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Cybersecurity Acronyms

Acronym Definition Acronym Definition

AES Advanced Encryption Standard PII Personally Identifiable Information
API Application Programming Interface PKI Public Key Infrastructure
APT Advanced Persistent Threat RAT Remote Access Trojan
AV Antivirus RCE Remote Code Execution
BYOD Bring Your Own Device RDP Remote Desktop Protocol
CAPTCHA Completely Automated Public Turing SaaS Software as a Service
test to tell Computers and Humans Apart SIEM Security Information and Event
CISO Chief Information Security Officer Management
CSRF Cross-Site Request Forgery SOC Security Operations Center
CVE Common Vulnerabilities and SSH Secure Shell
Exposures SSL Secure Sockets Layer
DDoS Distributed Denial of Service SSL/TLS Secure Sockets Layer/Transport
DLP Data Loss Prevention Layer Security
DMZ Demilitarized Zone TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/
DNS Domain Name System Internet Protocol
DoS Denial of Service UTM Unified Threat Management
DRM Digital Rights Management VAPT Vulnerability Assessment and
EDR Endpoint Detection and Response Penetration Testing
FTP File Transfer Protocol VLAN Virtual Local Area Network
GDPR General Data Protection Regulation VPN Virtual Private Network
HIDS Host-based Intrusion Detection WAF Web Application Firewall
System WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access
HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure XSS Cross-Site Scripting
IDS Intrusion Detection System
IoT Internet of Things
IPS Intrusion Prevention System
IPsec Internet Protocol Security
ISO International Organization for
Standardization
IT Information Technology
LAN Local Area Network
LDAP Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol
MAC Media Access Control
MDM Mobile Device Management
MFA Multi-Factor Authentication
MITM Man-in-the-Middle
MSSP Managed Security Service Provider
NAC Network Access Control
NAT Network Address Translation
NIST National Institute of Standards and
Technology
OSINT Open Source Intelligence
OTP One-Time Password
PGP Pretty Good Privacy
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