CompTia Security Acronyms Flashcards
Memorize CompTia Security 601 Acronyms (360 cards)
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3DES
A
Triple Digital Encryption Algorithm
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AAA
A
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
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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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AES
A
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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AIS
A
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
A
Advanced Persistent Threat
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ARO
A
Annualized Rate of Occurrence
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ARP
A
Address Resolution Protocol
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ASLR
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Address Space Layout Randomization
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ASP
A
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
A
Antivirus
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BASH
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Bourne Again Shell
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BCP
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Business Continuity Planning
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BGP
A
Border Gateway Protocol
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BIA
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Business Impact Analysis
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BIOS
A
Basic Input/Output System
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BPA
Business Partnership Agreement
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BPDU
Bridge Protocol Data Unit
27
BSSID
Basic Service Set Identifier
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BYOD
Bring Your Own Device
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CA
Certificate Authority
30
CAC
Common Access Card
31
CAPTCHA
Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart
32
CAR
Corrective Action Report
33
CASB
Cloud Access Security Broker
34
CBC
Cipher Block Chaining
35
CBT
Computer-based Training
36
CCMP
Counter-Mode/CBC-MAC Protocol
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CCTV
Closed-Circuit Television
38
CERT
Computer Emergency Response Team
39
CFB
Cipher Feedback
40
CHAP
Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
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CIO
Chief Information Officer
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CIRT
Computer Incident Response Team
43
CIS
Center for Internet Security
44
CMS
Content Management System
45
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
51
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
55
CSR
Certificate Signing Request
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CSRF
Cross-Site Request Forgery
57
CSU
Channel Service Unit
58
CTM
Counter-Mode
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CTO
Chief Technology Officer
60
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
65
DDoS
Distributed Denial-of-Service
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DEP
Data Execution Prevention
67
DER
Distinguished Encoding Rules
68
DES
Data Encryption Standard
69
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
70
DHE
Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral
71
DKIM
Domain Keys Identified Mail
72
DLL
Dynamic Link Library
73
DLP
Data Loss Prevention
74
DMARC
Domain Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance
75
DMZ
Demilitarized Zone
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DNAT
Destination Network Address Transaction
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DNS
Domain Name System
78
DNSSEC
Domain Name System Security Extensions
79
DoS
Denial-of-Service
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DPO
Data Protection Officer
81
DRP
Disaster Recovery Plan
82
DSA
Digital Signature Algorithm
83
DSL
Digital Subscriber Line
84
EAP
Extensible Authentication Protocol
85
ECB
Electronic Code Book
86
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
92
EOL
End of Life
93
EOS
End of Service
94
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
98
FACL
File System Access Control List
99
FDE
Full Disk Encryption
100
FIM
File Integrity Monitoring
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FPGA
Field Programmable Gate Array
102
FRR
False Rejection Rate
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FTP
File Transfer Protocol
104
FTPS
Secured File Transfer Protocol
105
GCM
Galois/Counter Mode
106
GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
107
GPG
GNU Privacy Guard
108
GPO
Group Policy Object
109
GPS
Global Positioning System
110
GPU
Graphics Processing Unit
111
GRE
Generic Routing Encapsulation
112
HA
High Availability
113
HDD
Hard Disk Drive
114
HIDS
Host-based Intrusion Detection System
115
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
119
HSMaaS
Hardware Security Module as a Service
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HTML
Hypertext Markup Language
121
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
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HTTPS
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
123
HVAC
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning
124
IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
125
IAM
Identity and Access Management
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ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
127
ICS
Industrial Control Systems
128
IDEA
International Data Encryption Algorithm
129
IDF
Intermediate Distribution Frame
130
IdP
Identity Provider
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IDS
Intrusion Detection System
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IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
133
IKE
Internet Key Exchange
134
IM
Instant Messaging
135
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
145
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
154
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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MITM
Man-in-the-Middle
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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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MSCHAP
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
193
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
198
OAUTH
Open Authentication
