorie🟢 1 - low/gering · 🟡 2 - medium/mittel · 🟠 3 - high/hoch · 🔴 4 - very high/sehr hoch
↘️ Risk treatment↘️ RisikobehandlungAvoidance/Vermeidung · Reduction/Reduktion · Transfer · Acceptance/Akzeptanz
🆔 Personal data🆔 personenbezogene Daten0 – No personal data · 1 – Personal data · 2 – Special personal data
👤 Accountable · 👤 Consulted · 👤 Informed(identical)People (RACI)
🔄 Review interval · 📅 Reviewed on · 📅 Next Review · 🔄 Review status🔄 Überprüfungsintervall · 📅 überprüft am · 📅 nächste Überprüfung · 🔄 ÜberprüfungsstatusInterval: 30/60/90/180/360/720/1080 days · Status: 🟢 Up to date/Aktuell · 🟡 Due/Fällig · 🔴 Overdue/Überfällig
Completion% Erfüllungsgrad0 % … 100 % in 20 % steps
📄 Reason for applicability📄 Begründung der Anwendbarkeitregulatory/contractual requirement, best practice, exclusion (2 variants)
📊 Requirement level📊 Anforderungsstufe1 - Basic · 2 - Standard · 3 - High requirement
🔒 ISO 27001 Standard chapter · 🔐 ISO 27001 Appendix A🔒 ISO 27001 Normkapitel · 🔐 ISO 27001 Anhang A23 clauses · 93 controls A5–A8
🎯 CIA Triad · 🎯 InfoSec objectives · 🌱 Origin🎯 Schutzziele · 🎯 InfoSec-Ziele · 🌱 Ursprung
📅 Audit from/to · 👤 Lead auditor · 👤 Identified by · 📅 Identified on📅 Audit von/bis · 👤 leitender Auditor · 👤 festgestellt von · 📅 festgestellt am
📅 Effectiveness review · 👤 Effectiveness reviewed by · 📊 Result of the effectiveness review · 📑 Evidence · 🚦 Risk status📅 Wirksamkeitsprüfung am · 👤 Wirksamkeitsprüfung durch · 📊 Ergebnis der Wirksamkeitsprüfung · 📑 Nachweise · 🚦 RisikostatusResult: 🟢 effective · 🟡 partially effective · 🔴 not effective · Risk status: 🟢 On track · ⚠️ At risk · 🚨 Critical risk
⚠️ Threat⚠️ Gefährdung47 BSI elementary threats (G 0.1 … G 0.47)
💾 RPO · ⏳ RTO (each 30 min / 4 h / 1 d / 1 w)💾 RPO · ⏳ RTO🟢 1 - normal · 🟡 2 - high · 🔴 3 - very high

Glossary

TermMeaning
Requirement / controlA security requirement from a standard, law, contract or custom framework; the basis of the SoA.
DomainOne of the four subject areas: assets & risks, requirements, measures, audits & nonconformities — all inside the “ISMS Home” project.
Content packOptional starting content: Demo, ISO 27001, BSI modules, GDPR.
Control roundOne approval or confirmation round of document control, bound to exactly one page version.
Maximum principleThe protection need is the highest of confidentiality, integrity and availability.
ModuleInstallable unit of the app: ISMS project, Confluence space, content packs.
RACIResponsible (assignee), Accountable, Consulted, Informed — roles on an issue driving notifications and confidentiality.
Review cyclePeriodic review driven by the review interval, “Reviewed on”, “Next Review” and the review-status traffic light.
Role registerThe six organisation-wide ISMS roles in the hub (top management, CISO, ISMS team, DPO, internal audit, continuity/BCM) with deputies.
SoAStatement of Applicability — the list of all Annex A controls with applicability, justification and implementation state.
Smart linkLive embedding of a Jira filter as a table on a Confluence page.
Effectiveness reviewCheck after implementing a measure whether it achieves its goal — with date, reviewer and result.

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Documentation baseline

ItemValue
AppISMS with Jira & Confluence, version 1.1.15 (package.json)
Evidence baselineCommit 701416edfd431a2dd66953e3822423dc5d7da455, branch main, 2026-08-20
Manual created2026-08-25
Change record2026-08-25 — first edition, verified against source code, UI texts and configuration of the baseline.

Documentation baseline: app version 1.1.15 · 2026-08-20