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1.0 Acronyms Flashcards

1
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3DES

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Triple Digital Encryption Standard

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AAA

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Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting

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ABAC

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Attribute-based Access Control

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ACL

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Access Control List

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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

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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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AUP

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Acceptable Use Policy

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AV

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Antivirus

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17
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BAC

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Business Availability Center

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18
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BCP

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Business Continuity Planning

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BIA

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Business Impact Analysis

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BIOS

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Basic Input/Output System

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21
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BPA

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Business Partners Agreement

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22
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BPDU

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Bridge Protocol Data Unit

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23
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BYOD

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Bring Your Own Device

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CA

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Certificate Authority

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CAC

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Common Access Card

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CAN

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Controller Area Network

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CAPTCHA

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Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart

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CAR

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Corrective Action Report

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29
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CBC

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Cipher Block Chaining

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CCMP

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Counter-Mode/CBC-Mac Protocol

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CCTV

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Closed-circuit Television

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32
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CER

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Certificate

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33
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CERT

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Computer Emergency Response Team

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CFB

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Cipher Feedback

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CHAP

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Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

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36
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CIO

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Chief Information Officer

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CIRT

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Computer Incident Response Team

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38
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CMS

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Content Management System

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39
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COOP

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Continuity of Operations Plan

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COPE

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Corporate Owned, Personally Enabled

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CP

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Contingency Planning

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42
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CRC

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Cyclical Redundancy Check

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43
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CRL

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Certificate Revocation List

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44
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CSO

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Chief Security Officer

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45
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CSP

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Cloud Service Provider

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46
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CSR

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Certificate Signing Request

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47
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CSRF

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Cross-site Request Forgery

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48
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CSU

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Channel Service Unit

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49
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CTM

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Counter-Mode

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50
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CTO

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Chief Technology Officer

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51
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CTR

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Click Through rate

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52
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CYOD

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Choose Your Own Device

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53
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DAC

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Discretionary Access Control

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54
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DBA

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Database Administrator

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55
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DDoS

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Distributed Denial of Service

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56
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DEP

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Data Execution Prevention

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57
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DER

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Distinguished Encoding Rules

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58
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DES

A

Digital Encryption Standard

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59
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DHCP

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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

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60
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DHE

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Data-Handling Electronics

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61
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DHE

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Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral

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62
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DLL

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Dynamic Link Library

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63
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DLP

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Data Loss Prevention

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64
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DMZ

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Demilitarized Zone

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65
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DNAT

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Destination Network Address Transaction

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66
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DNS

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Domain Name Service (Server)

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67
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DoS

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Denial of Service

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DRP

A

Disaster Recovery Plan

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69
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DSA

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Digital Signature Algorithm

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DSL

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Digital Subscriber Line

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DSU

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Data Service Unit

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72
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EAP

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Extensible Authentication Protocol

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73
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ECB

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Electronic Code Book

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74
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ECC

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Elliptic Curve Cryptography

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75
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ECDHE

A

Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral

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ECDSA

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Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm

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77
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EFS

A

Encrypted File System

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78
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EMI

A

Electromagnetic Interference

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EMP

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Electro Magnetic Pulse

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ERP

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Enterprise Resource Planning

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ESN

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Electronic Serial Number

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ESP

A

Encapsulated Security Payload

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83
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FACL

A

File System Access Control List

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FDE

A

Full Disk Encryption

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85
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FRR

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False Rejection Rate

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FTP

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File Transfer Protocol

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87
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FTPS

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Secured File Transfer Protocol

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GCM

A

Galois Counter Mode

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GPG

A

Gnu Privacy Guard

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GPO

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Group Policy Object

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GPS

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Global Positioning System

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GPU

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Graphic Processing Unit

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GRE

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Generic Routing Encapsulation

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HA

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High Availability

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HDD

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Hard Disk Drive

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HIDS

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Host-based Intrusion Detection System

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HIPS

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Host-based Intrusion Prevention System

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HMAC

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Hashed Message Authentication Code

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99
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HOTP

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HMAC-based One-Time Password

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HSM

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Hardware Security Module

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HTML

A

Hypertext Markup Language

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HTTP

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Hypertext Transfer Protocol

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103
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HTTPS

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Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL/TLS

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HVAC

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Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning

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IaaS

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Infrastructure as a Service

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106
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ICMP

A

Internet Control Message Protocol

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ICS

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Industrial Control Systems

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108
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ID

A

Identification

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109
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IDEA

