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Acronym list Flashcards

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ACL

A

Access Control List

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ARP

A

Address Resolution Protocol

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BYOD

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Bring Your Own Device

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CIS

A

Center for Internet Security

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5
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CoBiT

A

Control Objectives for

Information and Related Technology

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CCTV

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Closed-Circuit Television

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CRM

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Customer Relations Management

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DDoS

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Distributed Denial of Service

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DNS

A

Domain Name Service

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EMET

A

Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit

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FISMA

A

Federal Information Security Management Act

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FTK

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Forensic Tool Kit

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FTP

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File Transfer Protocol

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HBSS

A

Host Based Security System

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HIDS

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Host Intrusion Detection System

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HIPS

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Host Intrusion Prevention System

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HR

A

Human Resources

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ICS

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Industrial Control Systems

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IDS

A

Intrusion Detection System

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IMAP

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Internet Message Access Protocol

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IOC

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Indicator of Compromise

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IPS

A

Intrusion Prevention System

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ISO

A

International Organization for Standardization

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ITIL

A

Information Technology Infrastructure Library

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LDAP

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Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

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MAC

A

Mandatory Access Control

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MD5

A

Message Digest 5

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MOA

A

Memorandum Of Agreement

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MOU

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Memorandum Of Understanding

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MRTG

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Multi Router Traffic Grapher

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NAC

A

Network Access Control

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NAXSI

A

Nginx Anti XSS & SQL Injection

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NIC

A

Network Interface Card

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NIDS

A

Network Intrusion Detection System

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NIST

A

National Institute of Standards & Technology

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OEM

A

Original Equipment Manufacturer

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OSSIM

A

Open Source Security Information Management

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OWASP

A

Open Web Application Security Project

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PAM

A

Pluggable Authentication Module

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PCA

A

Prinicpal Component Analysis

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PCI

A

Payment Card Industry

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PHI

A

Protected Health Information

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PII

A

Personally Identifiable Information

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RACI

A

Responsible, Accountable,

Consulted and Informed

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RADIUS

A

Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service

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SABSA

A

Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture

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SANS

A

System Administration,

Networking, and Security Institute

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SCADA

A

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

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SCAP

A

Security Content Automation Protocol

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SDLC

A

Software Development Life Cycle

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SEO

A

Search Engine Optimization

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SHA

A

Secure Hash Algorithm

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SIEM

A

Security Incident and Event Manager

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SLA

A

Service Level Agreement

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SOC

A

Security Operations Center

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SPF

A

Sender Policy Framework

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SSH

A

Secure Shell

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SSL

A

Secure Sockets Layer

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TACACS+

A

Terminal Access Controller

Access Control System Plus

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TFTP

A

Trivial File Transfer Protocol

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TLS

A

Transport Layer Security

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TOGAF

A

The Open Group Architecture Framework

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USB

A

Universal Serial Bus

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VAS

A

Vulnerability Assessment System

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VDI

A

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

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VLAN

A

Virtual Local Area Network

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VPN

A

Virtual Private Network

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WAF

A

Web Application Firewall

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