Abbreviations

This is a list of common IT abbreviations. It will be completed in the course of time.

Abbreviation	Definition
APT	Advanced Persistent Threat
COTS	Commercial Off-The-Shelf (aka Shrink-Wrapped Software)
CSR	Certificate Signing Request
CVE	Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
CVSS	Common Vulnerabilities Scoring System
DAST	Dynamic Application Security Testing
DMVPN	Dynamic Multipoint Virtual Private Network
EISA	Enterprise Information Security Architecture
EPP	Endpoint Protection
GRE	Generic Routing Encapsulation
IAM	Identity & Access Management
IDS	Intrusion Detection System
IOC	Indicator of compromise
IPS	Intrusion Prevention System
LWF	Dilbert rulez!
MPLS	Multiprotocol Label Switching
NGFW	Next Generation Firewall
NHRP	Next Hop Resolution Protocol
NVD	National Vulnerability Database
QoS	Quality of Service
SAST	Static Application Security Testing
SDDC	Software-defined Data Center
SIC	Secure Internal Communications (Secure communication protocol between Check Point components)
SKU	Stock Keeping Unit
VRRP	Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
VSX	Check Point's Virtual System Extension to virtualize firewall gateways within physical hardware.

To be continued…