Acronym Flashcards
1
Q
3DES
A
triple digital encryption standard
2
Q
AAA
A
authentication, authorization and accounting
3
Q
ACL
A
access control list
4
Q
AES
A
advanced encryption standard
5
Q
AES256
A
advanced encryption standards 256-bit
6
Q
AH
A
authentication header
7
Q
ALE
A
annualized loss expectancy
8
Q
AP
A
access point
9
Q
ARO
A
annualized rate of occurrence
10
Q
ARP
A
address resolution protocol
11
Q
AUP
A
acceptable use policy
12
Q
BCP
A
business continuity planning
13
Q
BIA
A
business impact analysis
14
Q
BIOS
A
basic input/output system
15
Q
BPA
A
business partners agreement
16
Q
CA
A
certificate authority
17
Q
CAC
A
common access card
18
Q
CAN
A
controller area network
19
Q
CCMP
A
counter-mode/CBC-MAC protocol
20
Q
CCTV
A
closed-circuit television
21
Q
CERT
A
computer emergency response team
22
Q
CHAP
A
challenge handshake authentication protocol
23
Q
CIO
A
chief information officer
24
Q
CIRT
A
computer incident response team
25
COOP
continuity of operation planning
26
CRC
cyclical redundancy check
27
CRL
certificate revocation list
28
DAC
discretionary access control
29
DBA
database administrator
30
DDoS
distributed denial of service
31
DEP
data execution prevention
32
DES
digital encryption standard
33
DHCP
dynamic host configuration protocol
34
DLL
dynamic link library
35
DLP
data loss prevention
36
DMZ
demilitarized zone
37
DNS
domain name service (server)
38
DoS
denial of service
39
DRP
disaster recovery plan
40
DSA
digital signature algorithm
41
EAP
extensible authentication protocol
42
ECC
elliptic curve cryptography
43
EFS
encrypted file system
44
EMI
electromagnetic interference
45
ESP
encapsulated security payload
46
FTP
file transfer protocol
47
FTPS
secured file transfer protocol
48
GPG
gnu privacy guard
49
GPO
group policy object
50
GPS
global positioning system
51
GRE
generic routing encapsulation
52
GPU
graphic processing unit
53
HDD
high availability
54
HIDS
host-based intrusion detection system
55
HIPS
host-based intrusion prevention system
56
HMAC
hashed message authentication code
57
HSM
hardware security module
58
HTML
hypertext markup language
59
HTTP
hypertext transfer protocol
60
HTTPS
hypertext transfer protocol over SSL
61
HVAC
heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
62
IaaS
infrastructure as a service
63
ICMP
internet control message protocol
64
ID
identification
65
IDS
intrusion detection system
66
IKE
internet key exchange
67
IM
instant messaging
68
IMAP4
internet message access protocol v4
69
IPsec
internet protocol security
70
IRC
internet relay chat
71
IR
incident response
72
ISP
interconnection security agreement
73
IV
initialization vector
74
KDC
key distribution center
75
L2TP
layer 2 tunneling protocol
76
LAN
local area network
77
LANMAN
.
78
LDAP
.
79
LEAP
.
80
MAC
.
81
MAC
.
82
MAC
.
83
MAN
.
84
MBR
.
85
MD5
.
86
MITM
.
87
MS-CHAP
.
88
MTU
.
89
NAC
.
90
NAT
.
91
NIDS
.
92
NIPS
.
93
NIST
.
94
NOOP
.
95
NOS
.
96
NTFS
.
97
NTLM
.
98
NTP
.
99
OS
.
100
OVAL
.
101
P2P
.
102
PaaS
.
103
PAP
.
104
PAT
.
105
PBX
.
106
PEAP
.
107
PED
.
108
PGP
.
109
PII
.
110
PIN
.
111
PIV
.
112
PKI
.
113
POP3
.
114
POTS
.
115
PPP
.
116
PPTP
.
117
PSK
.
118
PTZ
.
119
RA
.
120
RADIUS
.
121
RAID
.
122
RAID-0
.
123
RAID-1
.
124
RAID-5
.
125
RAM
.
126
RAS
.
127
RBAC
.
128
RBAC
.
129
RC
.
130
RFI
.
131
RIPEMD
.
132
RPO
.
133
RSA
.
134
RSTP
.
135
RTO
.
136
RTP
.
137
S/MINE
.
138
SaaS
.
139
SCAP
.
140
SCP
.
141
SCSI
.
142
SDLC
.
143
SDLM
.
144
SELinux
.
145
SFTP
.
146
SHA
.
147
SHTTP
.
148
SID
.
149
SID
.
150
SIRT
.
151
SLA
.
152
SLE
.
153
SMTP
.
154
SONET
.
155
SPIM
.
156
SPOF
.
157
SQL
.
158
SSH
.
159
SSID
.
160
SSL
.
161
SSO
.
162
SSTP
.
163
STP
.
164
SYN
.
165
TACACS
.
166
TACACS+
.
167
TCO
.
168
TCP
.
169
TCP/IP
.
170
TFTP
.
171
TKIP
.
172
TLS
.
173
TPM
.
174
UAT
.
175
UDP
.
176
UPS
.
177
URL
.
178
USB
.
179
UTP
.
180
VLAN
.
181
VM
.
182
VoIP
.
183
VPN
.
184
VTC
.
185
WAF
.
186
WAP
.
187
WEP
.
188
WIDS
.
189
WIPS
.
190
WLAN
.
191
WPA
.
192
WPA2
.
193
WTLS
.
194
XML
.
195
XTACACS
.
196
XSRF
.
197
XSS
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