Cybersecurity terminology · MLC-0102
Cybersecurity acronyms: M (176)
| Acronym | Expansion |
|---|---|
| m | Meter |
| M2M | Machine to Machine |
| MA | maintenance; Major Application |
| MAB | MAC Authentication Bypass |
| MAC | Mandatory Access Control; Media Access Control Address; Medium Access Control; Message Authentication Codes; Mission Assurance Category; Modification, Access, and Creation |
| MACsec | Media Access Control Security |
| MAG | Mount Airey Group |
| MAL | Memory Allocation |
| MAM | Mobile Application Management |
| MAN | mandatory modification; Metropolitan Area Network |
| Manage Boundaries | Capability, Boundary Management |
| Manage Privileges | Capability, Privilege and Account Management |
| MAO | Maximum Allowable Outage |
| Mapping | concept mapping |
| MARAD | Maritime Administration |
| margin | design margin; operational margin |
| marking | security marking |
| MAUDE | Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience |
| MAV | Mobile Application Vetting |
| Maximum allowed length of a prefix specified in RAO | maxLength |
| Maximum Prefix Length | maxLength |
| maxLength | Maximum Prefix Length |
| MB | Megabyte(s) |
| Mbps | Megabit per second; Megabits per second |
| MBR | Master Boot Record |
| MBSE | Model-Based Systems Engineering |
| MCAA | Measurement, Control, & Automation Association |
| MCC | Millennium Challenge Corporation |
| MC/DC | Modified condition decision coverage; Modified Condition/Decision Coverage |
| MCI | Mass Casualty Incident |
| MCM | Multicloud Management |
| MCPTT | Mission Critical Push-To-Talk |
| MCU | Master Control Unit; Microcontroller Unit |
| MCV | MAC Chaining Value; Mission Critical Voice |
| MD | Merkle-Damgård; Mediation Device; Message Digest |
| MD5 | Message Digest 5; Message-Digest algorithm version 5 |
| MDA | Mail Delivery Agent |
| MDC | mobile digital computer |
| MDISS | Medical Device Innovation, Safety & Security Consortium |
| mDL | Mobile Driving License |
| MDM | Mobile Device Management; Mobile Device Manager |
| mDNS | Multicast Domain Name System |
| MDPH | Merkle-Damgård with Permutation using Hirose’s DBL compression function |
| MDRAP | Medical Device Risk Assessment Platform |
| MDS | Maximum Distance Separable; Mobile Device Security |
| MDS2 | Manufacturer Disclosure Statement for Medical Device Security |
| MDT | Mobile Data Terminal |
| MDU | Mobile Data Unit |
| ME | Mobile Equipment; Manageability Engine, Millennium Edition |
| MEA | Monitor-Evaluate-Adjust cycle |
| MEC | Multicast Group |
| mechanism | security mechanism |
| MED | Multi-Exit Discriminator |
| MEE | Memory Encryption Engine |
| MEF | Mission Essential Functions |
| Megabits per second | Mbps |
| MEID | Mobile Equipment Identifier |
| MEP | Message Exchange Pattern |
| MES | Manufacturing Execution System; Mobile Endpoint Security |
| MF | Multifactor; Multi-Factor |
| MFA | Multi Factor Authentication; multi-factor authentication; Multifactor Authentication |
| MFG | Manufacturing |
| MFL | Maximum Foreseeable Loss |
| MGC | management client |
| MGF | Mask Generation Function |
| MGMT | Management Network |
| MHz | Megahertz |
| MI | message indicator |
| MIA | Mission Impact Analysis |
| MiB | mebibyte; Management Information Base |
| MIC | Message Integrity Check; Message Integrity Code |
| Micro Secure Digital | microSD |
| microSD | Micro Secure Digital |
| Microsoft | Ms |
| Microsoft SQL | MS SQL |
| mil | Thousandth of an inch |
| MILE | Managed Incident Lightweight Exchange |
| Millimeter | mm |
| Milliwatt | mW |
| MILP | Mixed-Integer Linear Programming |
| MIL-STD | Military Standard |
| MIME | Multipurpose Internet Message Extensions; Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension, Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |
| MIP | Modules-In-Process |
| MISTI | MIS Training Institute |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| MITA | Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance |
| MitM | Man in the middle; Man-in-the-Middle Attack |
| MKA | MACsec Key Agreement |
| ML | Machine Learning |
| ML-DSA | Module-Lattice-Based Digital Signature Algorithm |
