Cyber Security Acronyms

Cyber Security Acronyms

ARIN

American Registry for Internet Numbers

AS

Autonomous Systems

ASN

Autonomous System Number

BGP

Border Gateway Protocol

BIND

Berkeley Internet Name Domain

CA

Certificate Authority

CAC

Common Access Card

cc TLD

country code top level domain

CIKR

Critical Infrastructure and Key Resource

CMMI

Capability Maturity Model Integration

COOP

Continuity of Operations

DDoS

Distributed Denial of Service

DNS

Domain Name System

DNSSEC

Domain Name System Security Extensions

DoS

Denial-of-Service

GCC

Government Coordinating Council

gTLD

global Top Level Domain

Gbps

Gigabytes Per Second

HSPD

Homeland Security Presidential Directive

HVAC

Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning

IANA

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

ID

identification

IdITF

Identity Issues Task Force (NSTAC)

IDN

Internationalized Domain Name

IETF

International Engineering Task Force

IM

Instant Messenger

IP

Internet Protocol

IPsec

Internet Protocol Secure

IPv6

Internet Protocol version 6

ISAC

Information Sharing and Analysis Center

ISIS

Intermediate System and Internet Security

ISP

Internet Service Providers

IT

Information Technology

IXP

Internet Exchange Points

LCD

Liquid Crystal Display

LSS

Lean Six Sigma

MD5

Message-Digest algorithm 5

MITM

Man-In-The-Middle

MRP

Material Requirements Planning

NANOG

North American Network Operators’ Group

NAP

Network Access Points

NIPP

National Infrastructure Protection Plan

NSEP

National Security Emergency Preparedness

NSTAC

National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee

OODA

Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act

OSPF

Open Shortest Path First

P2P

Peer-To-Peer

PC

Personal Computer

PCIS

Partnership for Critical Infrastructure Security

PIN

Personal Information Number

PIV

Personal Identity Verification

PKI

Public Key Infrastructure

POP

Point of Presence

RA

Registration Authority

R&D

Research and Development

RIPE

Reseaux IP Europeens

RMA

Return Material Authorization

RPKI

Resource Public Key Infrastructure

S-BGP

Secure Border Gateway Protocol

SCADA

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

SCC

Sector Coordinating Council

SME

Subject Matter Expert

SQL

Structured Query Language

SSP

Sector-Specific Plan

Spoofing, Tampering, Repudiation, Information Disclosure, Denial of Service, and Elevation of Privilege

STRIDE

TLD

Top-Level Domain

UPS

Uninterruptible Power Supply

US-CERT

United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team

USG

United States Government

VoIP

Voice-over-Internet Protocol

WISR

World Infrastructure Security Report

XC

Interexchange Carrier