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EC-Council - Council of E-Commerce Consultants (organization promoting security awareness, providing training and certification, with the goal of creating a pool of individuals with security capabilities)

ECGI - European Corporate Governance Institute (organization formed to research corporate governance in order to foster improved management and organizational standards of conduct)

ECSA - EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (EC-Council certification for an understanding of information systems and related security issues)

EDPD - European Data Protection Directive (European Union's data privacy law setting limits on the collection and use of personal data)

EICAR - European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research (organization founded in 1991 to research computer viruses, now working on IT security issues in general)

EnCE - EnCase Certified Examiner (certification offered by Guidance Software in the use of EnCase software for forensic analysis)

ENISA - European Network and Information Security Agency (European agency studying Internet security and providing guidelines on risk management and security issues)

EU - European Union (organization of European countries, established in 1992 by the European Union Treaty (Maastricht Treaty), to work together on economic, judicial, and security issues)