Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations Used
AbbreviationDefinition
ADPAdvanced Data Protector (or Data Protector)
APIApplication Programming Interface
CPSCyber Physical System
CPUCentral Processing Unit
CTICyber Threat Intelligence
DFDData Flow Diagram
DIDDecentralized Identifier
DLTDistributed Ledger Technologies
DoSDenial-of-Service
DTDigital Twin
DTADeployer ofTrust Agents (or Trust Agent Deployer)
FAIRFactor Analysis ofInformation Risk
gRPCGoogle Remote Procedure Call
IDIdentifier
IDSIntrusion Detection System
IoTInternet ofThings
MADMMulti-Attribute Decision Making
MQTTMessage Queuing Telemetry Transport, a publish-subscribe messaging protocol
MQTTSSecure variant of MQTT
MUDManufacturer Usage Description
OP-TEEOpen-source operating system for Arm-TrustZone TEEs
OSOperating System
PDPPolicy Decision Point
PoSEProof ofSecure Erasure
PUFPhysical Unclonable Function
QEMUQuick Emulator
RARemote Attestation
RESTRepresentational State Transfer, an architectural style for APIs
RPCRemote Procedure Call
SCSmart Contract
SPService Provider
SPARTAThreat modeling tool developed at DistriNet
SRService Requester
SSHSecure Shell, a protocol for secure communication
SSISelf-Sovereign Identity
SSLSecure Sockets Layer, a standard for encrypted communication
STRIDEA threat modeling acronym for Spoofing, Tampering, Repudiation, Information disclosure, Denial of service, and Elevation of privilege.
TATrust Agent
TCGTrusted Computing Group
TEETrusted Execution Environment
TLSTransport Layer Security
TMBTrust Manager and Broker
TMRAThreat Modeling and Risk Assessment
TOPSISTechniq ue for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution
URLUniform Resource Locator
UUIDUniversally Unique Identifier
VCVerifiable Credentials
VPVerifiable Presentations
W3CWorld Wide Web Consortium
ZKPZero-Knowledge Proof

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