Acronyms Flashcards
(223 cards)
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AUP
A
Acceptable Use Policy
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ACL
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Access Control List
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ACE
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Access Control Entries
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ACV
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Access Control Vestibule
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AES
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Advanced Encryption Standard
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AP
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Access Point
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ARP
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Address Resolution Protocol
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APT
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Advanced Persistent Threat
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GCMP
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AES Galois Counter Mode Protocol
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AEAD
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Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data
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ALE
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Annualized Loss Expectancy
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ARO
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Annual Rate of Occurrence
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SLE
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Single Loss Expectancy
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A-V
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Antivirus Scan
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API
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Application Programming Interface
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RSA
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Rivest-Shamir-Adleman
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ECC
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Elliptic Curve Cryptography
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ABAC
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Attribute-Based Access Control
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AAA
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Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
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BYOD
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Bring Your Own Device
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BC
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Business Continuity
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BEC
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Business Email Compromise
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BIA
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Business Impact Analysis
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BPA
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Business Partnership Agreement
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CA
Certificate Authority
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CRL
Certificate Revocation List
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CSR
Certificate Signing Request
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CIO
Chief Information Officer
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CSO
Chief Security Officer
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CTO
Chief Technology Officer
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CYOD
Choose Your Own Device
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CIA Triad
Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
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CSP
Cloud Service Provider
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C2
Command and Control
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CN
Common Name
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CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
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CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
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CIRT
Computer Incident Response Team
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CBT
Computer-Based Training
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OS
Operating System
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COOP
Continuity of Operations Plan
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COBO
Corporate Owned, Business Only
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COPE
Corporate Owned, Personally Enabled
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CER
Crossover Error Rate
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FAR
False Acceptance Rate
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FRR
False Rejection Rate
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CSRF
Cross-Site Request Forgery
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XSS
Cross-Site Scripting
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CTI
Cyber Threat Intelligence
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CSF
Cybersecurity Framework
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DLP
Data Loss Prevention
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DOS
Denial of Service Attack
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DH
Diffie-Hellman
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DR
Disaster Recovery
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DAC
Discretionary Access Control
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DN
Distinguished Name
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DDoS
Distributed Denial-of-Service
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DRDoS
Distributed Reflected Denial-of-Service
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DOM
Document Object Model
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DNSSEC
Domain Name System Security Extensions
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DNS
Domain Name System
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DKIM
DomainKeys Identified Mail
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DMARC
Domain-Based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance
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ESP
Encapsulating Security Payload
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EDR
Endpoint Detection and Response
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ERM
Enterprise Risk Management
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EF
Exposure Factor
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EAP
Extensible Authentication Protocol
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EAPoL
Extensible Authentication Protocol over LAN
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XML
Extensible Markup Language
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FIM
File Integrity Monitoring
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FTP
File Transfer Protocol
73
FTPS
File Transfer Protocol Secure
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FDE
Full Disk Encryption
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GPS
Global Positioning System
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GPO
Group Policy Object
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HMAC
Hash-Based Message Authentication Code
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HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
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HA
High Availability
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HIDS
Host-Based Intrusion Detection System
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HIPS
Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System
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HMI
Human-Machine Interface
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IAM
Identity and Access Management
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IDS
Intrusion Detection System
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IPS
Intrusion Prevention System
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WLAN
Wireless Local Area Network
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IRP
Incident Response Lifecycle
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IRP
Incident Response Plan
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IoC
Indicator of Compromise
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IPS
Indoor Positioning System
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ICS
Industrial Control System
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ISAC
Information Sharing and Analysis Center
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IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
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IaC
Infrastructure as Code
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IKE
Internet Key Exchange
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SAs
Security Associations
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IMAP
Internet Message Access Protocol
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IoT
Internet of Things
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IP
Internet Protocol
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TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
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IPSec
Internet Protocol Security
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IRC
Internet Relay Chat
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IPFIX
IP Flow Information Export
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ITIL
IT Infrastructure Library
