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1
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UEFI

A

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface

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HSM

A

Hardware Security Module

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TPM

A

Trusted Platform Module

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SME

A

Secure Memory Encryption

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SEV

A

Secure Encrypted Virtualization

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TXT

A

Trusted Execution Technology
Intel

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SGX

A

Software Guard Extensions

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SEH

A

Structured Exception Handling

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LSO

A

Locally Shared Object
Flash cookies

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10
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RCE

A

Remote Code Execution

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XSS

A

Cross-Site Scripting

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12
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XSRF/CSRF

A

Cross-Site Request Forgery

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DMZ

A

De-Militarized Zone

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NAC

A

Network Access Control

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15
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NAT

A

Network Address Translation

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16
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PAT

A

Port Address Translation

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17
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ILP

A

Information Leak Protection

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18
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EPS

A

Extrusion Prevention Systems

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19
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UTM

A

Unified Threat Management

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NAC

A

Network Access Control

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21
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NAT

A

Network Address Translation

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22
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PAT

A

Port Address Translation

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23
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WAF

A

Web Application Firewall

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24
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DLP

A

Data Loss Prevention

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25
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ILP

A

Information Leak Protection

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EPS

A

Extrusion Prevention Systems

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27
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NIDS

A

Network Intrusion Detection Systems

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NIPS

A

Network Intrusion Prevention Systems

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29
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UTM

A

Unified Threat Management

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30
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NGFW

A

Next Generation Firewall

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31
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VDI

A

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

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32
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VPC

A

Virtual Private Cloud

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33
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CASB

A

Cloud Access Security Broker

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34
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API

A

Application Programming Interface

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35
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FAAS

A

Function as a Service

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36
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CORS

A

Cross Origin Resource Sharing

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37
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ANN

A

Artificial Neural Network

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38
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IANA

A

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

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39
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FTP

A

File Transfer Protocol

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40
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SSH

A

Secure Shell

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41
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SCP

A

secure copy

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42
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SFTP

A

secure FTP

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43
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SMTP

A

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

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44
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DNS

A

Domain Name Service

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45
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TFTP

A

Trivial FTP

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46
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HTTP

A

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

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47
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POP3

A

Post Office Protocol v3

48
Q

NNTP

A

Network News Transfer Protocol

49
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RPC

A

Remote Procedure Call

50
Q

IMAP

A

Internet Message Access Protocol

51
Q

SNMP

A

Simple Network Management Protocol

52
Q

LDAP

A

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

53
Q

HTTPS

A

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure

54
Q

SMB

A

Server Message Block

55
Q

FTPS

A

File Transfer Protocol Secure

56
Q

FTPS

A

File Transfer Protocol Secure

57
Q

RADIUS

A

Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service

58
Q

L2TP

A

Layer 2 Tunnel Protocol

59
Q

PPTP

A

Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol

60
Q

FCIP

A

Fibre Channel IP

61
Q

RDP

A

Remote Desktop Protocol

62
Q

DOS

A

Denial of Service

63
Q

DDoS

A

Distributed Denial of Service

64
Q

MTIM

A

Man-in-the-Middle

65
Q

MITB

A

Man-in-the-Browser

66
Q

EMI

A

Electromagnetic Interference

67
Q

RFI

A

Radio Frequency Interference

68
Q

PDS

A

Protected Distribution System (PDS)

69
Q

SSID

A

Service Set Identifier (SSID)

70
Q

PSK

A

Pre-Shared Key

71
Q

WEP

A

Wired Equivalent Privacy

72
Q

WPA

A

WiFi Protected Access (WPA)

73
Q

IV

A

Initialization Vector

74
Q

MIC

A

Message Integrity Check

75
Q

SAE

A

Simultaneous Authentication of Equals

76
Q

RFID

A

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

77
Q

NFC

A

Near Field Communication (NFC)

78
Q

CCTV

A

Closed Circuit TV

79
Q

PTZ

A

Pan Tilt Zoom

80
Q

FAR

A

False Acceptance Rate

81
Q

FRR

A

False Rejection Rate

82
Q

CER

A

Crossover Error Rate

83
Q

HVAC

A

Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning

84
Q

CAN

A

Controller Area Network

85
Q

OBD-II

A

Onboard Diagnostics

86
Q

PLC

A

Programmable Logic Controller

87
Q

SoC

A

System-on-Chip (SoC)

88
Q

RTOS

A

Real-Time Operating System

89
Q

FPGA

A

Field Programmable Gate Array

90
Q

ASIC

A

application-specific integrated circuit

91
Q

OT

A

Operational Technology

92
Q

ICS

A

Industrial Control Systems

93
Q

HMI

A

Human-Machine Interface

94
Q

SCADA

A

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

95
Q

BAS

A

Building Automation System (BAS)

96
Q

PACS

A

Physical Access Control System

97
Q

TOTP

A

Time-based One Time Password

98
Q

HOTP

A

HMAC-based One Time Password

99
Q

SAML

A

Security Assertion Markup Language

100
Q

EAP

A

Extensible Authentication Protocol

101
Q

FAST

A

flexible authentication via secure tunneling

102
Q

PEAP

A

Protected EAP

103
Q

LDAP

A

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

104
Q

RDP

A

Remote Desktop Protocol

105
Q

VNC

A

Virtual Network Computing

106
Q

PAP

A

Password Authentication Protocol

107
Q

CHAP

A

Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

108
Q

RADIUS

A

Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service

109
Q

DAC

A

Discretionary Access Control

110
Q

MAC

A

Mandatory Access Control

111
Q

RBAC

A

Role-Based Access Control

112
Q

ABAC

A

Attribute-Based Access Control

113
Q

UAC

A

User Account Control

114
Q

SLE

A

Single Loss Expectancy

115
Q

ARO

A

Annualized Rate of Occurrence

116
Q

ALE

A

Annualized Loss Expectancy

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