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Acronyms and abbreviations

Acronyms and abbreviations

The table below lists the acronyms and/or abbreviations used in this document and/or on the FIC portal.

Acronym/Abbreviation

Terminology

2FA

Two-factor authentication

Note: This term is used in FortiGate/FortiOS. It carries the same meaning as "MFA" (listed below) used in FortiIdentity Cloud.

MFA

Multi-factor authentication.

Auth

Authentication

FAC

FortiAuthenticator

FC

FortiCloud

FGT

FortiGate

FOS

FortiOS

FIC

FortiIdentity Cloud

FTK

FortiToken (hardware token)

FTM

FortiToken Mobile (software token)

IdP

Identity Provider

OIDC

OpenID Connect

OU

Organizational Unit

OTP

One-time password

SAML

Security Assertion Markup Language

SCIM

System for Cross-domain Identity Management

SMS

Short message service

SP

Service Provider

SSO

Single sign-on

TOTP

Time-based one-time password

UTC

Universal Time Coordinated (or Coordinated Universal Time)

Acronyms and abbreviations

Acronyms and abbreviations

The table below lists the acronyms and/or abbreviations used in this document and/or on the FIC portal.

Acronym/Abbreviation

Terminology

2FA

Two-factor authentication

Note: This term is used in FortiGate/FortiOS. It carries the same meaning as "MFA" (listed below) used in FortiIdentity Cloud.

MFA

Multi-factor authentication.

Auth

Authentication

FAC

FortiAuthenticator

FC

FortiCloud

FGT

FortiGate

FOS

FortiOS

FIC

FortiIdentity Cloud

FTK

FortiToken (hardware token)

FTM

FortiToken Mobile (software token)

IdP

Identity Provider

OIDC

OpenID Connect

OU

Organizational Unit

OTP

One-time password

SAML

Security Assertion Markup Language

SCIM

System for Cross-domain Identity Management

SMS

Short message service

SP

Service Provider

SSO

Single sign-on

TOTP

Time-based one-time password

UTC

Universal Time Coordinated (or Coordinated Universal Time)