Generally speaking, it’s best to not use a bunch of acronyms when posting. This helps everyone understand what you mean. It also makes for a much easier-to-read community post. Obviously, in the tech world, some acronyms are just easier to use. If/when you do use acronyms, here is a collection of some common ones to help translate.
I will try to continue to grow this as we go. Let me know what I missed and what you would like to see added to the list.
| Acronym | Expansion | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ACL | Access Control List | |
| AD | Active Directory | |
| ADFS | Active Directory Federation Services | |
| AMI | Amazon Machine Images | |
| API | Application Programming Interface | |
| APT | Advanced Persistent Threat | |
| ATP | Advanced Threat Protection | |
| AUP | Acceptable Usage Policy | |
| AV | antivirus | |
| BBA | Browser-Based Access | |
| CA | Central Authority // Certificate Authority | |
| CASB | Cloud Access Security Broker | |
| RBI or CBI | Remote Browser Isolation or Cloud Browser Isolation | |
| CFW | Cloud Firewall | |
| CNAPP | Cloud Native Application Protection Platform | |
| CORS | cross-origin resource sharing | |
| CSS | Cascading Style Sheet | |
| DEM | Digital Experience Monitoring | |
| DLP | Data Loss Prevention | |
| DNS | Domain Name System | |
| DNSSEC | DNS Security | Security extensions to secure data exchange in DNS |
| DOH | DNS over HTTPS | |
| DTLS | Dynamic TLS | See TLS |
| EDM | exact data match | |
| EDR | Endpoint Detection and Response | |
| EOL | End-of-Life | |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol | |
| GeoIP | Geographic IP (location) | |
| GRE | Generic Routing Encapsulation | |
| HTML | Hypertext Markup Language | |
| HTTPS | Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure | |
| IaaS | Infrastructure as a Service | |
| IaC | Infrastructure as Code | |
| ICAP | Internet Content Adaptation Protocol | |
| ICMP | Internet Control Message Protocol | |
| IDM | index document match | |
| IdP | identity provider | |
| IP | Internet Protocol | |
| IPS | Intrusion Prevention System | |
| IPSec | Internet Protocol Security | |
| IPv6 | Internet Protocol version 6 | |
| LAN | local area network | |
| LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol | |
| LSS | Log Streaming Service | |
| NAT | Network Address Translation | |
| NSS | Nanolog Streaming Service | |
| OCR | Optical Character Recognition | |
| OIDC | OpenID Connect | |
| PaaS | Platform as a Service | |
| PAC | proxy auto-config | |
| PoC / PoV | proof of concept / proof of value | |
| PRA | Privileged Remote Access | |
| PSE | Private Service Edge | |
| RDP | Remote Desktop Protocol | |
| SaaS | Software as a Service | |
| SAML | Security Assertion Markup Language | |
| SASE | Secure Access Service Edge | |
| SCIM | System for Cross-domain Identity Management | |
| SDP | Software Defined Perimeter | |
| SD-WAN | Software-Defined Wide Area Network | |
| SIEM | security information and event management | |
| SIPA | Source IP Anchoring | |
| SOAR | Security Orchestration, Automation and Response | |
| SP | service provider | |
| SSE | Security Service Edge | |
| SSH | Secure Shell Protocol | |
| SSL | Secure Sockets Layer | |
| SSO | single sign-on | |
| SWG | Secure Web Gateway | |
| TCP | Transmission Control Protocol | |
| TLS | Transport Layer Security | |
| TWLP | Tunnel with Local Proxy | |
| UCaaS | United Communications as a Service | |
| UDP | User Datagram Protocol | |
| UEBA | User and Entity Behavior Analytics | |
| URL | Universal (or Uniform) Resource Locator | |
| VM | virtual machine | |
| VNC | Virtual Network Computing | |
| VPC | virtual private cloud | |
| VPN | virtual private network | |
| VSE | Virtual Service Edge | |
| XFF | X-Forwarded-For | |
| ZAB | Zscaler Authentication Bridge | |
| ZAD | Zscaler Active Defense | |
| ZCC | Zscaler Client Connector (also referred to in the community as ZAPP) | Zscaler only uses Zscaler Client Connector in all public materials |
| ZCIEM | Zscaler Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management | |
| ZCP | Zscaler Cloud Protection | |
| ZCSPM | Zscaler Cloud Security Posture Management | |
| ZDX | Zscaler Digital Experience | |
| ZEN | Zscaler Enforcement Node | This acronym should no longer be used. Now, ZIA (or ZPA, ZB2B, etc.) Public Service Edge must be used |
| ZIA | Zscaler Internet Access | |
| ZPA | Zscaler Private Access | |
| ZPC | Zscaler Posture Control | |
| ZTE | Zero Trust Exchange | |
| ZTNA | Zero Trust Network Access | |
| ZWS | Zscaler Workload Segmentation |