Acronyms#
NIST’s Computer Security Resource Center Glossary is a useful reference for information security terms, acronyms, and organizations.
- AES#
- Advanced Encryption Standard 
- AI#
- artificial intelligence 
- BMD#
- ballot marking device 
- CCOS#
- central count optical scanner 
- CDM#
- 
Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Continuous Diagnostics and Monitoring 
- CD-R#
- compact disc read-only 
- CFAA#
- Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 
- CIS#
- Center for Internet Security 
- CISA#
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 
- COTS#
- commercial-off-the-shelf 
- CSF#
- NIST Cybersecurity Frameowrk 
- CVE#
- CVSS#
- Common Vulnerability Scoring System 
- DNS#
- domain name system 
- DRE#
- direct record electronic 
- DVD-R#
- digital video disc read-only 
- EAC#
- Election Assistance Commission 
- EDR#
- EI-ISAC#
- Election Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center 
- EMS#
- election management system 
- GRC#
- governance, risk, and compliance 
- IDS#
- intrusion detection system 
- IG#
- Implementation Group 
- IPS#
- intrustion prevention system 
- IT#
- information technology 
- MDBR#
- MDM#
- mobile device management - mis-, dis-, and mal-Information 
- MFA#
- MS-ISAC#
- Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center 
- NCSR#
- National Cybersecurity Review 
- NIST#
- National Institute of Standards and Technology 
- NIST SP#
- NIST Special Publication 
- NVD#
- National Vulnerability Database 
- OS#
- optical scanner 
- PCMCIA#
- Personal Computer Memory Card International Association 
- PCOS#
- precinct count optical scanner 
- PII#
- personally identifiable information 
- US-CERT#
- United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team 
- UOCAVA#
- Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act 
- USB#
- universal serial bus 
- VDP#
- vulnerability disclosure program 
- VPN#
- virtual private network 
- VVPAT#
- voter verifiable paper audit trail 
- WPA#
- wi-fi protected access