List of Abbreviations
Below is a list of abbreviations, acronyms and initials commonly used in cyber security and information security.
APT
Advanced Persistent Threat
AV
Antivirus
BYOD
Bring Your Own Device
CAPTCHA
Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart
CIS
Center for Internet Security
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposure
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration
DAST
Dynamic Application Security Testing
DDOS
Denial-of-Service
DLP
Data Loss Prevention
DMZ
Demilitarized Zone
EDR
Endpoint Detection & Response
HTTPS
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol
IaaS
Infrastructure-as-a-Service
IDS
Intrusion Detection System
IPS
Intrusion Prevention System
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
OSINT
Open Source Intelligence
OWASP
Open Web Application Security Project
PaaS
Platform-as-a-Service
PCI-DSS
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
SaaS
Software-as-a-Service
SAST
Static Application Security Testing
SIEM
Security Information and Event Management
vCISO
Virtual Chief Information Security Officer
VPN
Virtual Private Network
WAF
Web Application Firewall