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CISM Certified Information Security Manager Acronyms

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1. Program change request






2. Wireless local area network






3. Fast Fourier Transform






4. Intrusion prevention system






5. Manufacturing resources planning






6. Computer Incident Advisory Capability






7. Central processing unit






8. Data warehouse






9. Object request broker (ORB)






10. Projects in Controlled Environments 2






11. The SANS Institute






12. Incident response management






13. Enterprise java beans






14. Systems Control Audit Review File






15. Secure electronic transactions






16. Extensible Authentication Protocol






17. IT Governance Institute






18. Distributed computing environment






19. Certification practice statement






20. Read-only memory






21. Platform for Internet content selection






22. Private branch exchange






23. Wide area network






24. Extensible Markup Language






25. Computer emergency response team






26. Project Management Body of Knowledge






27. Complimentary Code Keying






28. Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol






29. Personal computer/microcomputer






30. Chief information security officer






31. Service level management






32. False-rejection rate






33. Earned value analysis






34. Annual loss expectancy






35. Work packages






36. Data-oriented system development






37. Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications






38. Emergency response time






39. Disaster Recovery Institute International






40. Data Encryption Standard






41. Virtual local area network






42. Control self-assessment






43. File Transfer Protocol






44. Network access server or Network attached storage






45. Fourth-generation language






46. Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol






47. Extensible Stylesheet Language






48. Denial of service






49. Certificate revocation list






50. Description - discovery and integration