CySA+ v4
Acronym reference
Look up the terminology you encounter in lessons, lab instructions, and exam objectives.
81 of 81 acronyms
- AI
- Artificial Intelligence
- API
- Application Programming Interface
- APT
- Advanced Persistent Threat
- ASN
- Autonomous System NumberReference ↗
- AWS
- Amazon Web Services
- BAS
- Breach Attack Simulation
- BC
- Business Continuity
- BEC
- Business Email Compromise
- CASB
- Cloud Access Security Broker
- CERT
- Computer Emergency Response Team
- CHD
- Cardholder Data
- CIS
- Center for Internet Security
- CSIRT
- Cybersecurity Incident Response Team
- CVSS
- Common Vulnerability Scoring System
- DAST
- Dynamic Application Security Testing
- DKIM
- DomainKeys Identified MailReference ↗
- DLP
- Data Loss Prevention
- DMARC
- Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance
- DNS
- Domain Name SystemReference ↗
- DR
- Disaster Recovery
- EDR
- Endpoint Detection and Response
- EPSS
- Exploit Prediction Scoring SystemReference ↗
- GCP
- Google Cloud Platform
- GDB
- GNU Debugger
- GeoIP
- Geolocation by IP
- IaC
- Infrastructure as Code
- IAM
- Identity and Access Management
- ICS
- Industrial Control Systems
- IDS
- Intrusion Detection System
- IoC
- Indicator of Compromise
- IP
- Internet Protocol
- IPS
- Intrusion Prevention System
- ISO
- International Organization for Standardization
- JSON
- JavaScript Object Notation
- KPI
- Key Performance Indicator
- LFI
- Local File Inclusion
- MDM
- Mobile Device Management
- MFA
- Multifactor Authentication
- MISP
- Malware Information Sharing Platform
- MOU
- Memorandum of Understanding
- MSF
- Metasploit Framework
- OpenCTI
- Open Cyber Threat Intelligence
- OpenUBA
- Open User Behavior Analytics
- OpenVAS
- Open Vulnerability Assessment Scanner
- OSINT
- Open-Source Intelligence
- OSSTMM
- Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual
- OT
- Operational Technology
- OTX
- Open Threat Exchange
- OWASP
- Open Web Application Security Project
- PAM
- Privileged Access Management
- PCI DSS
- Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
- PII
- Personally Identifiable Information
- PKI
- Public Key Infrastructure
- RFI
- Remote File Inclusion
- SAMM
- Software Assurance Maturity Model
- SASE
- Secure Access Service Edge
- SAST
- Static Application Security Testing
- SBOM
- Software Bill of Materials
- SCA
- Software Composition Analysis
- SCADA
- Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
- SDLC
- Software Development Life Cycle
- SDN
- Software-Defined Networking
- SIEM
- Security Information and Event Management
- SLA
- Service-level Agreement
- SLO
- Service-level Objective
- SOAR
- Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response
- SPF
- Sender Policy Framework
- SSL
- Secure Sockets Layer
- SSO
- Single Sign-on
- STRIDE
- Spoofing, Tampering, Repudiation, Information disclosure, Denial of service, and Elevation of privilege
- TCP
- Transmission Control Protocol
- TTPs
- Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
- UEBA
- User and Entity Behavior AnalyticsReference ↗
- UTM
- Unified Threat Management
- VM
- Virtual Machine
- XDR
- Extended Detection and Response
- XML
- Extensible Markup Language
- YAML
- YAML Ain’t Markup LanguageReference ↗
- YARA
- Yet Another Recursive Acronym
- ZAP
- Zed Attack Proxy
- ZTNA
- Zero Trust Network Access
Based on the supplied acronym list. Corrected technical expansions link to their reference.