A

International Data Encryption Algorithm

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110
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IDF

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Intermediate Distribution Frame

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111
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IdP

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Identity Provider

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IDS

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Intrusion Detection System

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113
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IEEE

A

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

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114
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IKE

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Internet Key Exchange

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115
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IM

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Instant Messaging

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116
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IMAP4

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Internet Message Access Protocol v4

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117
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IoT

A

Internet of Things

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IP

A

Internet Protocol

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IPSec

A

Internet Protocol Security

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IR

A

Incident Response

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IR

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Infrared

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IRC

A

Internet Relay Chat

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IRP

A

Incident Response Plan

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ISA

A

Interconnection Security Agreement

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ISP

A

Internet Service Provider

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ISSO

A

Information Systems Security Officer

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ITCP

A

IT Contingency Plan

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IV

A

Initialization Vector

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KDC

A

Key Distribution Center

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KEK

A

Key Encryption Key

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L2TP

A

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

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LAN

A

Local Area Network

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LDAP

A

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

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LEAP

A

Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol

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MaaS

A

Monitoring as a Service

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MAC (File security)

A

Mandatory Access Control

137
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MAC (OSI Layer 2 protocol)

A

Media Access Control

138
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MAC (Messaging)

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Message Authentication Code

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MAN

A

Metropolitan Area Network

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MBR

A

Master Boot Record

141
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MD5

A

Message Digest 5

142
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MDF

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Main Distribution Frame

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MFD

A

Multi-function Device

144
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MITM

A

Man-in-the-Middle

145
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MMS

A

Multimedia Message Service

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MOA

A

Memorandum of Agreement

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MOU

A

Memorandum of Understanding

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MPLS

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Multi-protocol Label Switching

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MSCHAP

A

Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

150
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MSP

A

Managed Service Provider

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MTBF

A

Mean Time Between Failures

152
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MTTF

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Mean Time to Failure

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MTTR

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Mean Time to Recover or Mean Time to Repair

