CompTia Acronyms Flashcards
(349 cards)
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AAA
A
Authentication, Authorization and Accounting
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3DES
A
Triple data encryption standard
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ABAC
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Attribute based access control
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ACL
A
Access control list
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AD
A
Active Directory
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AES
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Advanced Encryption Standard
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AES256
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Advanced Encryption Standards 256bit
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AH
A
Authentication Header
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AI
A
Artificial Intelligence
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AIS
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Automated Indicator Sharing
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ALE
A
Annualized Loss Expectancy
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AP
A
Access Point
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API
A
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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Active Server Pages
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ATT&CK
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Adversarial Tactics, Techniques,
and Common Knowledge
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AUP
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Acceptable Use Policy
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AV
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Antivirus
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BASH
A
Bourne Again Shell
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BCP
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Business Continuity Planning
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BGP
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Border Gateway Protocol
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BIA
Business Impact Analysis
26
BIOS
Basic Input/Output System
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BPA
Business Partnership Agreement
28
BPDU
Bridge Protocol Data Unit
29
BSSID
Basic Service Set Identifier
30
BYOD
Bring Your Own Device
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CA
Certificate Authority
32
CAPTCHA
Completely Automated Public Turing
Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart
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CAR
Corrective Action Report
34
CASB
Cloud Access Security Broker
35
CBC
Cipher Block Chaining
36
CBT
Computer-based Training
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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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CFB
Cipher Feedback
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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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CIS
Center for Internet Security
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CMS
Content Management System
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CN
Common Name
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COOP
Continuity of Operations Planning
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COPE
Corporate-owned Personally Enabled
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CP
Contingency Planning
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CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Check
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CRL
Certificate Revocation List
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CSA
Cloud Security Alliance
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CSIRT
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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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 Technology Officer
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CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
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CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
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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
Data Encryption Standard
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DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
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DHE
Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral
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DKIM
Domain Keys Identified Mail
72
DLL
Dynamic-link Library
73
DLP
Data Loss Prevention
74
DMARC
Domain Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance
75
DNAT
Destination Network Address Transaction
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DNS
Domain Name System
77
DNSSEC
Domain Name System Security Extensions
78
DoS
Denial-of-Service
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DPO
Data Protection Officer
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DRP
Disaster Recovery Plan
81
DSA
Digital Signature Algorithm
82
DSL
Digital Subscriber Line
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EAP
Extensible Authentication Protocol
84
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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EDR
Endpoint Detection and Response
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EFS
Encrypted File System
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EIP
Extended Instruction Pointer
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EOL
End of Life
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EOS
End of Service
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ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning
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ESN
Electronic Serial Number
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ESP
Encapsulating Security Payload
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ESSID
Extended Service Set Identifier
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FACL
File System Access Control List
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FDE
Full Disk Encryption
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FIM
File Integrity Monitoring
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FPGA
Field Programmable Gate Array
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FRR
False Rejection Rate
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FTP
File Transfer Protocol
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FTPS
Secured File Transfer Protocol
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GCM
Galois/Counter Mode
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GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
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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
113
HIDS
Host-based Intrusion Detection System
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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
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HSM
Hardware Security Module
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HSMaaS
Hardware Security Module as a Service
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HTML
Hypertext Markup Language
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HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
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HTTPS
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
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HVAC
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning
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IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
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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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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 Electronics Engineers
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IKE
Internet Key Exchange
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IM
Instant Messaging
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IMAP4
Internet Message Access Protocol v4
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IoC
Indicators of Compromise
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IoT
Internet of Things
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IP
Internet Protocol
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IPS
Intrusion Prevention System
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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 Plan
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ISA
Interconnection Security Agreement
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ISFW
Internal Segmentation Firewall
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ISO
International Organization for Standardization
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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
Media Access Control
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MAM
Mobile Application Management
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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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MFP
Multifunction Printer
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ML
Machine Learning
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MMS
Multimedia Message Service
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MOA
Memorandum of Agreement
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MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
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MPLS
Multiprotocol Label Switching
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MSA
Measurement Systems Analysis
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MS-CHAP
Microsoft Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
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MSP
Managed Service Provider
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MSSP
