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Acronyms

Acroynm

Name

Description

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SCAP
SCAP
SCAP

Security Content Automation Protocol

Specification for expressing and manipulating security data in standardized ways that allow machine-readable assessment and misconfiguration remediation.

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OVAL
OVAL
OVAL

Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language

XML specification for exchanging technical details on how to check systems for security-related software flaws, configuration issues and patches.

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XCCDF
XCCDF
XCCDF

eXtensible Configuration Checklist Description Format

XML-based specification for structured collections of security configuration rules.

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CPE
CPE
CPE

Common Platform Enumeration

Naming convention for hardware, OS and application products.

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CVE
CVE
CVE

Common Vulnerability Enumeration

Dictionary of publicly-known security-related software flaws.

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CCE
CCE
CCE

Common Configuration Enumeration

Dictionary of software security configuration issues.

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CVSS
CVSS
CVSS

Common Vulnerability Scoring System

Method for classifying characteristics of software flaws and assigning severity scores based on these characteristics.

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