CySA+ Acronyms

ACL

Access Control List

ARP

Address Resolution Protocol

BYOD

Bring Your Own Device

CIS

Center for Internet Security

CoBiT

Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology

CCTV

Closed-Circuit Television

CRM

Customer Relations Management

DDoS

Distributed Denial of Service

DNS

Domain Name Service

EMET

Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit

FISMA

Federal Information Security Management Act

FTK

Forensic Tool Kit

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

HBSS

Host Based Security System

HIDS

Host Intrusion Detection System

HIPS

Host Intrusion Prevention System

HR

Human Resources

ICS

Industrial Control Systems

IDS

Intrusion Detection System

IMAP

Internet Message Access Protocol

IOC

Indicator of Compromise

IPS

Intrusion Prevention System

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

ITIL

Information Technology Infrastructure Library

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

MAC

Mandatory Access Control

MD5

Message Digest 5

MOA

Memorandum Of Agreement

MOU

Memorandum Of Understanding

MRTG

Multi Router Traffic Grapher

NAC

Network Access Control

NAXSI

Nginx Anti XSS & SQL Injection

NIC

Network Interface Card

NIDS

Network Intrusion Detection System

NIST

National Institute of Standards & Technology

OEM

Original Equipment Manufacturer

OSSIM

Open Source Security Information Management

OWASP

Open Web Application Security Project

PAM

Pluggable Authentication Module

PCA

Prinicpal Component Analysis

PCI

Payment Card Industry

PHI

Protected Health Information

PII

Personally Identifiable Information

RACI

Responsible, Accountable, Consulted and Informed

RADIUS

Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service

SABSA

Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture

SANS

System Administration, Networking, and Security Institute

SCADA

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

SCAP

Security Content Automation Protocol

SDLC

Software Development Life Cycle

SEO

Search Engine Optimization

SHA

Secure Hash Algorithm

SIEM

Security Incident and Event Manager

SLA

Service Level Agreement

SOC

Security Operations Center

SPF

Sender Policy Framework

SSH

Secure Shell

SSL

Secure Sockets Layer

TACACS+

Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus

TFTP

Trivial File Transfer Protocol

TLS

Transport Layer Security

TOGAF

The Open Group Architecture Framework

USB

Universal Serial Bus

VAS

Vulnerability Assessment System

VDI

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

VLAN

Virtual Local Area Network

VPN

Virtual Private Network

WAF

Web Application Firewall