Professional Documents
Culture Documents
The CISM candidate should be familiar with the following list of acronyms. These acronyms are
the only standalone abbreviations used in examination questions.
CD
CD-ROM
DMZ
HTML
ID
IP
IPS
IPSec
IS
ISP
IT
OS
URL
XML
Compact Disk
Compact Disk Read Only Memory
Demilitarized zone
Hypertext Markup Language
Identification
Internet Protocol
Intrusion prevention system
Internet Protocol Security
Information systems
Internet service provider
Information technology
Operating system
Uniform resource locator
Extensible Markup Language
In addition to the aforementioned acronyms, candidates may also wish to become familiar with
the following additional acronyms. Should any of these abbreviations be used in examination
questions, their meanings would be included when the acronym appears.
AESRM
AIW
ALE
API
AS/NZS
ASCII
ASIC
ASP
ATM
AV
BCI
BCM
BCP
BGP
BI
BIA
BIMS
BIOS
BITS
BLP
BLP
BS
CA
CASPR
CEO
CERT
CFO
CIM
CIO
CIRT
CISO
CMM
COO
COOP
CORBA
COSO
CPO
CPU
CRM
CSA
CSF
CSIRT
CSO
CSRC
CTO
CVE
DAC
DBMS
DCE
DCE
DCE
DCL
DDoS
DES
DHCP
DNS
DNSSEC
DoS
DOSD
DR
DRII
DRP
EDI
EER
EF
EFT
EGRP
EIGRP
EU
FAIR
FAR
FCPA
FIPS
FISMA
FSA
GLBA
GMI
HD-DVD
HIDS
HIPAA
HIPO
HR
HTTP
I/O
ICT
IDEFIX
IDS
IEC
IETF
IFAC
IIA
IMT
IPF
IPL
IPMA
IPRs
IPS
IRP
IRT
ISF
ISO
ISSA
ISSEA
ITGI
JCL
KGI
KLOC
KPI
KRI
L2TP
LAN
LCP
M&A
MAC
MAO
MIME
MIS
MitM
MTD
MTO
NAT
NCP
NDA
NIC
NIDS
NIST
NPV
OCSP
OCTAVE
OECD
OEP
OSI
OSPF
PAN
PCI DSS
PDCA
PKI
PMBOK
POS
PPPoE
PRA
PSTN
PVC
QA
RAID
ROI
ROSI
RPO
RRT
RSA
RTO
S/HTTP
SABSA
SCADA
SDLC
SDO
SEC
SIEM
SIM
SLA
SMART
SMF
SOP
SPI
SPICE
SPOC
SPOOL
SQL
SSH
SSL
SSO
TCO
TCP
TLS
UDP
USB
VAR
VoIP
VPN
XBRL