154
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MTU

A

Maximum Transmission Unit

155
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NAC

A

Network Access Control

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NAT

A

Network Address Translation

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NDA

A

Non-disclosure Agreement

158
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NFC

A

Near Field Communication

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NIDS

A

Network-based Intrusion Detection System

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NIPS

A

Network-based Intrusion Prevention System

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NIST

A

National Institute of Standards & Technology

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NTFS

A

New Technology File System

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NTLM

A

New Technology LAN Manager

164
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NTP

A

Network Time Protocol

165
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OAUTH

A

Open Authorization

166
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OCSP

A

Online Certificate Status Protocol

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OID

A

Object Identifier

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OS

A

Operating System

169
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OTA

A

Over The Air

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OVAL

A

Open Vulnerability Assessment Language

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P12

A

PKCS #12

172
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P2P

A

Peer to Peer

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PaaS

A

Platform as a Service

174
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PAC

A

Proxy Auto Configuration

175
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PAM

A

Pluggable Authentication Modules

176
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PAP

A

Password Authentication Protocol

177
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PAT

A

Port Address Translation

178
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PBKDF2

A

Password-based Key Derivation Function 2

179
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PBX

A

Private Branch Exchange

180
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PCAP

A

Packet Capture

181
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PEAP

A

Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol

182
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PED

A

Personal Electronic Device

183
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PEM

A

Privacy-enhanced Electronic Mail

184
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PFS

A

Perfect Forward Secrecy

185
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PFX

A

Personal Exchange Format

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PGP

A

Pretty Good Privacy

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PHI

A

Personal Health Information

188
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PII

A

Personally Identifiable Information

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PIV

A

Personal Identity Verification

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PKI

A

Public Key Infrastructure

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POP

A

Post Office Protocol

192
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POTS

A

Plain Old Telephone Service

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PPP

A

Point-to-Point Protocol

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PPTP

A

Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol

195
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PSK

A

Pre-shared Key

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PTZ

A

Pan-Tilt-Zoom

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RA

A

Recovery Agent

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RA

A

Registration Authority

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RAD

A

Rapid Application Development

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RADIUS

A

Remote Authentication Dial-in User Server

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RAID

A

Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks

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RAS

A

Remote Access Server

203
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RAT

A

Remote Access Trojan

204
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RBAC

A

Role-based Access Control

205
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RBAC

A

Rule-based Access Control

206
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RC4

A

Rivest Cipher version 4

207
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RFID

A

Radio Frequency Identifier

208
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RIPEMD

A

RACE Integrity Primitives Evaluation Message Digest

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ROI

A

Return on Investment

210
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RPO

A

Recovery Point Objective

211
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RSA

A

Rivest, Shamir, & Adleman

212
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RTBH

A

Remotely Triggered Black Hole

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RTO

A

Recovery Time Objective

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RTOS

A

Real-time Operating System

215
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RTP

A

Real-time Transport Protocol

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S/MIME

A

Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

217
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SaaS

A

Software as a Service

218
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SAML

A

Security Assertions Markup Language

219
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SAN

A

Storage Area Network

220
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SAN

A

Subject Alternative Name

221
Q

SCADA

A

System Control and Data Acquisition

222
Q

SCAP

A

Security Content Automation Protocol

223
Q

SCEP

A

Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol

224
Q

SCSI

A

Small Computer System Interface

225
Q

SDK

A

Software Development Kit

226
Q

SDLC

A

Software Development Life Cycle

227
Q

SDLM

A

Software Development Life Cycle Methodology

228
Q

SDN

A

Software Defined Network

229
Q

SED

A

Self-encrypting Drive

230
Q

SEH

A

Structured Exception Handler

231
Q

SFTP

A

Secured File Transfer Protocol

232
Q

SHA

A

Secure Hashing Algorithm

233
Q

SHTTP

A

Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol

234
Q

SIEM

A

Security Information and Event Management

235
Q

SIM

A

Subscriber Identity Module

236
Q

SLA

A

Service Level Agreement

237
Q

SLE

A

Single Loss Expectancy

238
Q

SMS

A

Short Message Service

239
Q

SMTP

A

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

240
Q

SMTPS

A

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Secure

241
Q

SNMP

A

Simple Network Management Protocol

242
Q

SOAP

A

Simple Object Access Protocol

243
Q

SoC

A

System on Chip

244
Q

SPIM

A

Spam over Internet Messaging

245
Q

SQL

A

Structured Query Language

246
Q

SRTP

A

Secure Real-Time Protocol

247
Q

SSD

A

Solid State Drive

248
Q

SSH

A

Secure Shell

249
Q

SSL

A

Secure Sockets Layer

250
Q

SSO

A

Single Sign-on

251
Q

STP

A

Shielded Twisted Pair

252
Q

TACACS+

A

Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus

253
Q

TCP/IP

A

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

254
Q

TGT

A

Ticket Granting Ticket

255
Q

TKIP

A

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol

256
Q

TLS

A

Transport Layer Security

257
Q

TOTP

A

Time-based One-time Password

258
Q

TPM

A

Trusted Platform Module

259
Q

TSIG

A

Transaction Signature

260
Q

UAT

A

User Acceptance Testing

261
Q

UAV

A

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

262
Q

UDP

A

User Datagram Protocol

263
Q

UEFI

A

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface

264
Q

UPS

A

Uninterruptable Power Supply

265
Q

URI

A

Uniform Resource Identifier

266
Q

URL

A

Universal Resource Locator

267
Q

USB

A

Universal Serial Bus

268
Q

USB OTG

A

USB On The Go

269
Q

UTM

A

Unified Threat Management

270
Q

UTP

A

Unshielded Twisted Pair

271
Q

VDE

A

Virtual Desktop Environment

272
Q

VDI

A

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

273
Q

VLAN

A

Virtual Local Area Network

274
Q

VLSM

A

Variable Length Subnet Masking

275
Q

VM

A

Virtual Machine

276
Q

VoIP

A

Voice over IP

277
Q

VPN

A

Virtual Private Network

278
Q

VTC

A

Video Teleconferencing

279
Q

WAF

A

Web Application Firewall

280
Q

WAP

A

Wireless Access Point

281
Q

WEP

A

Wired Equivalent Privacy

282
Q

WIDS

A

Wireless Intrusion Detection System

283
Q

WIPS

A

Wireless Intrusion Prevention System

284
Q

WORM

A

Write Once Read Many

285
Q

WPA

A

WiFi Protected Access

286
Q

WPA2

A

WiFi Protected Access 2

287
Q

WPS

A

WiFi Protected Setup

288
Q

WTLS

A

Wireless TLS

289
Q

XML

A

Extensible Markup Language

290
Q

XOR

A

Exclusive Or

291
Q

XSRF

A

Cross-site Request Forgery

292
Q

XSS

A

Cross-site Scripting

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