| MLE | Measured Launch Environment; Mesh Link Establishment |
| ML-KEM | Module-Lattice-Based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism |
| MLS | Multilevel Secure; Multi-Level Secure; Multilevel Security; Multi-Level Security |
| MLWE | Module Learning With Errors |
| MLWR | Module Learning With Rounding |
| mm | Millimeter |
| MMC | Multi-Media Card; Microsoft Management Console, Multimedia Card |
| MME | Mobility Management Entity |
| MMO | Matyas-Meyer-Oseas |
| MMS | Multimedia Messaging Service |
| MMT | Multi-Block Message Test |
| MMU | Memory Management Unit |
| MNO | Mobile Network Operator |
| MO | Magneto Optical |
| MOA | Memorandum of Understanding; Memorandum of Agreement |
| MOBIKE | Mobile Internet Key Exchange |
| MOC | mission operations center |
| MOD | Moderate |
| mode | block cipher mode of operation |
| ModeCFG | Mode Configuration |
| MODP | Modular Exponential |
| Module | cryptographic module |
| MOE | Measure of Effectiveness; Measures of Effectiveness |
| MOK | Machine Owner Key |
| MOP | Measure of Performance; Measures of Performance |
| MOSS | MIME Object Security Services |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MOU/A | Memorandum of Understanding/Agreement |
| MP | metapolicy; Media Protection |
| MPC | multi-party computation |
| MPCith | Multi-Party Computation in the Head |
| MPLS | Multiprotocol Label Switching; Multi-Protocol Label Switching |
| MPPE | Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption; Microsoft Point to Point Encryption |
| MPPS | Modality Performed Procedure Step |
| MPTC | Multi-Party Threshold Cryptography |
| MPU | Memory Protection Unit |
| MQTT | Message Queuing Telemetry Transport |
| MQV | Menezes-Qu-Vanstone algorithm |
| MRAE | Nonce Misuse-Resistant AE |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| MRT | Machine Readable Table |
| MRTD | Machine Readable Travel Document |
| M&S | Modeling and Simulation |
| MS | Measured service |
| MS SQL | Microsoft Structured Query Language |
| MSA | Mail Submission Agent; master services agreement |
| MSB | most significant bit(s) |
| MSC | Mobile Switching Center |
| MS-CHAP | Microsoft Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol; Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol |
| MS-CHAPv1 | Microsoft Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol version 1 |
| MS-CHAPv2 | Microsoft Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol version 2 |
| mSCP | macOS Security Compliance Project |
| MSCT | Mobile Services Category Team |
| MS-DOS | Microsoft Disk Operating System |
| MSDT | Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool |
| MSEC | Multicast Security |
| MSEL | Master Scenario Events List |
| MSIL | Microsoft Intermediate Language |
| MSIS | Module Short Integer Solution |
| MSISDN | Mobile Subscriber Integrated Services Digital Network |
| MSK | Master Session Key; Message Signature Key |
| MSL | Multiple Security Levels |
| MSO | Multiple-System Operator |
| MSQL | Microsoft SQL |
| MSS | Maximum Segment Size |
| MSSO | Mobile Single Sign-On |
| MSSP | Managed Security Services Provider; Managed Security Service Provider |
| MSSQL | Microsoft SQL; Microsoft Structured Query Language |
| MSWG | Metadata Standards Working Group |
| MTA | Mail Transfer Agent; Mail Transport Agent |
| MTC | Mobile Threat Catalogue |
| MTD | Maximum Tolerable Downtime; moving target defense; Mobile Threat Defense |
| MTE | Memory Tagging Extension |
| MTI | Mandatory-to-Implement; Mobile Threat Intelligence |
| mTLS | mutual TLS; mutual Transport Layer Security |
| MTO | Microsystems Technology Office |
| MTP | Mobile Threat Posture; Mobile Threat Protection |
| MTS | Marine Transportation System |
| MTTF | Mean Time To Failure |
| MTU | Master Terminal Unit; Maximum Transmission Unit |
| MUA | Mail User Agent |
| MUD | Manufacturer Usage Description |
| MVNO | Mobile Virtual Network Operator |
| mW | Milliwatt |
| MWR | Morale, Welfare, and Recreation |
| MX | Mail Exchanger; Mail Exchange, Mail Exchange (Resource Record) |
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