| AP | Access Point |
| CAN | Controller Area Network |
| CDH | Computational Diffie–Hellman |
| DCMD | Data centric misbehavior detection |
| DoS | Denial of Service |
| ELIDV | Efficient and Light-weight Intrusion Detection mechanism for the Vehicular network |
| FOCUS | Fog computing based security |
| ID | Identity |
| IDS | Intrusion Detection System |
| IoT | Internet of Thing |
| LBE | Location-based encryption |
| MAC | Message Authentication Code |
| OBU | On-Board Unit |
| PK | Public Key |
| PKI | Public Key Infrastructure |
| REST-Net | Rule-Enforced Security Technique for VANETs |
| RSU | Road Side Unit |
| SK | Private key |
| TESLA | Timed Efficient Stream Loss-tolerant Authentication |
| V2I | Vehicle to Infrastructure |
| V2V | Vehicle to Vehicle |
| VANET | Vehicle Ad hoc Network |