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AES

Cryptography

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Advanced Encryption Standard

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AH

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Authentication Header

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Wireless Technology

ATIM

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Announcement Traffic Indication Messages

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ALE

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Annual Loss Expectancy

SLE times ARO

SLE times ARO

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APT

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Advanced Persistant Threat

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ARO

GRC

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Annual rate of Occurance

number of times a loss can occur within an year

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ARP

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Address Resolution Protocol

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C2

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Command to Control

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CASB

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Cloud Access Security Broker

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CCM

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Cloud Controls Matrix

CSA CCM - Cloud Security Aliance CCM - to assess the security posture of an organisation

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CCMP

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Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol

Counter Mode Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol (Counter Mode CBC-MAC Protocol) or CCM mode Protocol (CCMP)

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CER

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Cross Error Rate

used to determine the effectiveness of a control

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CHAP

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Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

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CIS-RAM

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Center for Internet Security - Risk Assessment Method

to evaluate the overall security posture

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CRL

issued by Certificate Authority(CA)

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Certificate Revocation List

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CSF

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Cybersecurity Framework

NIST CSF - security policy to assess and improve the ability to prevent, detect and respond to cybersecurity attacks

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CVE

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Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

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CVSS

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Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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DDoS

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Distributed Denial of Service

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DES

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Data Encryption Standard

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DLP

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Data Loss Prevention

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DNS

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Domain Name System

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EAP

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Extensible Authentication Protocol

802.1x - allows multiple authentication methods to permit users access LAN &WLAN

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EAP-AKA

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EAP Authentication and Key Agreement

