Glossary

Acronym	Definition
API	Application programming interface
CA	Certification Authority
CloudHSM	HSM as a service, operated by Securosys
ECC	Elliptic-Curve Cryptography
FIPS 140-2	Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2
FW	Firewall
HSM	Hardware Security Module (physical or as a service)
PAM	Privileged Access Manager
PAS	Publicly Available Specification
PKCS#11	Public-Key Cryptography Standard #11 – API to cryptographic tokens
SSH	Secure Shell
UNIX	UNiplexed Information Computing System