Acronyms and Initialisms

The following is a list of all acronyms and initialisms used in this document.

Term
Definition
AAA
authentication, authorization and accounting
ACL
access control lists
AD
Active Directory
AD CS
Active Directory Certificate Services
AD DC
Active Directory Domain Controller
AD DS
Active Directory Domain Services
AD FS
Active Directory Federation Services
AMP
Advanced Malware Protection
API
application programming interface
AppIDSvc
Application Identity service
ASA
Adaptive Security Appliance
ASDM
Cisco Adaptive Security Device Manager
AVC
Application Visibility and Control
CA
Certificate Authority
CAP
RD Gateway Connection Authorization Policies
CAPWAP
control and provisioning of wireless access points
CDP
Cisco Discovery Protocol
CIP
Common Industrial Protocol
COFF
Common Object File Format
CPwE
Converged Plantwide Ethernet
CRL
Certificate Revocation Lists
CVD
Cisco Validated Design
CWS
Cisco Cloud Web Security
DCE/RPC
Distributed Computing Environment/Remote Procedure Calls
DCOM
Microsoft Distributed Component Object Model
DCS
Distributed Control System
DMZ
Demilitarized Zone
DNS
Domain Name Services
DPI
Deep Packet Inspection
DUAL
Diffusing Update ALgorithm
EIGRP
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
EMET
Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit
EPM
Endpoint Mapper
FSMO
Flexible Single Master Operations
GLBP
Gateway Load Balancing Protocol
GPO
Group Policy Object
HSRP
Hot Standby Routing Protocol
HMI
human-machine interface
IACS
Industrial Automation and Control System
IAT
Import Address Table
IDMZ
Industrial Demilitarized Zone
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
IPS
Intrusion Prevention Services
IPsec
IP Security
ISE
Cisco Identity Services Engine
LACP
Link Aggregation Control Protocol
LWAP
Lightweight Access Points
MAC
media access control
MEC
Multi-chassis EtherChannel
MMC
Microsoft Management Console
MNT
Monitoring Node
MTTR
Mean Time To Repair
NAT
Network Address Translation
NGIPS
next-generation IPS
NSF
nonstop forwarding
NSSA
Not-So-Stubby Area
NTP
Network Time Protocol
OEE
overall equipment effectiveness
OIR
online insertion and removal
OpSec
Operations Security
OSPF
Open Shortest Path First
OU
organizational units
PAC
Programmable Automation Controllers
PAN
Policy Administration Node
PDC
Primary Domain Controller
PE
Windows Portable Executable
PSN
Policy Service Node
PTP
Precision Time Protocol
RA
registration authority
RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
RAP
RD Gateway Resource Authorization Policies
RAS
Remote Access Servers
RBAC
Role-based access control
RD
Remote Desktop
RDC
Remote Desktop Connection
RDP
Remote Desktop Protocol
RF
Radio Frequency
RPC
Remote Procedure Call
SFT
Secure File Transfer
SFTP
Secure File Transfer Protocol
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
SoD
Separation of Duties
SOE
Sequence of Events
SPOF
single points of failure
SSH
Secure Shell
SSO
Stateful Switch Over
TACACS+
Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus
UTC
Coordinated Universal Time
UUID
universally unique identifier
VLAN
virtual LAN
VPN
virtual private network
VRRP
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
VSL
virtual switch link
VSS
Virtual Switching System
WLAN
wireless LAN
WLC
wireless LAN controller
WSE
Web Security Essentials