Security Acronyms

AAA - Acronyms And Abbreviations

Acronyms And Abbreviations (also known as AAA or A&A) have become the corner stone of cyber security (CS) industry. Before Acronyms (shortly B.A.) people were unable to build secure systems. Just imagine a system without SSG, SSH, SSL, SSO, SSP or even SSSD. Such system could not even store an SSN (CUI).

Nowdays, acronyms form foundational principles of modern security frameworks. Everything has an acronym (EHA). Although, some of the acronyms are more trusted than the others it is always safe to spell out any acronym whenever you are feeling insecure. Just rember that when your buddy spells out an abbreviation you don't know, it is impolite to ask what it stands for. Always assume good intent behind each of the acronyms.

3PAO AALs ACL ACSC AES ANSI ANSI/ISA-62443 ANSSI-BP AOS-G ASLR ATCTS ATO BSI5 CA CAC CCE CCI CCN STIC CCPA CERT CIRT CC CCB CCEVS CCRA CCSP CCTL CDE CDPP CDS CIP CIRT CIS CISA CISM CISO CISSP CMMC CNAP CNCI CNSSI CNSSP CJIS CMMC CNSSI CNSSI No. 1253 COBIT5 COTS CPE CSA CSA-CCM CSAF CSAM CSC CSfC CSIR CSOP CSP CSRC CUI CVE CVMP CVRF CVSS CWE C3PAO DAC DARPA DCID DDoS DDTC DES DFARS DFARS-7012 DIA DIAP DIACAP DIB DIBCAC DIN-66399 DISA DoD DoDEA DodIN-APL DODI-8500.2 DSB ECC ECSMAF EDR ENISA ETSI-TR-103-305-4 FAR FCI FedRAMP FERC FIDO FIPS-140 FIPS-140-2 FIPS-140-3 FIPS-199 FISC FISMA FOIA GCC GCM GOTS GPOS GPOS-SRG GSA GRC HBSS HIPAA ICANN ICD-503 ICS-500-27 IDS IEEE INFOSEC INFOSYS IP IPSec ISACA ISAP ISC ISSA ISM ISO/IEC-27001 ISOO ITAR ITSG-33 JAB MAC MD5 MFA MLS MitM MITRE MS-CHAP MSSP M-22-09 NAC NAID NAT NCP NFO NFV NIAP NII NIPR NIS2 NARA NCCoE NCSP NID NOC NOSC NIPR NIST NIST-2 NIST-CIF NIST-CSF NIST-800-37 NIST-800-53 NIST-800-171 NERC/CIP NSA NSIB NSS NTLM NVD ODP OCIL OLIR OMB OSCAL OSINT OSPP OVAL OWASP PAM PAO PCI-DSS PIA PII PIV PEAP PGP PKE PKCS PKI PMP POA&M POM pURL PSIRT RAR RBAC RCA RFC RNG RMF RMFKS ROLIE RPO SACM SAISO SAML SANS SAR SBOM SCAP SCC SCF SCI SCIF SCIP SCRM SCTP SIEM SIPR SISO SMEP SOC SPD SPDM SPDX SPRS SPKM SRG SSG SSH SSL SSO SSP SSSD SSTP STIG SWID TDES TNC TOE TLS TPM TPSM TSME TTA TT&E UFC UFGS UL-2900 URL USGCB VEX VPN VPAT-508 WAF WMA WPA3 WTF XAUTH XCCDF XTS X509 ZTA ZTNA ZSK