# Part 6 - Application

## Abstract

**Application Hardening**: Best practices to apply to the build and release of
user space applications, in order to reduce the number of attack surfaces used
by potential attackers.

The term of Application (App) has a very wide definition in **AGL**. Almost
anything which is not in the core Operating System (OS) is an Application.
Applications can be included in the base software package (image) or can be
added at run-time.

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## Acronyms and Abbreviations

The following table lists the terms utilized within this part of the document.

Acronyms or Abbreviations | Description
------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------
_3GPP_                    | **3**rd **G**eneration **P**artnership **P**roject
_CASB_                    | **C**loud **A**ccess **S**ecurity **B**roker
_DAST_                    | **D**ynamic **A**pplication **S**ecurity **T**esting
_DPI_                     | **D**eep **P**acket **I**nspection
_IDS_                     | **I**ntrusion **D**etection **S**ystems
_IPS_                     | **I**ntrusion **P**revention **S**ystems
_IPSec_                   | **I**nternet **P**rotocol **Sec**urity
_LSM_                     | **L**inux **S**ecurity **M**odule
_MITM_                    | **M**an **I**n **T**he **M**iddle
_OSI_                     | **O**pen **S**ystems **I**nterconnection
_SATS_                    | **S**tatic **A**pplication **S**ecurity **T**esting