ACRONYM

IaC

The process of managing and provisioning an organization’s IT infrastructure using machine-readable configuration files, rather than employing physical hardware configuration or interactive configuration tools.

Updated

Jan 06, 2026

Stands for

Information Assurance Component Infrastructure as code

Senses

Sense 1Information Assurance Component Infrastructure as code

The process of managing and provisioning an organization’s IT infrastructure using machine readable configuration files, rather than employing physical hardware configuration or interactive configuration tools.

The process of managing and provisioning an organization’s IT infrastructure using machine-readable configuration files, rather than employing physical hardware configuration or interactive configuration tools.

NICCS (CISA) Cybersecurity Vocabulary

Bibliography

NICCS (CISA) Cybersecurity Vocabulary
Accessed Jan 06, 2026Quoted
NICCS glossary export (CSV)
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Source: NICCS (CISA) Cybersecurity Vocabulary (niccs.cisa.gov).