Cybersecurity

American College of Nursing

A U.S. college offering nursing education. It prepares students for patient care and healthcare roles.

Advanced Cybersecurity Network

A robust infrastructure designed to protect digital assets through multiple layers of security protocols detection systems and response mechanisms. ACSNET incorporates threat intelligence real-time monitoring and automated countermeasures to defend against evolving cyber threats across organizational networks.

Advanced Encryption Standard

A specification for the encryption of electronic data established by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology. AES is a symmetric block cipher chosen by the U.S. government to protect classified information and is implemented in software and hardware throughout the world for sensitive data protection.

Advanced Intrusion Detection and Prevention System

A cybersecurity solution that combines network monitoring, traffic analysis, and automated countermeasures to identify and block unauthorized access attempts and cyber attacks.

Automated Online Banking Encryption System

A security framework that protects online banking transactions through advanced encryption protocols. AOBES ensures that sensitive financial data remains secure during transmission between users and banking systems protecting against unauthorized access and cyber threats.

Business and Economic Cybersecurity Coordination

A collaborative approach to protecting financial systems and economic infrastructure from cyber threats through information sharing, joint defense strategies, and coordinated incident response.

Cybersecurity Advanced Certification and Training Framework

A structured program for developing and validating specialized skills in digital forensics, penetration testing, security architecture, and cyber threat intelligence.

Canadian Association of Network Security Investigators

A professional organization for cybersecurity specialists who focus on detecting, analyzing, and responding to network intrusions and digital security breaches in Canadian organizations.

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

A federal agency responsible for protecting critical infrastructure from cyber and physical threats through risk analysis, information sharing, and emergency response coordination.

Chief Information Security Officer

A senior-level executive responsible for establishing and maintaining the enterprise vision strategy and program to ensure information assets and technologies are adequately protected. The CISO directs staff in identifying analyzing evaluating and mitigating information security risks.

Cyber Security Defense and Incident Management

A framework for protecting information systems and responding to security breaches. CSDIM includes preventive measures threat detection incident response protocols and recovery procedures designed to safeguard digital assets and minimize damage from cyber attacks.

Data Loss Prevention

A set of tools and processes used to ensure that sensitive data is not lost stolen or accessed by unauthorized users. DLP software identifies monitors and protects data in use in motion and at rest through content inspection context analysis and security measures across an organization.

Elliptic Curve Cryptography

A public-key cryptography system based on the algebraic structure of elliptic curves over finite fields. ECC requires smaller keys compared to non-EC cryptography to provide equivalent security making it useful for mobile applications digital signatures and other systems with limited computing resources.

Intrusion Detection System

A device or software application that monitors a network or systems for malicious activity or policy violations. IDS systems collect and analyze information from various areas within a computer or network to identify possible security breaches which include attacks from outside and within the organization.

International Forum on Cybersecurity Management

A global organization that brings together security professionals, technology providers, and policy makers to address emerging digital threats, protective measures, and incident response strategies.

International Network for Cybersecurity Coordination

A global collaboration of government agencies, private organizations, and security experts that shares threat intelligence, defensive strategies, and incident response capabilities.

Intrusion Prevention System

A network security technology that examines network traffic flows to detect and prevent vulnerability exploits. IPS works by actively scanning and analyzing suspicious content for threats and taking automatic actions when threats are detected such as dropping malicious packets blocking traffic or resetting connections.

National Institute of Cybersecurity Management

A research organization focused on developing methodologies, technologies, and governance models for protecting digital systems and information across government and industry.

Public Key Infrastructure

A framework for managing digital certificates and public-key encryption that enables secure electronic transfer of information. PKI creates issues renews and revokes digital certificates binding public keys with user identities providing authentication integrity and non-repudiation for electronic communications.

Security Operations Center

A facility that houses a team responsible for monitoring and analyzing an organization's security posture on an ongoing basis. SOC staff work with security technologies and processes to detect investigate respond to and prevent cybersecurity incidents protecting enterprise information systems.

Secure Sockets Layer

A cryptographic protocol designed to provide secure communication over a computer network, creating an encrypted link between a web server and browser. While SSL has been largely replaced by its successor TLS (Transport Layer Security), the term remains commonly used to refer to the security certificates that authenticate websites and protect data in transit.