Abbreviations Flashcards
Learn the abbreviations for the terms (236 cards)
1
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XSS
A
Cross site scripting
Enables attackers to inject client side scripts into webpages viewed by other users
2
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PHP
A
Hypertext Pre-processor
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RCE
A
Remote Code Execution
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C2
A
Command and control
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KDC
A
Key Distribution Centre
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TGT
A
Ticket Granting Ticket
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AS-REQ
A
Authentication Service Request
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AS-REP
A
Authentication Service Reply
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SAM
A
Security Account Manager
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LLMNR
A
Local Link Multicast Name Resolution
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RCE
A
Remote Code Execution
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RFI
A
Remote File Inclusion
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3DES
A
Triple Digital Encryption Standard
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AAA
A
Authentication, Authorisation and Accounting
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ACL
A
Access Control List
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AES
A
Advancce Encryption Standard
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AES256
A
Advance Encryption standards 256bit
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AH
A
Authentication Header
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ALE
A
Authorised Loss Expectancy
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AP
A
Access Point
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API
A
Application Programming Interface
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APT
A
Advance Persistent Threat
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ASP
A
Application Service Provider
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ARO
A
Annualised Rate of Occurrence
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ARP
Address Resolution Protocol
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AUP
Acceptable Use Policy
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BAC
Business Availability Canter
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BCP
Business Continuity Planning
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BIA
Business impact analysis 
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BIOS
Basic input/output system
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BPA
Business partners agreement
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BYOD
Bring your own device
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CA
Certificate authority
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CAC
Common access card
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CAN
Controller area network
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CAPTCHA
Completely automated public touring test to tell computers and humans apart
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CAR
Corrective action report
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CCMP
Counter mode/CBC Mac protocol
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CCTV
Closed circuit television
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CERT
Computer emergency response Team
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CHAP
Challenge handshake authentication protocol
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CIO
Chief information officer
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CIRT
Computer incident response Team
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COOP
Continuity of operation planning
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CP
Contingency planning
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CRC
Cyclical redundancy check
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CRL
Certification revocation list
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CSR
Control status register
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CSU
Channel service unit
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CTO
Chief technology officer
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DAC
Discretionary access control
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DBA
Database administrator
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DDOS
Distributor denial of service
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DEP
Data execution prevention
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DES
Digital encryption standard
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DHCP
Dynamic host configuration protocol
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DHE
Data handling electronics
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DLL
Dynamic link library
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DLP
Data loss prevention
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DMZ
Demilitarised zone
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DNAT
Destination network address transaction
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DNS
Domain name service (server)
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DOS
Denial of service
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DRP
Disaster recovery plan
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DSA
Digital signature algorithm
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DSL
Digital subscriber line
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DSU
Data service unit
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EAP
Extensible authentication protocol
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ECC
Elliptic curve cryptography
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EFS
Encrypted file system
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EMI
Electromagnetic interference
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ESN
Electronic serial number
73
ESP
Encapsulated security payload
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FACL
File system access control list
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FDE
Full disc encryption
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FTP
File transfer protocol
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FTPS
Secure file transfer protocol
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GPG
GNU privacy guard
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GPO
Group policy object
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GPS
Global positioning system
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GPU
Graphical processing unit
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GRE
Generic routing encapsulation
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HDD
Hard disk drive
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HIDS
Host based intrusion detection system
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HIPS
Host based intrusion prevention system
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HMAC
Hashed Message Authentication Code
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HOTP
HMAC based one time password
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HSM
Hardware security module
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HTML
Hypertext Markup language
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HTTP
Hypertext transfer protocol
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HTTPS
Hyper transfer protocol over SSL
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HVAC
Heating ventilation air conditioning
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IaaS
Infrastructure as a service
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ICMP
Internet control message protocol
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IDS 
Intrusion detection system
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IKE
Internet key exchange
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IMAP4
Internet message access protocol V4
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IP
Internet protocol
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IPSEC
Internet protocol security
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IR
Incident response
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IRC
Internet relay chat 
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IRP
Incident response procedure
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ISA
Interconnection security agreement
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ISP
Internet service provider
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ISSO
Information systems security officer
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ITCP
IT contingency plan
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IV
Initialisation vector
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IV
Initialisation vector
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L2TP
Layer 2 tunnelling protocol
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LDAP
Lightweight directory access protocol
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LEAP
Lightweight extensible authentication protocol
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Maas
Monitoring as a service
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Maas
Monitoring as a service
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MAC
