If writing about a type of value, use the normal font. If it’s a specific value, use the tech font, as in “licenseID value.”
Software for secrets management created by HashiCorp.
A Microsoft scripting language based on Visual Basic.
Venture capital. Pronounced as letters or the phrase. Spell out on first use.
Disk encryption software.
Verbose logs, banners, and error messages reveal more information about underlying structures to users than is necessary.
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Use the normal font for software version numbers, product model numbers, serial numbers, and builds. Avoid using “v” to stand for version in formal writing.
Ex: jQuery 3.5.0, SSL 2, Nmap 7.80
Video Graphics Array. A graphics standard and video output connector. Do not spell out.
A physical component of a chip.
Avoid using this term. Try user, patient, customer, consumer, or target.
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OK to just call them games. Capitalize video game titles in the normal font, as in Myst and Grim Fandango.
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A text editor.
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Short for voice phishing. A type of social engineering attack that uses telephony to impersonate legitimate callers. Spell out on first use.
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Vulnerability Lifecycle Management. Spell out on first use.
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Virtual Network Computing. Spell out on first use.
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Vendor security assessment. Spell out on first use.
An AR platform.
Any condition, configuration, or state that increases an asset’s logical, informational, or physical exposure to loss of availability, integrity, or confidentiality. Vuln is informal.
An assessment of a target using automated tools to detect security weaknesses.
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An automated application or system designed to assess computers, computer systems, networks, or applications for weaknesses.
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