Definitions of OT Cyber Security Acronyms

Q: Definitions of OT Cyber Security Acronyms

A definition of the major, commonly used OT Cyber Security acronyms, abbreviations and titles to assist you in your work and study.

OT Cyber Security Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

See below commonly used Cyber Security acronyms, abbreviations and titles to assist you in your work and study. For more help contact us on 01462 713313 or support@methodcysec.com

Antivirus

BPCS

Basic Process Control System

Command and Control (server)

Competent Authority

CAF

Cyber Assessment Framework

CIA

Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability

CMDB

Configuration Management Database

CNI

Critical National Infrastructure

COMAH

The Control of Major Accident Hazards

CSMS

Cyber Security Management System

DCS

Distributed Control System

DMZ

Demilitarised Zone

EWS

Engineering Workstation

HMI

Human Machine Interface

HSE

UK Health and Safety Executive

IACS

Industrial Automation and Control Systems

ICS

Industrial Control Systems

IDS

Intrusion Detection System

IEC

International electrotechnical Commission

FTE

Fault Tolerant Ethernet

I/O

Input / Output

IPS

Intrusion Prevention System

ISMS

Information Security Management System

Information Technology

LAN

Local Area Network

LES

Loss of Essential Services

Major Accident

MAC

Medium Access Control (address)

MCC

Motor Control Center

NAS

Network Attached Storage

NCSC

National Cyber Security Centre (UK)

NIS

Network & Information Systems Directive (EU) / Regulations (UK)

NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology (US)

OES

Operator of Essential Services

Operational Guidance

OPC UA

Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture

Operational Technology

PERA

Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture

PFD

Probability of Failure On Demand

PHRA

Process Hazard Risk Analysis

PIZ

Plant Information Zone

RAMS

Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Safety

RAS

Remote Access Server

PLC

Programmable Logic Controller

RDP

Remote Desktop Protocol

SCADA

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

SIL

Safety Integrity Level

SIS

Safety Instrumented System

SOE

Standard Operating Environment

TCP / IP

Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol

VLAN

Virtual Local Area Network

WLAN

Wireless Local Area Network (Wi-Fi)

Virtual Machine

VPN

Virtual Private Network

WAN

Wide Area Network

WSUS

Windows Server Update Services

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