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ITSM
IT Service Management
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JSON
JavaScript Object Notation
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KDC
Key Distribution Center
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KEK
Key Encryption Key
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MEK
Media Encryption Key
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KRI
Key Risk Indicator
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LLR
Lessons Learned Report
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LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
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ML
Machine Learning
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MAC
Mandatory Access Control
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MSA
Master Service Agreement
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MTD
Maximum Tolerable Downtime
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MTBF
Mean Time Between Failures
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MTTR
Mean Time to Repair/Replace/Recover
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MAC Fitering
Media Access Control Filtering
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MoA
Memorandum of Agreement
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MoU
Memorandum of Understanding
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MD5
Message Digest Algorithm v5
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MEF
Mission Essential Function
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MDM
Mobile Device Management
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MFA
Multifactor Authentication
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NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology
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NFC
Near-Field Communication
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NAC
Network Access Control
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NBAD
Network Behavior Anomaly Detection
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NFV
Network Functions Virtualization
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SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
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NGFW
Next-Generation Firewall
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NDA
Nondisclosure Agreement
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NTLM
New Technology Local Area Network Manager Authentication
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OTP
One-Time Password
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OSCP
Online Certificate Status Protocol
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OAuth
Open Authorization
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OSINT
Open-Source Intelligence
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OOB
Out-of-Band Management
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PCI DSS
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
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PFS
Perfect Forward Secrecy
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PAN
Personal Area Network
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PIN
Personal Identification Number
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PaaS
Platform as a Service
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PAM
Pluggable Authentication Module
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PPTP
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
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SPAN
Switched Port Analyzer
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POP
Post Office Protocol
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PUP
Potentially Unwanted Program
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PDU
Power Distribution Unit
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PSK
Pre-Shared Key
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PAM
Privileged Access Management
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PKCS
Public Key Cryptography Standards
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PKI
Public Key Infrastructure
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RFID
Radio-Frequency ID
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RTOS
Real-Time Operating System
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RPO
Recovery Point Objective
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RTO
Recovery Time Objective
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RAT
Remote Access Trojan
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RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service
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RCE
Remote Code Execution
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RDP
Remote Desktop Protocol
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REST
Representational State Transfer
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RBAC
Role-Based Access Control
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ROE
Rules of Engagement
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SOX
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
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SASE
Secure Access Service Edge
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SFTP
Secure File Transfer Protocol
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SHA
Secure Hash Algorithm
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SSH
Secure Shell
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SAML
Security Assertion Markup Language
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SCAP
Security Content Automation Protocol
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SID
Security Identifier
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SIEM
Security Information and Event Management
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HSM
Hardware Security Module
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SELinux
Security-Enhanced Linux
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SED
Self-Encrypting Drive
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SPF
Sender Policy Framework
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SSRF
Server-Side Request Forgery
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SLA
Service Level Agreement
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SSID
Service Set Identifier
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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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SAE
Simultaneous Authentication of Equals
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SLE
Single Loss Expectancy
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SPoF
Single Point of Failure
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SSO
Single Sign-On
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SaaS
Software as a Service
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SBOM
Software Bill of Materials
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SCA
Software Composition Analysis
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SD-WAN
Software Defined Wide Area Network
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SDLC
Software Development Life Cycle
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SDN
Software-Defined Networking
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SEH
Structured Exception Handler
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SOW
Statement of Work
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SQL
Structured Query Language
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SAN
Subject Alternative Name
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SCADA
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
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SYN
Synchronize
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TTP
Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
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TKIP
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
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WPA
Wi-Fi Protected Access
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WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy
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TAP
Test Access Point
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TGT
Ticket Granting Ticket
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TOCTOU
Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use
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TLS
Transport Layer Security
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TPM
Trusted Platform Module
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UTM
Unified Threat Management
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URL
Uniform Resource Locator
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UPS
Uninterruptible Power Supply
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UEBA
User and Entity Behavior Analytics
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VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network
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VNC
Virtual Network Computing
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VPC
Virtual Private Cloud
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VPN
Virtual Private Network
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NVT
Network Vulnerability Tools
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WAF
Web Application Firewall
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WPA
Wi-Fi Protected Access
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WPS
Wi-Fi Protected Setup
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WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy
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WRT
Work Recovery Time
