Acronym for 'Common Vulnerability Scoring System' used to convey the severity of computer system security vulnerabilities.

• A. Data-Flow Diagram
• B. Consumer
• C. Cryptography
• D. CVSS

Answer: (D)

Understanding how we express how bad a vulnerability is relies on a standard scoring system. CVSS stands for Common Vulnerability Scoring System and is the established method used to convey the severity of computer system security vulnerabilities. It provides a numeric score—along with qualitative descriptors—that lets organizations prioritize fixes based on how exploitable the vulnerability is and how much impact it could have. This consistency is why CVSS is adopted across many security products, vendors, and standards bodies, making it the go-to language for communicating risk. The other terms don’t fit this purpose: a data-flow diagram maps how data moves through a system, a consumer is a person who uses a product, and cryptography is about protecting data through encryption rather than scoring vulnerabilities.