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OCSP
Online Certificate Status Protocol
200
OID
Object Identifier
201
OS
Operating System
202
OSI
Open Systems Interconnection
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OSINT
Open-source Intelligence
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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
210
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
Privileged Access Management
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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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PBX
Private Branch Exchange
220
PCAP
Packet Capture
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PCI DSS
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
222
PDU
Power Distribution Unit
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PE
Portable Executable
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PEAP
Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol
225
PED
Portable Electronic Device
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PEM
Privacy Enhanced Mail
227
PFS
Perfect Forward Secrecy
228
PGP
Pretty Good Privacy
229
PHI
Personal Health Information
230
PII
Personally Identifiable Information
231
PIN
Personal Identification Number
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PIV
Personal Identity Verification
233
PKCS
Public Key Cryptography Standards
234
PKI
Public Key Infrastructure
235
PoC
Proof of Concept
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POP
Post Office Protocol
237
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
241
PTZ
Pan-Tilt-Zoom
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PUP
Potentially Unwanted Program
243
QA
Quality Assurance
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QoS
Quality of Service
245
PUP
Potentially Unwanted Program
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RA
Registration Authority
247
RAD
Rapid Application Development
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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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RAM
Random Access Memory
251
RAS
Remote Access Server
252
RAT
Remote Access Trojan
253
RC4
Rivest Cipher version 4
254
RCS
Rich Communication Services
255
RFC
Request for Comments
256
RFID
Radio Frequency Identifier
257
RIPEMD
RACE Integrity Primitives Evaluation Message Digest
258
ROI
Return on Investment
259
RPO
Recovery Point Objective
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RSA
Rivest, Shamir, & Adleman
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RTBH
Remotely Triggered Black Hole
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RTO
Recovery Time Objective
263
RTOS
Real-time Operating System
264
RTP
Real-time Transport Protocol
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S/MIME
Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
266
SaaS
Software as a Service
267
SAE
Simultaneous Authentication of Equals
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SAML
Security Assertions Markup Language
269
SCADA
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
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SCAP
Security Content Automation Protocol
271
SCEP
Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol
272
SDK
Software Development Kit
273
SDLC
Software Development Life Cycle
274
SDLM
Software Development Life-cycle Methodology
275
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
281
SHA
Secure Hashing Algorithm
282
S-HTTP
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol
283
SIEM
Security Information and Event Management
284
SIM
Subscriber Identity Module
285
SIP
Session Initiation Protocol
286
SLA
Service-level Agreement
287
SLE
Single Loss Expectancy
288
SMB
Server Message Block
289
S/MIME
Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
290
SMS
Short Message Service
291
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
292
SMTPS
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Secure
293
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
294
SOAP
Simple Object Access Protocol
295
SOAR
Security Orchestration, Automation, Response
296
SoC
System on Chip
297
SOC
Security Operations Center
298
SPF
Sender Policy Framework
299
SPIM
Spam over Internet Messaging
300
SQL
Structured Query Language
301
SQLi
SQL Injection
302
SRTP
Secure Real-time Transport Protocol
303
SSD
Solid State Drive
304
SSH
Secure Shell
305
SSID
Service Set Identifier
306
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer
307
SSO
Single Sign-on
308
STIX
Structured Threat Information eXpression
309
STP
Shielded Twisted Pair
310
SWG
Secure Web Gateway
311
TACACS+
Terminal Access Controller Access Control System
312
TAXII
Trusted Automated eXchange of Indicator Information
313
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
314
TGT
Ticket Granting Ticket
315
TKIP
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
316
TLS
Transport Layer Security
317
TOTP
Time-based One Time Password
318
TPM
Trusted Platform Module
319
TSIG
Transaction Signature
320
TTP
Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
321
UAT
User Acceptance Testing
322
UAV
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
323
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
324
UEBA
User and Entity Behavior Analytics
325
UEFI
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
326
UEM
Unified Endpoint Management
327
UPS
Uninterruptable Power Supply
328
URI
Uniform Resource Identifier
329
URL
Universal Resource Locator
330
USB
Universal Serial Bus
331
USB OTG
USB On-The-Go
332
UTM
Unified Threat Management
333
UTP
Unshielded Twisted Pair
334
VBA
Visual Basic
335
VDE
Virtual Desktop Environment
336
VDI
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
337
VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network
338
VLSM
Variable-length Subnet Masking
339
VM
Virtual Machine
340
VoIP
Voice over IP
341
VPC
Virtual Private Cloud
342
VPN
Virtual Private Network
343
VTC
Video Teleconferencing
344
WAF
Web Application Firewall
345
WAP
Wireless Access Point
346
WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy
347
WIDS
Wireless Intrusion Detection System
348
WIPS
Wireless Intrusion Prevention System
349
WORM
Write Once Read Many
350
WPA
WiFi Protected Access
351
WPS
WiFi Protected Setup
352
WTLS
Wireless TLS
353
XaaS
Anything as a Service
354
XML
Extensible Markup Language
355
XOR
Exclusive Or
356
XSRF
Cross-site Request Forgery
357
XSS
Cross-site Scripting
358
AD
Active Directory
359
AI
Artificial Intelligence
360
