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CISM Certified Information Security Manager Acronyms

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1. International Organization for Standardization






2. Wireless Application Protocol






3. Carrier-sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection






4. Computer-aided software engineering






5. Chief security officer






6. Internet Engineering Task Force






7. Universal Serial Bus






8. Point-to-point Protocol






9. Data communications equipment






10. Bank for International Settlements






11. Wi-Fi Protected Access






12. Remote Access Dial-in User Service






13. Channel service unit/digital service unit






14. Database administrator






15. Identification and authentication






16. Generalized audit software






17. Enterprise java beans






18. Disaster recovery planning






19. Frame relay assembler/disassembler






20. Access control list






21. Enterprise data flow architecture






22. Equal-error rate






23. Continuity of operations plan






24. Nondisclosure agreement






25. Fiber-Distributed Data Interface






26. Elliptical curve cryptography






27. Key goal indicator






28. Business continuity planning






29. Cyclic redundancy check






30. Transport layer security






31. Annual loss expectancy






32. Federal enterprise architecture






33. Multiprotocol label switching






34. Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks






35. Certificate revocation list






36. Extensible Markup Language






37. Dynamic link library






38. Certification practice statement






39. Electronic commerce






40. Radio frequency






41. Discretionary access controls






42. Open Systems Interconnection






43. Electronic funds transfer






44. Metropolitan area network






45. Extensible Stylesheet Language






46. Kilo lines of code






47. Wide area network






48. Work breakdown structure






49. Just in time






50. Data Encryption Standard