CIP (Civil Infrastructure Platform) Glossary

This document aims to maintain CIP glossary at one common place. There are multiple abbreviations used in CIP workgroups, hence this list will act as reference for CIP users and developers. Additionally CIP users should refer global Debian glossary for more details

CIP

Civil Infrastructure Platform

CVE

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

DCO

Developer Certificate of Origin, The CIP Project uses the Linux Foundation Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO). Contributors to the CIP Project should adhere to the Linux Foundation’s DCO and include a sign-off in their contributions.

DM

Defect Management

IEC

International Electrotechnical Commission

IDS

Intrusion Detection System

IPS

Intrusion Prevention System

LF

Linux Foundation, an umbrella organization for several Open Source projects. CIP is hosted under LF

OSBL

Open Source Base Layer, a layer of minimal package list maintained by CIP for SLTS period.

OTA

Over The Air, providing software updates via radio, bluetooth, Wifi, or similar mechanisms.

SD

Secure by Design

SG

Security Guidelines

SI

Secure Implementation

SLTS

Super Long Term Support. CIP claims to maintain kernel for 10+ years.

SM

Security Management

SR

Security Requirement

SUM

Security Update Management

SVV

Security Verification and Validation

SWG

Security Working group

TSC

Technical Steering Committee

References

[1] CIP Wiki page https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/civilinfrastructureplatform/start

[2] Debian Glossary https://wiki.debian.org/Glossary