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