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AAA

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Authentication, Authentication, Accounting

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ACL

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Access Control List

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AES

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Advanced Encryption Standards

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AH

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Authentication Header(for IP packets)

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AI

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Artificial Intelligence

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AIS

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Automated Indicator Sharing

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ALE

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Annualized Loss Expectancy (risk metric for the year)

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AP

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Access Point

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API

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Application Programming Interface

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APT

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Advanced Persistent Threat (prolonged cyber attack)

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ARO

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Annual Rate of Occurrence (how often a risk may occur)

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ARP

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Address Resolution Protocol (map IP address to physical MAC address)

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ASLR

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Address Space Layout Randomization (randomize memory addresses)

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ATT&CK

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Adversarial Tactics, Technologies, and Common Knowledge (knowledge base used by professionals)

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AUP

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Acceptable Use Policy (rules for using the services)

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AV

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Anti Virus

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BASH

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Borne Again Shell (command line interface)

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BCP

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Business Continuity Planning (plan to continue business during disaster)

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BIA

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Business Impact Analysis (potential effect of operation pause)

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BIOS

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Basic Input/Output System (initiates hardware components/loads operating system)

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BPA

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Business Partners Agreement (contract between two or more orgs)

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BPDU

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Bridge Protocol Data Unit (decides best path for network travel)

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CA

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Certificate Authority (org to verify public keys)

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CAPTCHA

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Completely Automated Public Turning Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart (bot detection)

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CAR
Corrective Action Report (doc to identify and resolve issues)
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CASB
Cloud Access Security Broker (in-between prog to monitor and enforce)
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CBC
Cipher Block Chain (mode of op for block chain)
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CCMP
Counter Mode/CBC-MAC Protocol (encrypt protocol used for WiFi)
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CCTV
Closed Circuit Television
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CERT
Computer emergency response Team
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CIA
Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability
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CIO
Chief Information Officer (exec of it strats)
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CIRT
Computer Incident response Team
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CMS
Content Management System
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COOP
Continuity of Operational Planning (strat for crit functions during a disaster)
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COPE
Corporate Owned, Personally Enabled
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CP
Contingency Planning
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CRC
Cyclical Redundancy Check (error detecting code for trans and storage)
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CRL
Certificate Revocation List(list of revoked certs)
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CSO
Chief Security Officer
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CSP
Cloud Service Provider
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CSR
Certificate Signing Request(text sent to CA when applying for cert)
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CSRF
Cross-site Request Forgery (user giving account info with fake site)
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CSU
Channeling Services Unit (connecting equip to digital circuit)
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CTM
Counter Mode (block cipher to stream cipher)
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CTO
Chief technology Officer
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CVE
Common Vulnerability Enumeration (syst to name cyber events)
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CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (1-10 score for vulnerabilities)
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CYOD
Chose Your Own Device
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DAC
Discretionary Access Control (owner says who can see/edit)
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DBA
Database Administrator
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DDOS
Distributed Denial of Service (multiple attacks to flood a target)
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DEP
Data Execution Prevention (stops data ex in certain regions of memory)
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DES
Digital Encryption Standard (symmetric key algorithm)
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DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (prot to asign IP addresses and net settings)
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DHE
Diffie - Hellman Ephemeral (key exchange alg for public channel)
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DKIM
Domain Keys Identified Mail (email auth method)
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DLL
Dynamic Link Library (file of code/data for multi programs)
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DLP
Data Loss Prevention
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DMARC
Domain Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance (email auth protocol)
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DNAT
Destination Network Address Translation (NAT used to modify IP address destination)
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DNS
Domain Name System (sys to translate from name to IP address)
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DOS
Denial of Service (disrupt service)
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DPO
Data Privacy Officer
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DRP
Disaster Recover Plan
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DSA
Digital Signature Algorithm
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DSL
Digital Subscriber Line (internet over copper phone line)
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EAP
Extensible Authentication Protocol (multiple auth methods)
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ECB
Electronic Code Block (block chain of fixed size blocks encrypted with same key)
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ECC
Elliptic Curve Cryptography (public key crypt based on algebraic structure of elliptic curve)
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ECDHE
Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral
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ECDSA
Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm
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EFS
Encrypted File System (Microsoft Windows ecrypt)
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ESN
Electric Serial Number (unique mobile device no.)
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ESP
Encapsulated Security Payload (protocol in IPsec)
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FACL
File System Access Control List (defines perms for files)
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FDE
Full Disk Encryption (encypt hard drive or storage disk)
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FIM
File Integrity Management
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FPGA
Field Programmable Gate Array (IC configured after manufacturing for specific task)
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FRR
False Rejection Rate (metric in bio sys for % of incorrect rejects)
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FTPS
File Transfer Protocol Secured
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GDRP
General Data Protection Regulation (EU data protection law)
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GPG
Gnu Privacy Guard (open source encryption tool)
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GPO
Group Policy Object (config active directory settings)
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GPS
Global Positioning System
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GPU
Graphics Processing Unit (graphics card)
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GRE
Generic Routing Encapsulation (protocol for containing network layers)
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HA
High Availability (always available)
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HDD
Hard Disk Drive
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HIDS
Host-based Intrusion Detection System (single device monitoring)
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HIPS
Host-based Intrusion Prevention System (detects and precents)
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HOTP
HMAC-based One-Time Password (alg to generate one time password)
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HSM
Hardware Security Modem (device for crypt keys)
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HTML
Hyper-texted Markup Language
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HTTP
Hyper-text Transfer Protocol
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HVAC
Heating, Ventilation Air Conditioning
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IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
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IaC
Infrastructure as Code (code rather than manual)
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IAM
Identity and Access Management
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ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
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ICS
Industrial Control Systems
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