Managed Security Service 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 Repair
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MTU
Maximum Transmission Unit
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NAC
Network Access Control
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NAS
Network-attached Storage
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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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NFV
Network Function Virtualization
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NGFW
Next-generation Firewall
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NG-SWG
Next-generation Secure Web Gateway
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NIC
Network Interface Card
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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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NOC
Network Operations Center
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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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OCSP
Online Certificate Status Protocol
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OID
Object Identifier
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OS
Operating System
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OSI
Open Systems Interconnection
200
OSINT
Open-source Intelligence
201
OSPF
Open Shortest Path First
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OT
Operational Technology
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OTA
Over-The-Air
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OTG
On-The-Go
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OVAL
Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language
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OWASP
Open Web Application Security Project
207
P12
PKCS #12
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P2P
Peer-to-Peer
209
PaaS
Platform as a Service
210
PAC
Proxy Auto Configuration
211
PAM
Privileged Access Management
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PAM
Pluggable Authentication Modules
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PAP
Password Authentication Protocol
214
PAT
Port Address Translation
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PBKDF2
Password-based Key Derivation Function 2
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PBX
Private Branch Exchange
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PCAP
Packet Capture
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PCI DSS
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
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PDU
Power Distribution Unit
220
PE
Portable Executable
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PEAP
Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol
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PED
Portable Electronic Device
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PEM
Privacy Enhanced Mail
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PFS
Perfect Forward Secrecy
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PGP
Pretty Good Privacy
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PHI
Personal Health Information
227
PII
Personally Identifiable Information
228
PIN
Personal Identification Number
229
PIV
Personal Identity Verification
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PKCS
Public Key Cryptography Standards
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PKI
Public Key Infrastructure
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PoC
Proof of Concept
233
POP
Post Office Protocol
234
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
Preshared Key
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PTZ
Pan-Tilt-Zoom
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PUP
Potentially Unwanted Program
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QA
Quality Assurance
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QoS
Quality of Service
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RA
Registration Authority
243
RAD
Rapid Application Development
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RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service
245
RAID
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
246
RAM
Random Access Memory
247
RAS
Remote Access Server
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RAT
Remote Access Trojan
249
RC4
Rivest Cipher version 4
250
RCS
Rich Communication Services
251
RFC
Request for Comments
252
RFID
Radio Frequency Identification
253
RIPEMD
RACE Integrity Primitives Evaluation Message Digest
254
ROI
Return on Investment
255
RPO
Recovery Point Objective
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RSA
Rivest, Shamir, & Adleman
257
RTBH
Remotely Triggered Black Hole
258
RTO
Recovery Time Objective
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RTOS
Real-time Operating System
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RTP
Real-time Transport Protocol
261
S/MIME
Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
262
SaaS
Software as a Service
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SAE
Simultaneous Authentication of Equals
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SAML
Security Assertions Markup Language
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SCADA
Supervisory 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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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 Networking
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SDP
Service Delivery Platform
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SDV
Software-defined Visibility
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SED
Self-Encrypting Drives
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SEH
Structured Exception Handling
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SFTP
SSH File Transfer Protocol
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SHA
Secure Hashing Algorithm
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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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SLA
Service-level Agreement
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SLE
Single Loss Expectancy
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SMB
Server Message Block
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S/MIME
Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
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SMS
Short Message Service
286
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
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SMTPS
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Secure
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SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
289
SOAP
Simple Object Access Protocol
290
SOAR
Security Orchestration, Automation, Response
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SoC
System on Chip
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SOC
Security Operations Center
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SPF
Sender Policy Framework
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SPIM
Spam over Instant Messaging
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SQL
Structured Query Language
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SQLi
SQL Injection
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SRTP
Secure Real-time Transport Protocol
298
SSD
Solid State Drive
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SSH
Secure Shell
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SSID
Service Set Identifier
301
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer
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SSO
Single Sign-on
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STIX
Structured Threat Information eXpression
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STP
Shielded Twisted Pair
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SWG
Secure Web Gateway
306
TACACS+
Terminal Access Controller Access Control System
307
TAXII
Trusted Automated eXchange of Intelligence Information
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TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
309
TGT
Ticket Granting Ticket
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TKIP
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
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TLS
Transport Layer Security
312
TOTP
Time-based One Time Password
313
TPM
Trusted Platform Module
314
TSIG
Transaction Signature
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TTP
Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
316
UAT
User Acceptance Testing
317
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
318
UEBA
User and Entity Behavior Analytics
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UEFI
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
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UEM
Unified Endpoint Management
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UPS
Uninterruptible Power Supply
322
URI
Uniform Resource Identifier
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URL
Universal Resource Locator
324
USB
Universal Serial Bus
325
USB OTG
USB On-The-Go
326
UTM
Unified Threat Management
327
UTP
Unshielded Twisted Pair
328
VBA
Visual Basic for Applications
329
VDE
Virtual Desktop Environment
330
VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network
331
VLSM
Variable-length Subnet Masking
332
VM
Virtual Machine
333
VoIP
Voice over IP
334
VPC
Virtual Private Cloud
335
VPN
Virtual Private Network
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VTC
Video Teleconferencing
337
WAF
Web Application Firewall
338
WAP
Wireless Access Point
339
WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy
340
WIDS
Wireless Intrusion Detection System
341
WIPS
Wireless Intrusion Prevention System
342
WORM
Write Once Read Many
343
WPA
WiFi Protected Access
344
WPS
WiFi Protected Setup
345
XaaS
Anything as a Service
346
XML
Extensible Markup Language
347
XOR
Exclusive OR
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XSRF
Cross-site Request Forgery
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XSS
Cross-site Scripting
