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1
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SIP

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Session Initial Protocol

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PFS

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Port Forward Secrecy

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XaaS

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Anything as a Service

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TLS

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Transport Layer Security

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PUP

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Potentially Unwanted Program

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ECC

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Elliptic Curve Cryptography

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HMI

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Human-machine Interface

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SAN

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Storage Area Network

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NAS

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Network Attached Storage

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AH

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Authentication Header

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DMZ

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Demilitarized Zone

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RPO

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Recovery Point Objective

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ICS

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Industrial Control Systems

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PLC

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Programmable Logic Controller

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WORM

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Write Once Read Many

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OCSP

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Online Certificate Status Protocol

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SCADA

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Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

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WPA

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WiFi Protected Access

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SoC

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System on a Chip

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EPS

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Extrusion Prevention System

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NFC

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Near Field Communication

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CAN

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Controller Area Network

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PBX

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Private Branch Exchange

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NTLM Hash

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NT LAN Manager Hash

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EMI

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Electromagnetic Interference

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MD5

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Message Digest 5

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ISA

A

Interconnection Security Agreement

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SOX

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Sarbanes-Oxley Act

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MOU

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Memorandum of Understanding

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ABAC

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Attribute-based Access Control

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SSID

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Service Set identifier

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AV

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Anti-Virus

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TOS

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Trusted Operation System

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UAC

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User Account Control

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NAC

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Network Access Control

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36
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RAID

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Redundant Array of Independent Disks

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BYOD

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Bring Your Own Device

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AES

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Advanced Encryption Standard

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BIA

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Business Impact Analysis

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SDN

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Software Defined Networking

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MAC

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Media Access Control

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42
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CUS

A

Center for Internet Security

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43
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CYOD

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Choose Your Own Device

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44
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IMSI

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International Mobile Subscriber

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SA

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Security Association

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NAT

A

Network Address Translation

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47
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IKE

A

Internet Key Exchange

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48
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MITM

A

Man-in-the-middle (On-path)

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HMAC

A

Hash-based Message Authentication Code

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50
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HAVA

A

Help America Vote Act of 2002

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51
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UEFI

A

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface

52
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WPS

A

WiFi Protected Setup

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XSS

A

Cross-site Scripting

54
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CI/CD

A

Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery

55
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SSL

A

Secure Sockets layer

56
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VDI

A

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

57
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IaaS

A

Infrastructure as a Service

58
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UTM

A

Unified Threat Management

59
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XSRF

A

Cross-site Request Forgery

60
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SDLC

A

Software Development Life Cycle

61
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GLBA

A

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act

62
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BIOS

A

Basic Input/Output System

63
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HSM

A

Hardware Security Module

64
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ACL

A

Access Control List

65
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RTO

A

Recovery Time Objective

66
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SSO

A

Single Sign On

67
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RFI

A

Radio Frequency Interference

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VNC

A

Virtual Network Computing

69
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CORS

A

Cross-Origin Resource Sharing

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FIDM

A

Federated Identity Management

71
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PACS

A

Physical Access Control System

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ROT

A

Root of Trust

73
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LSO

A

Locally Shared Object

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SAML

A

Security Assertions Markup Language

75
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DLP

A

Data Loss Prevention

76
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ESP

A

Encapsulated Security Payload

77
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PAP

A

Password Authentication Protocol

78
Q

CSF

A

Cybersecurity Framework

79
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BER

A

Basic Encoding Rules

80
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RTOS

A

Real-time Operating System

81
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GDPR

A

General Data Protection Regulation

82
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CRL

A

Certificate Revocation List

83
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SED

A

Self-encypting drive

84
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RAT

A

Remote Acess Trojan

85
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PAT

A

Port Address Translation

86
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STP

A

Shielded Twisted Pair

87
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VPC

A

Virtual Private Cloud

88
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OT

A

Operational Technology

89
Q

ILP

A

Information Leak Protection

90
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FAR

A

False Acceptance Rate

91
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DoS

A

Denial of Service

92
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FPG

A

Field Programmable Gate Array

93
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UEBA

A

User and Entity Behavior Analytics

94
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PKI

A

Public Key Infrastructure

95
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PII

A

Personally Identifiable Information

96
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SLA

A

Service Level Agreement

97
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ALE

A

Annualized Loss Expectancy

98
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SOAR

A

Security Orchestration, Automation, Response

99
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MITB

A

Man-in-the-browser

100
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HOTP

A

HMAC-based One-time Password

101
Q

FISMA

A

Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002

102
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SHA-1, SHA-2, SHA-3

A

Secure Hashing Algorithm

103
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PDS

A

Protected Distribution System

104
Q

FRR

A

False Rejection Rate

105
Q

RMF

A

Risk Management Framework

106
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SABSA

A

Sherwood Applied Business Security Archicture

107
Q

DAC

A

Discretionary Access Control

108
Q

ARO

A

Annualized Rate of Occurrence

109
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IRM

A

Information Rights Management

110
Q

CASB

A

Cloud Access Security Broker

111
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OVAL

A

Open Vulnerability Assessment Language

112
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S/MIME

A

Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

113
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WRT

A

Work Recovery Time

114
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GPO

A

Group Policy Object

115
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RBAC

A

Role Based Access Control

116
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SIM

A

Subscriber Identity Module

117
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VoIP

A

Voice Over Internet Protocol

118
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FaaS

A

Function as a Service

119
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SaaS

A

Software as a Service

120
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MSSP

A

Managed Security Servicce Provider

provides SECaaS

121
Q

SECaaS

A

Security as a Service

122
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PCI-DSS

A

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

123
Q

PHI

A

Protected Health Information

124
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MTTR

A

Mean Time to Repair

125
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MTBF

A

Mean Time Between Failure

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