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EAP-EKE
EAP Encrypted Key Exchange
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EAP-FAST
EAP Flexible Authentication via Secure Tunneling | Cisco Proprietory - designed to replace LEAP
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EAP-GTC
EAP Generic Token Card
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EAP-IKEv2
EAP Internet Key Exchange v2
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EAP-NOOB
Nible out-of-band Authentication for EAP
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EAP-PSK
EAP Pre-Shared Key
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EAP-SIM
EAP Subscriber Identity Module
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EAP-TLS
EAP Transport Layer Security
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EAP-TTLS
EAP Tunneled Transport Layer Security
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ECDHE
Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral
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EF
Exposure Factor ## Footnote This is the percentage of the asset value that would be lost as a result of a threat. This is used to calculate SLE. SLE = Asset Value X EF
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ESP
Encapsulation Security Payload
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FAR
False Acceptance Rate
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FRR
False Rejection Rate
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FTPES
Explicit FTP over SSL
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FTPS
FTP over SSL
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GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation ## Footnote Regulation in EU
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GRC
Governance, risk and compliance
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HIPAA
Health Insurence Portability & Accountability Act
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HIPS
Host based Intrusion Prevention System
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HMAC
Hash-based message authentication code
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HOTP
HMAC-Based One-Time Password Algorithm
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HPKP
HTTP Public Key Pinning ## Footnote an obsolete Internet security mechanism delivered via an HTTP header
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HSM
Hardware Security Module
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HVAC
Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning
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IA
Information Assurance
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IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
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IAM
Identity & Access Management
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ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol | Supporting protocol in the Internet protocol suite. ## Footnote It is used by network devices, including routers, to send error messages and operational information
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ICV
Integrity Check Value
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IDS
Intrusion Detection System
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IPS
Intrusion Prevention System
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ISFW
Internal Segmentation Firewall
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LEAP
Lightweight EAP
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MDA
Message Digest Algorithm | Also known as md5 ## Footnote The MD5 hashing algorithm is a one-way cryptographic function that accepts a message of any length as input and returns as output a fixed-length digest value to be used for authenticating the original message.
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MitM
Man-in-the-Middle
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MoU | Done before any engagement.
Memorandum of Understanding ## Footnote used during the priliminary discussions stage between two merging/parterning businesses
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MTBF
Mean Time Between Failures ## Footnote provides a measure of a system's average reliability and is measured in hours. This is used to measure for repairable assets
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MTTF
Mean Time To Failure ## Footnote used to measure the non-repairable assets
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MTTR
Mean Time To Recover ## Footnote is the average time it takes to restore a system after an outage.
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NFC
Near Field Communication ## Footnote NFC doesn't provide encryption, so eavesdropping and MitM attacks are possible.
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NGFW
Next Generation Firewall
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NIST
National Institute of Standards & Technology
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OCSP ## Footnote It is an Internet Protocol (IP) that certificate authorities (CAs) use to determine the status of secure sockets layer/transport layer security (SSL/TLS) certificates
Online Certificate Status Protocol
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OIDC ## Footnote an authenticaiton protocol
Open ID Connect ## Footnote is an authentication protocol, providing authenticaiton for federated applications
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OSINT
Open Source Intelligence
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PaaS
Platform as a Service
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PAP ## Footnote It is a basic authenticaiton mechanism.
Password Authentication Protocol ## Footnote an unsophisticated authentication method used as the basic authentication mechanism in HTTP. It relies on clear-text password exchange.
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PAT ## Footnote in layer 3
Port Address Translation ## Footnote Similar to NAT
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PCI-DSS ## Footnote GRC
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
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PEAP
Protected EAP
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PFS ## Footnote Cryptography
Perfect Forward Secrecy
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PII ## Footnote GRC
Personally Identifiable Information
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POP3
PostOffice Protocol V3
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PPP
Point-to-Point Protocol
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PUP
Potentially Unwanted Program
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QoS
Quality of Service ## Footnote 802.1p
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RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial Up ## Footnote used primarily for network access control
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RASP ## Footnote Security mechanism
Runtime Application Self Protection
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RBAC ## Footnote Technical Control
Role Based Access Control
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RCE
Remote Code Execution
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RoR
Rate of Return
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RPO
Recovery Point Objective ## Footnote identifies a point in time that data loss is acceptable. In the event of a system failure, the company may lose some data, but the RPO is the last seven days.
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RRset
Resource Records set
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RSA ## Footnote Cryptography
Rivest, Shamir, Adleman ## Footnote Widely used, but it's no more secure
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RTO ## Footnote GRC
Recovery Time Objective ## Footnote identifies the maximum time it takes to recover a system in the event of an outage. for example Eight hours to restore represent the RTO.
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RTP
Real-time Transport Protocol
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S/MIME
Secure Multipart Internet Message Extensions ## Footnote to sign & encrypt mail messages using an email certificate
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SaaS
Software as a Service
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SECaas
Security as a Service
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SED ## Footnote Cryptography
Self Encrypting Drive
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SFTP
Secure Shell FTP
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# In Cryptography SHA
Secure Hash Algorithm ## Footnote SHA & salt are part of key stretching process
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SIP
Session Initiation Protocol
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SLE ## Footnote GRC
Single Loss Expectancy ## Footnote cost of any single item loss. SLE = AV X EF
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SOAR
Security Orchestration, Automation & Response
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SoC
System on a Chip
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SOC
Security Operations Center
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SRTP
Secure RTP ## Footnote Used for Video and VOIP calls
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SSO
Single Sign-On
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SSRF
Server Side Request Forgery
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SWG
Secure Web Gateway
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TACACS+
Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System Plus ## Footnote specifically designed for network administration of routers. TACACS+ performs authentication, authorization, and accounting functions better than RADIUS
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TEAP
Tunnel Extensible Authentication Protocol
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TLS
Transport Layer Security
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TOTP
Time based One Time Password Algorithm
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TPM
Trusted Platform Module
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TTP
Tactics, Techniques & Procedures
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UBA
User Behaviour Analytics
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UTM
Unified Threat Management
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WAP
Wireless Application Protocol
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WAS
Web Application Security
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XSS
Cross-Site Scripting
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ZTNA
Zero Trust Network Access
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PMK ## Footnote Cryptography
Pairwise Master Key
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BSS
Basic Service Set
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IBSS
Independent BSS

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