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CISM Certified Information Security Manager Acronyms

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1. Transmission Control Protocol/User Datagram Protocol






2. Wired Equivalent Privacy






3. User ID






4. Binary digit






5. System management facility






6. Database administrator






7. Mandatory Access Control






8. Bypass label process






9. Local area network






10. Network address translation






11. Extensible Business Reporting Language






12. Point of sale or Point-of-sale systems






13. Wi-Fi Protected Access






14. Backbone network services






15. Generalized audit software






16. Intrusion detection system






17. Personal computer/microcomputer






18. NT file system






19. Read-only memory






20. Request for information






21. Frequency division multiplexing






22. Function point






23. Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (USA)






24. Component Object Model/Distributed Component Object Model






25. Securities and Exchange Commission (USA)






26. Data dictionary/directory system






27. Hypertext Transmission Protocol






28. Fibre channels






29. Critical Path Methodology






30. Role-based access control






31. Internet relay chat






32. Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants






33. Chief privacy officer






34. Electromagnetic interference






35. Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission






36. Object request broker (ORB)






37. Radio frequency identification






38. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (USA)






39. Universal resource locator






40. Kilobit






41. Remote method invocation






42. Small office-home office






43. Computer-aided manufacturing






44. Permanent virtual circuit






45. Public data network






46. Carrier-sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection






47. Identification and authentication






48. Advanced Encryption Standard






49. Chief security officer






50. Integrated services digital network