Mandatory access control/media access control
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MAC
Mandatory access control/media access control
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MAN
Metropolitan area network
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MBR
Master boot record
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MD5
Message digest five
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MPLS
Multi protocol layer switch
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MSCHAP
Microsoft challenge handshake authentication
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MTBF
Meantime between failures
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MTTR
Meantime to recover
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MTTF
Meantime to failure
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MTU
Maximum transmission unit
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NAC
Network access control
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NAT
Network address translation
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NDA
Non-disclosure agreement
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NFC
Near field communication
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NIDS
Network based intrusion detection system
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NIPS
Network based intrusion prevention system
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NIST
National Institute of standards and technology
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NOS
Network operating system
133
NFTS
New technology file system
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NTLM
New technology LANMAN
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NTP
Network time protocol
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OCSP
Online certificate status protocol
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OLA
Open license agreement
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OS
Operating system
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OVAL
Open vulnerability assessment language
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OWASP
Open Webb application security project
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P2P
Peer to peer
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PAC
Proxy auto configuration
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PAM
Pluggable authentication modules
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PAP
Password authentication protocol
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PAT
Port address translation
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PASTA
Process for attack simulation and threat analysis
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PBKDF2
Password based key derivation function two
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PBX
Private branch exchange
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PCAP
Packet capture
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PEAP
Protected extensible authentication protocol
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PED
Personal electronic device
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PGP
Pretty good privacy
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PII
Personally identifiable information
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PIV
Personal identity verification
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PKI
Public key infrastructure
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PPP
Point to point protocol
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PPTP
Point to point tunnelling protocol
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PSK
Pre-shared key
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RA
Recovery agent
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RAD
Rapid application development
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RADIUS
Remote authentication dial in user service
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RAID
Redundant array of inexpensive discs
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RAS
Remote access server
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RBAC
Role -based access control /rule-based access control
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RC4
RSA variable key size encryption algorithm
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RIPEMD
RACE integrity primitives evaluation message digest
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ROI
Return of investment
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RPO
Recovery point objective
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RTO
Recovery time objective
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RTP
Real-time transport protocol
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S/MIME
Secure/multipurpose Internet Mail extensions
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SAML
Security assertions markup language
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SaaS
Software as a service
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SAN
Storage area network
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SCADA
System control and data acquisition
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SCAP
Security content automation protocol
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SCEP
Simple certificate enrolment protocol
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SCSI
Small computer system interface
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SDLC
Software development life cycle
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SDLM
Software development life cycle methodology
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SEH
Structured exception handler
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SHA
Secure hashing algorithm
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SFTP
Secured file transfer protocol
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SHTTP
Secure hypertext transfer protocol
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SIEM
Security information and event management
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SIM
Subscriber identity module
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SLA
Service level agreement
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SLE
Single loss expectancy
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SMTP
Simple mail transfer protocol
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SNMP
Simple network management protocol
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SOAP
Simple object access protocol
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SONET
 synchronous optical network technologies
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SPIM
Spam over Internet messaging
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SQL
Structured query language
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SSD
Solid state Drive
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SSH
Secure shell
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SSL
Secure sockets layer
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SSO
Single sign on
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STP
Shielded twisted pair
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STRIDE
Spoofing, tampering, repudiation, information disclosure, DoS (denial of service), elevation of privilege
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TACACS+
Terminal access controller access control system
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TCP/IP
Transmission control protocol/Internet protocol
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TKIP
Temporal key integrity protocol
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TLS
Transport layer security
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TOTP
Time based on one time password
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TPM
Trusted platform module
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TSIG
Transaction signature
208
UAT
User acceptance testing
209
UEFI
Unified extensible firmware interface
210
UDP
User diagram protocol
211
UPS
Uninterrupted power supply
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URI
Uniform resource identifier
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URL
Universal resource locator
214
USB
Universal serial bus
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UTM
Unified threat management
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UTP
Unshielded twisted pair
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VDI
Visualisation desktop infrastructure
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VLAN
Virtual local area network
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VOIP
Voice over IP
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VPN
Virtual private network
221
VTC
Video teleconferencing
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WAF
Webb application firewall
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WAP
Wireless access point
224
WEP
Wired equivalent privacy
225
WIDS
Wireless intrusion detection system
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WIPS
Wireless intrusion prevention system
227
WPA
Wireless protected access
228
WPA2
Wi-Fi protected access 2
229
WPS
Wi-Fi protected set up
230
WTLS
Wireless TLS
231
XML
Extensible markup language
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XSRF
Cross site request forgery
233
EOL
End of Life
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EOSL
End of Service Life
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