Cybersecurity Acronyms

ATP – Advanced Threat Protection

AWS – Amazon Web Services

AV – Anti-Virus

C2 – Command and Control

CA – Certificate Authority

CERT – Computer Emergency Response Team

CRQ – Cyber Risk Quantification

DC – Domain Controller

DLP – Data Loss Prevention

DFIR – Digital Forensics and Incident Response

DNS – Domain Name Service

EASM – External Attack Surface Management

EDR – Endpoint Detection

HIDS – Host Intrusion Detection System

IAM – Identity Access Management

IBM – International Business Machines

IDS – Intrusion Detection System

IOC – Indicator of Compromise

IOT – Indicator of Threat

IPS – Intrusion Prevention System

IaaS – Infrastructure as a Service

IoT – Internet of Things

MDR – Managed Detection and Response

MFA – Multi-Factor Authentication

MISP – Malware Information Sharing Platform and Threat Sharing

MSSP – Managed Security Services Provider

NISF CSF – Cyber Security Framework

NGFW – Next Generation Firewall

OSINT – Open-source Intelligence

PAM – Privledged Access Management

PaaS – Platform as a Service

RAF – Risk Acceptance Forms

SIEM – Security Incident and Event Management

SaaS – Software as a Service

SASE – Secure Access Service Edge

SOC – Security Operations Centre

MSSP – Managed Security Services Provider

NISF CSF – Cyber Security Framework

TI – Threat Intelligence

TTP – Tactics, Techniques, Procedure

VPN – Virtual Private Network

WFH – Work From Home

XDR – Extended Detection and Response

ZTNA – Zero Trust Network Access