Acronyms Flashcards
(315 cards)
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3DES
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Triple Digital Encryption Standard
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AAA
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Authentication, Authorization, Accounting
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ABAC
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Attribute-based Access control
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AES
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Advanced Encryption Standard
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AES 256bit
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Advances Encryption Standard 256bit
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AH
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Authentication Header
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ALE
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Annualized Loss Expectancy
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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
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ARO
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Annualized Rate of Occurrence
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ARP
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Address Resolution Protocol
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ASLR
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Address Space Layout Randomization
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ASP
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Application Service Provider
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AUP
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Acceptable User Policy
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AV
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Antivirus
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AV
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Asset Value
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BAC
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Business Availability Center
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BCP
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Business Continuity Plan
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BIA
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Business Impact Analysis
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BIOS
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Basic Input/ Out put System
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BPA
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Business Partners Agreement
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BPDU
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Bridge Protocol Data Unit
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BYOD
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Bring Your Own Device
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CA
Certificate Authority
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CAC
Common Access Card
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CAN
Control Area Network
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CAPTCHA
Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart
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CAR
Corrective Action Report
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CASB
Cloud Access Security Broker
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CBC
Cipher Block Chaining
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CCMP
Counter Mode/ CBC MAC Protocol
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CCTV
Closed Circuit Television
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CER
Certificate
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CER
Cross Over Error Rate
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CERT
Computer Emergency Response Team
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CFB
Cipher Feed Back
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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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CMS
Content Management System
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COOP
Continuity of Operations Plan
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COPE
Corporate Owned, Personally Enabled
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CP
Contingency plan
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CRC
Cyclical Redundancy List
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CRL
Certificate Revocation List
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CIRST
Computer Security Incident Response Team
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CSO
Chief Security Officer
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CSP
Cloud Service Provider
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CSR
Certificate Signing Request
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CSRF
Cross Site Request Forgery
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CSU
Channel Service Unit
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CTM
Counter- Mode
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CTO
Chief Technical Officer
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CTR
Counter
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CYOD
Choose Your Own Device
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DAC
Discretionary Access Control
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DBA
Database Administrator
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DDoS
Distributed Denial of Service
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DEP
Data Execution Prevention
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DER
Distinguished Encoding Rules
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DES
Digital Encryption Standard
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DFIR
Digital Forensics and Investigation Response
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DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
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DHE
Data-Handling Electronics
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DHE
Diffie-Hellman Ephermeral
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DLL
Dynamic Link Library
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DLP
Data Loss Prevention
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DMZ
Demilitarized Zone
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DNAT
Destination Network Address Translation
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DNS
Domain Name Service (server)
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DoS
Denial of Service
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DRP
Discovery Response 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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ECB
Electronic Code Book
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ECC
Elliptic Curve Cryptography
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ECDHE
Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral
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ECDSA
Elliptic Curve Digital Signature algorithm
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EF
Exposure Factor
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EFS
Encrypted File System
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EMI
Electromagnetic Interference
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EMP
Electro Magnetic Pulse
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EOL
End of Life
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ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning
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ESN
Electronic Serial Number
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ESP
Encapsulated Security Payload
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EULA
End User License Agreement
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FACL
File system Access Control List
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FAR
False Acceptance Rate
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FDE
Full Disk Encryption
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FRR
False Rejection Rate
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FTP
File Transport Protocol
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FTPS
File Transport Protocol over Secure Socket Layer
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GCM
Galois Counter Mode
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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
Graphics Processing Unit
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GRE
Generic Routing Encapsulation
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HA
High Availability
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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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HQTP
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 Protocol
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HTTPS
Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer/ Transport Layer Security
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HVAC
Heating Ventilation and Air conditioning
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IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
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ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
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ICS
Industrial Control System
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ID
Identification
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IDEA
International Data Encryption Algorithm
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IDF
Intermediate Distribution Frame
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IdP
Identity Provider
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IDS
Intrusion Detection System
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IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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IIS
Internet Informational System
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IKE
Internet Key Exchange
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IM
Instant Message
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IMAP 4
Internet Message Access Protocol version 4
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IoT
Internet of Things
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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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IR
Infrared
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IRC
Internet Relay Chat
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IRP
Incident Response Plan
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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
Initialization Vector
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KDC
Key Distribution Center
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KEK
Key Encryption Key
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L2TP
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
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LAN
Local Area Network
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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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MAC
Mandatory Access Control
Media Access Control
Message Authentication Code
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MAN
Metropolitan Area Network
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MBR
Master Boot Record
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MD5
Message Digest 5
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MDF
Main Distribution Frame
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MDM
Mobile Device Management
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MFA
MultiFactor Authentication
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MFD
Multifunction Device
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MIME
Multipurpose Internet Mail Exchange
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MITM
Man in the Middle
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MMS
Multimedia Message Service
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MOA
Memorandum of Agreement
