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Commodities ExchangenounMWEan exchange for buying and selling commodities for future deliveryverified
Commodity ServicenounMWEAn information system service (e.g., telecommunications service) provided by a commercial service provider typically to a large and diverse set of consumers. The organization acquiring and/or receiving the commodity service possesses limited visibility into the management structure and operations of the provider, and while the organization may be able to negotiate service-level agreements, the organization is typically not in a position to require that the provider implement specific security controls.CapabilityInternal
Commodorenouna commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiralverified
Common Access CardnounMWEStandard identification/smart card issued by the Department of Defense that has an embedded integrated chip storing public key infrastructure (PKI) certificates.CredentialRegulatedCUI
Common AgeratumnounMWEsmall tender herb grown for its fluffy brushlike blue to lavender bloomsverified
Common AllamandanounMWEvigorous evergreen climbing plant of South America having glossy leathery foliage and golden yellow flowersverified
Common AmsinckianounMWEannual of western United States with coiled spikes of yellow-orange coiled flowersverified
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and ClassificationnounMWEA catalogue of attack patterns as an abstraction mechanism for helping describe how an attack against vulnerable systems or networks is executed published by the MITRE CorporationFrameworkPublicPublicInfo
Common AxnounMWEan ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt sideverified
Common AxenounMWEan ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt sideverified
Common BamboonounMWEextremely vigorous bamboo having thin-walled culms striped green and yellowverified
Common BarleynounMWEgrass yielding grain used for breakfast food and animal feed and in malt beveragesverified
Common BasilnounMWEannual or perennial of tropical Asia having spikes of small white flowers and aromatic leavesverified
Common BeannounMWEthe common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or podsverified
Common Bean PlantnounMWEthe common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or podsverified
Common BearberrynounMWEevergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berriesverified
Common BirchnounMWEEuropean birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branchesverified
Common Bog RosemarynounMWEerect to procumbent evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowersverified
Common ButtercupnounMWEperennial Old World buttercup with golden to sulphur yellow flowers in late spring to early summerverified
Common CamasnounMWEplant having a large edible bulb and linear basal leaves and racemes of light to deep violet-blue star-shaped flowers on tall green scapesverified
Common CapernounMWEprostrate spiny shrub of the Mediterranean region cultivated for its greenish flower buds which are pickledverified
Common CarotidnounMWEruns upward in the neck and divides into the external and internal carotid arteriesverified
Common Carotid ArterynounMWEruns upward in the neck and divides into the external and internal carotid arteriesverified
Common CarriernounMWEIn a telecommunications context, a telecommunications company that holds itself out to the public for hire to provide communications transmission services. Note: In the United States, such companies are usually subject to regulation by federal and state regulatory commissions.Organization
Common ColdnounMWEa mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)verified
Common Configuration EnumerationnounMWEA SCAP specification that provides unique, common identifiers for configuration settings found in a wide variety of hardware and software products.Framework
Common Configuration Scoring SystemnounMWEA SCAP specification for measuring the severity of software security configuration issues.Metric
Common ControlnounMWEA security control that is inherited by one or more organizational information systems. See Security Control Inheritance.Control
Common Control ProvidernounMWEAn organizational official responsible for the development, implementation, assessment, and monitoring of common controls (i.e., security controls inherited by information systems).Role
Common Coral TreenounMWEsmall South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clusteredverified
Common CriterianounMWEGoverning document that provides a comprehensive, rigorous method for specifying security function and assurance requirements for products and systems.Framework
Common DaisynounMWElow-growing Eurasian plant with yellow central disc flowers and pinkish-white outer ray flowersverified
Common DenominatornounMWEan integer that is a common multiple of the denominators of two or more fractionsverified
Common European AshnounMWEtall ash of Europe to the Caucasus having leaves shiny dark-green above and pale downy beneathverified
Common European DogwoodnounMWEEuropean deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowersverified
Common European JaynounMWEfawn-colored jay with black-and-white crest and blue-and-black wingsverified
Common Evening PrimrosenounMWEa coarse biennial of eastern North America with yellow flowers that open in the eveningverified
Common Facial VeinnounMWEvein formed by union of facial vein and the retromandibular vein and emptying into the jugular veinverified
Common FatenounMWEa Gestalt principle of organization holding that aspects of perceptual field that move or function in a similar manner will be perceived as a unitverified
Common FaultnounMWEan inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwallverified
Common Fill DevicenounMWEOne of a family of devices developed to read-in, transfer, or store key.PhysicalRegulatedCUI
Common Flat PeanounMWElow spreading evergreen shrub of southern Australia having triangular to somewhat heart-shaped foliage and orange-yellow flowers followed by flat winged podsverified
Common Four-O'clocknounMWEcommon garden plant of North America having fragrant red or purple or yellow or white flowers that open in late afternoonverified
Common FoxglovenounMWEtall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowersverified
Common FrontnounMWEa movement in which several individuals or groups with different interests join togetherverified
Common Gateway InterfacenounMWECommon Gateway Interface. This mechanism is used by HTTP servers (web servers) to pass parameters to executable scripts in order to generate responses dynamically.Network
Common Grape HyacinthnounMWEprolific species having particularly beautiful dark blue flowersverified
Common Gum CistusnounMWEshrub having white flowers and viscid stems and leaves yielding a fragrant oleoresin used in perfumes especially as a fixativeverified
Common HeathnounMWEspindly upright shrub of southern Australia and Tasmania having white to rose or purple-red flowersverified
Common HopnounMWEEuropean twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquorsverified
Common HorehoundnounMWEEuropean aromatic herb with hairy leaves and numerous white flowers in axillary cymesverified