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Glossary of Terms
TERM MEANING
API
Artificial Intelligence - Replicating/ simulating human intelligence to perform tasks
Application Programming Language - Allows different software to communicate with each other
AV Anti-Virus
BYOD Bring your own device
CCPA
The California Consumer Privacy Act is a state statute intended to enhance privacy rights and consumer protection for residents of California
CDE Cardholder Data Environment
EDR
EPP
Endpoint Detection & Response - Combines real-time continuous monitoring with prediction, prevention, detection, & response capabilities
Endpoint Protection Platform - Used to prevent and detect filebased malware attacks
FEDRAMP
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program is a government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services.
GDPR The General Data Protection Regulation
TERM MEANING
HITRUST
IPSEC
The Health Information Trust Alliance was founded in 2007 and uses the “HITRUST approach” to help organizations from all sectors–but especially healthcare–effectively manage data, information risk, and compliance
Internet Protocol Security is a secure network protocol suite that authenticates and encrypts the packets of data to provide secure encrypted communication between two computers over an Internet Protocol network
ISP Internet Service Provider
KPI Key Performance Indicator
LAN Local Area Network - Connected devices in a single physical location
MFA Multi-Factor Authentication
ML
Machine Learning - Programs that adapt and learn without human interaction
NAC
NFC
Network Access Control - Policies for controlling devices and user access to the network
Near Field Communication - Contactless means of payment/ data exchange
NOC Network Operations Center
TERM MEANING
PCI Payment Card Industry Compliance
PCI DSS Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards
P2P/E2EE Point to Point Encryption/End to end Encryption
Personally identifiable information is any data that could potentially identify a specific individual
POS Point of Sale
SaaS
SANS
SD-WAN
SOAR
Software as a Service - Cloud-hosted software without physical infrastructure
SANS Institute is the most trusted resource for cybersecurity training, certifications and research
Software Defined Wide Area Network - Using software, multiple internet transport types can be used in tandem to provide reliability, prioritization, and performance of internet connectivity
Security Orchestration, Automation, & Response - Technology allows multiple inputs to be organized allowing for incident analysis and response in a digital workflow format
SOC Security Operations Center
TERM MEANING
SOC II
SSL/TLS
The SOC 2 report evaluates a business’s non-financial reporting controls relating to security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy of a system
Transport Layer Security, and its now-deprecated predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer, are cryptographic protocols designed to provide communications security over a computer network
SSO Single Sign On
UEBA/ NBA
VLAN
VPN
WAN
ZTNA
User and Entity Behavior Analytics/ Network Behavior Analytics - Users data models to set baselines for user and network behavior to spot anomalies
A virtual LAN (VLAN) is any broadcast domain that is partitioned and isolated in a computer network at the data link layer
Virtual Private Network - Encrypted connection over the internet connecting devices to disparate networks
Wide Area Network - A network of multiple networks; connectivity to the internet or other disparate networks
Zero-Trust Access (Network or Application) - Provides secure network and application access based on a defined set of security policies
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