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MOTD
Message of the Day
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MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
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MPLS
Multi-Protocol Label Switching
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MSCHAP
Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
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MSP
Managed Services Provider
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MTBF
Mean Time Between Failures
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MTTF
Mean Time to Failure
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MTTR
Mean Time to Recovery
Mean Time to Repair
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MTU
Maximum Transmission Unit
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NAC
Network Access Control
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NAT
Network Address Translator
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NDA
Non-Disclosure Agreement
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NFC
Near Field Communication
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NGAC
Next Generation Access Control
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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 & Technology
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NTFS
New Technology File System
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NTLM
New Technology LAN Manager
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NTP
Network Time Protocol
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OAUTH
Open Authentication
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OSCP
Online Certificate Status Protocol
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OID
Object Identifier
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OS
Operating System
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OTA
Over The Air
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OVAL
Open Vulnerability Assessment Language
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P12
PKCS # 12
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P2P
Peer to Peer
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PaaS
Platform as a Service
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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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PBKDF2
Password Based Key Derivation Function 2
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ECB
Electronic Codebook
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CFB
Cipher Feedback
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OFB
Output Feedback
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PFS
Perfect Forward Secrecy
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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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PEM
Private enhanced Electronic Mail
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PFS
Perfect Forward Secrecy
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PFX
Personal Exchange Format
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PGP
Pretty Good Privacy
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PHI
Personal Health Information
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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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POODLE
Padding Oracle on Downgrade Legacy Encryption
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POP
Post Office Protocol
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POTS
Plain Old Telephone Service
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PPP
Point to Point Protocol
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PPTP
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
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PSK
Pre Shared Key
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PTZ
Pan Tilt Zoom
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RA
Recovery Agent
Registration Authority
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RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial in User Service
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RAID
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
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RAS
Remote Access Server
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RAT
Remote Access Trojan
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RBAC
Role Based Access Control
Rule Based Access Control
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RC4
Rivest Cipher version 4
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RDP
Remote Desktop Protocol
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REST
Representational State Transfer
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RFID
Radio Frequency Identifier
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RIPEMD
RACE Integrity Primitives Evaluation Message Digest
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ROI
Return onInvestment
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RMF
Risk Management Framework
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RPO
Recovery Point Objective
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RSA
Rivets Shamir & Adleman
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RTBH
Remotely Triggered Black Hole
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RTO
Recovery Time Objective
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RTOS
Real Tome Operation System
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RTP
Real time Transport Protocol
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S/MIME
Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
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SaaS
Software as a Service
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SAML
Security Assertions Markup Language
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SAN
Storage Area Network
Subject Alternative Name
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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 Enrollment Protocol
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SCP
Secure Copy
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SCSI
Small Computer System interface
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SDK
Software Development Kit
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SDLC
Software Development Life Cycle
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SDLM
Software Development Life Cycle Methodology
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SDN
Software Defined Network
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SED
Self encrypting Drive
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SEH
Structured Exception Handler
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SFTP
Secured File Transfer Protocol
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SIEM
Security Information and Event Management
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SIM
Subscriber Identity Module
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SIP
Session Initiation Protocol
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SIPS
Session Initiation Protocol Secure
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SLA
Service Level Agreement
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SLE
Single Loss Expectancy
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SMB
Server Message Block
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SMS
Short Message Service
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SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
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SMTPS
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Secure
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SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
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SOAP
Simple Object Access Protocol
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SoC
System on Chip
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SPF
Sender Policy Framework
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SPIM
Spam over Internet messaging
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SPoF
Single Point Of Failure
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SQL
Structure Query Language
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SRPT
Secure Real-Time Protocol
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SSD
Solid State Drive
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SSID
Service Set Identifier
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SSH
Secure Shell
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SSL
Secure Socket Layer
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SSO
Single Sign On
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SSP
System Security Plan
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STP
Shield Twisted Pair
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TACACS +
Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus
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TCO
Total Cost of Ownership
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TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
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TGT
Ticket Granting Ticket
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TKIP
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
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TLS
Transport Layer Security
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TOTP
Time-based One-Time Password
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TPM
Trusted Platform Module
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TSIG
Transaction Signature
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UAT
User Acceptance Testing
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UAV
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
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UDP
User Datagram Protocol
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UEFI
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
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UPS
Uninterrupted Power Supply
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URI
Uniform Resource Identifier
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URL
Universal Resource Locator
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USB
Universal Serial Bus
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USB OTG
USB On The Go
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UTM
Unified Threat Management
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UTP
Unshielded Twisted Pair
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VDE
Virtual Desktop Environment
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VDI
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
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VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network
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VLSM
Variable Length Subnet Masking
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VM
Virtual Machine
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VoIP
Voice over IP
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VPN
Virtual Private Network
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VTC
Video Teleconferencing
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WAF
Web Application Firewall
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WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy
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WIDS
Wireless Intrusion Detection System
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WIPS
Wireless Intrusion Prevention System
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WORM
Write Once Read Many
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WPA
Wi-Fi Protected Access
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WPA2
Wi-Fi Protected Access 2
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WPS
Wi-Fi Protected Setup.
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WTLS
Wireless TLS
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XML
Extensible Markup Language
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XOR
Exclusive Or
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XSFR
Cross-site Request Forgery
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XSS
Cross-site Script
