The glossary is a constant work-in-progress. If you have words you’d like to have defined let me know. Or if you have definitions that are messing, let me know that too.
NIST -
National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Synonyms: Problem Report System, PR, Bug Tracking, Bugzilla, Trouble Ticket
- Synonyms: Problem Report System, PR, Bug Tracking, Bugzilla, Trouble Ticket
NPE -
Often referred to an a "patent troll". NPE may be a perfectly legitimate inventor, with an idea that is useful and has been stolen by others, rather than independently invented. Or it may in fact be a patent troll, simply filing obvious ideas and then suing others.
- Synonyms: non-practicing entity
- Synonyms: non-practicing entity
NVD -
US National Vulnerability Database is a repository of known security issues in software, devices, systems, etc. Each issue can be linked to a CVE. Data is stored in a common format called SCAP to enable easy automation in order to update notification of needed patches and other remediation. See https://nvd.nist.gov/