| A2/AD | antiaccess/area-denial |
| APT | advanced persistent threat |
| CIA | Central Intelligence Agency |
| CIS | Center for Internet Security |
| CNSSP | Committee on National Security Systems Policy |
| DDoS | distributed denial of service |
| DHS | Department of Homeland Security |
| DLL | dynamic link library |
| DNC | Democratic National Committee |
| DCCC | Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| EDR | endpoint detection and response |
| EU | European Union |
| FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| FSB | Federal Security Service |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| GGE | Government Group of Experts on Information Security |
| GRU | Main Intelligence Directorate |
| G7 | Group of Seven |
| G20 | Group of Twenty |
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| ICS | industrial control system |
| ICS-CERT | Industrial Control System–Computer Emergency Response Team |
| ICT | information and communication technology |
| IHL | international humanitarian law |
| IO | information operations |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| IP | internet protocol |
| IRA | Internet Research Agency |
| IT | information technology |
| IW | information warfare |
| MMS | multimedia messaging service |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NSA | National Security Agency |
| PDF | Portable Document Format |
| PPD | presidential policy directive |
| RMF | Risk Management Framework |
| RT | Russia Today |
| SAP | State Armament Program |
| SCADA | supervisory control and data acquisition |
| SIEM | security information and event management |
| SMB | Server Message Block |
| SMS | short message service |
| SOAR | security orchestration, automation, and response |
| SOC | security operations center |
| SSH | Secure Shell |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UN | United Nations |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| US-CERT | United States Computer Emergency Response Team |
| VPN | virtual private network |
| WMI | Windows Management Instrumentation |
