The Awen Terminology Discombobulator
The sectors that we work in, and cyber security in general, is full of acronyms, buzzwords and peculiar names.
So we’ve made this very useful glossary of terms to attempt to un- or de- discombobulate.
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Business
- May 23, 2022 Purdue Model
- May 18, 2022 Defence In Depth
- May 18, 2022 ISP - Internet Service Provider
- Jan 19, 2020 SOC: Security Operations Centre
- Jan 19, 2020 SaaS: Software as a Service
- Jan 19, 2020 SIEM: Security Information and Event Management
- Jan 19, 2020 Security-by-Design
- Jan 16, 2020 PenTesting / Penetration Testing
- Jan 16, 2020 Phishing
- Jan 15, 2020 OT: Operational Technology
- Jan 14, 2020 NCSC: National Cyber Security Centre
- Jan 14, 2020 NOC: Network Operations Centre
- Jan 14, 2020 NIS Directive
- Jan 9, 2020 ISO: International Organization for Standardization
- Jan 9, 2020 IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Jan 9, 2020 IEC: International Electrotechnical Commission
- Jan 9, 2020 ICO: Information Commissioner’s Office
- Jan 9, 2020 Insider Threat
- Jan 9, 2020 IET: Institution of Engineering and Technology
- Jan 8, 2020 Honeypot / Honeynet
- Jan 7, 2020 GCHQ: Government Communications HeadQuarters
- Jan 7, 2020 GDPR: General Data Protection Regulation
- Jan 6, 2020 FIRST: Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams
- Jan 5, 2020 ENISA: European Union Agency for Network and Information Security
- Jan 4, 2020 DWI: Drinking Water Inspectorate
- Jan 4, 2020 DoS: Denial of Service
- Jan 4, 2020 DfT: Department for Transport
- Jan 4, 2020 DFIR: Digital Forensics & Incident Response
- Jan 4, 2020 DEFRA: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Jan 4, 2020 DDoS: Distributed Denial of Service
- Jan 4, 2020 DCMS: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Jan 3, 2020 CAF: Cyber Assessment Framework
- Jan 3, 2020 CNI: Critical National Infrastructure
- Jan 3, 2020 CEO: Chief Executive Officer
- Jan 3, 2020 CTO: Chief Technology Officer
- Jan 3, 2020 CSO: Chief Security Officer
- Jan 3, 2020 CSIRT: Computer Security Incident Response Team
- Jan 3, 2020 CREST: The Council for Registered Ethical Security Testers
- Jan 3, 2020 CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional
- Jan 3, 2020 CiSP: Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership
- Jan 3, 2020 CISO: Chief Information Security Officer
- Jan 3, 2020 CIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
- Jan 3, 2020 CIO: Chief Information Officer or Chief Innovation Officer
- Jan 3, 2020 CERT: Computer Emergency Response Team
- Jan 2, 2020 BYOD: Bring Your Own Device
- Jan 2, 2020 Brute Force
- Jan 1, 2020 APT: Advanced Persistent Threat
- Jan 1, 2020 ADS: Anomaly Detection System
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Device
- Jan 3, 2020 CPS: Cyber Physical System
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IT
- May 23, 2022 Purdue Model
- May 23, 2022 Deep Packet Inspection
- May 23, 2022 OSI Model
- May 18, 2022 Network TAPs - Test Access Points
- May 18, 2022 SPAN - Switch Port Analyzer
- May 18, 2022 Network Switch
- May 18, 2022 AD - Active Directory
- May 18, 2022 DMZ - De-Militarized Zone
- May 18, 2022 SSDP - Simple Service Discovery Protocol
- May 18, 2022 IP Address
- May 18, 2022 ARP - Address Resolution Protocol
- May 18, 2022 MAC Address - Media Access Control Address
- May 18, 2022 ISP - Internet Service Provider
- Jan 18, 2020 Ransomware
- Jan 13, 2020 MITM: Man-in-the-Middle
- Jan 9, 2020 IDS: Intrusion Detection System
- Jan 9, 2020 IoT: Internet of Things
- Jan 4, 2020 DoS: Denial of Service
- Jan 4, 2020 DDoS: Distributed Denial of Service
- Jan 3, 2020 Cipher / Cypher
- Jan 3, 2020 CERT: Computer Emergency Response Team
- Jan 2, 2020 BYOD: Bring Your Own Device
- Jan 2, 2020 Botnet
- Jan 2, 2020 Brute Force
- Jan 1, 2020 APT: Advanced Persistent Threat
- Jan 1, 2020 ADS: Anomaly Detection System
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OT
- May 23, 2022 Purdue Model
- May 23, 2022 Deep Packet Inspection
- May 23, 2022 OSI Model
- May 18, 2022 MODBUS
- May 18, 2022 Network TAPs - Test Access Points
- May 18, 2022 SPAN - Switch Port Analyzer
- May 18, 2022 Network Switch
- May 18, 2022 DMZ - De-Militarized Zone
- May 18, 2022 SSDP - Simple Service Discovery Protocol
- May 18, 2022 IP Address
- May 18, 2022 ARP - Address Resolution Protocol
- May 18, 2022 MAC Address - Media Access Control Address
- Jan 19, 2020 SCADA: Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition
- Jan 18, 2020 RTU: Remote Terminal Unit
- Jan 16, 2020 PLC: Programmable Logic Controller
- Jan 15, 2020 OT: Operational Technology
- Jan 9, 2020 IED: Intelligent Electronic Device
- Jan 9, 2020 ICS: Industrial Control System
- Jan 9, 2020 IoT: Internet of Things
- Jan 9, 2020 IIoT: Industrial Internet of Things
- Jan 9, 2020 IACS: Industrial Automation Control System
- Jan 8, 2020 HMI: Human-Machine Interface
- Jan 4, 2020 DoS: Denial of Service
- Jan 4, 2020 DDoS: Distributed Denial of Service
- Jan 4, 2020 DCS: Distributed Control System
- Jan 3, 2020 CNI: Critical National Infrastructure
- Jan 3, 2020 CIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
- Jan 3, 2020 CERT: Computer Emergency Response Team
- Jan 2, 2020 BAC: Building Automation and Control
- Jan 2, 2020 Botnet
- Jan 1, 2020 APT: Advanced Persistent Threat
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Protocol
- May 18, 2022 MODBUS
- May 18, 2022 AD - Active Directory
- May 18, 2022 SSDP - Simple Service Discovery Protocol
- May 18, 2022 IP Address
- May 18, 2022 ARP - Address Resolution Protocol
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Vulnerability
- Jan 26, 2020 Zero-day / 0day