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title: Abbreviations and Acronyms
slug: rbvm-help/abbreviations-and-acronyms
createdAt: 2026-10-26T13:51:25.699Z
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**Summary**: A list of commonly used abbreviations and acronyms in the Ivanti Neurons RBVM/ASPM/VULN KB platform.

The following table lists commonly used abbreviations and acronyms in Neurons RBVM/ASPM/VULN KB.

| Acronym   | Term                                          |
| --------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| 2FA       | Two-Factor Authentication                     |
| ACL       | Access Control List                           |
| AF        | Application Findings                          |
| API       | Application Programming Interface             |
| CI        | Configuration Item                            |
| CMDB      | Configuration Management Database             |
| CVE       | Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures          |
| CVSS      | Common Vulnerability Scoring System           |
| CWE       | Common Weakness Enumeration                   |
| DAST      | Dynamic Application Security Testing          |
| DB        | Database                                      |
| EV        | Earned Value                                  |
| FP        | False Positive                                |
| FQDN      | Fully Qualified Domain Name                   |
| HF        | Host Finding                                  |
| IAM       | Identity & Access Management                  |
| ITIL      | Information Technology Infrastructure Library |
| KPI       | Key Performance Indicator                     |
| KRI       | Key Risk Indicator                            |
| ME        | Manual Exploit                                |
| MFA       | Multi-Factor Authentication                   |
| NVD       | National Vulnerability Database               |
| OSS       | Open Source Software                          |
| OWASP     | Open Web Application Security Project         |
| OVA       | Open Virtual Appliance                        |
| PCI       | Payment Card Industry                         |
| PE        | Privilege Escalation                          |
| PV        | Planned Value                                 |
| RA        | Risk Acceptance                               |
| RBAC      | Role-Based Access Control                     |
| RBVM      | Risk-Based Vulnerability Management           |
| RCE       | Remote Code Execution                         |
| RM        | Remediation                                   |
| ROSA      | RiskSense On-Site Appliance                   |
| RS³/RS3   | Ivanti RS³                                    |
| SAML      | Security Assertion Markup Language            |
| SAST      | Static Application Security Testing           |
| SLA       | Service Level Agreement                       |
| SNOW      | ServiceNow                                    |
| SPI       | Schedule Performance Index                    |
| SU        | Severity Update                               |
| SV        | Schedule Variance                             |
| URbA/URBA | Update Remediation by Assessment              |
| VM        | Virtual Machine                               |
| VRR       | Vulnerability Risk Rating                     |