Acronyms Flashcards
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3DES
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Triple Data Encryption Standard
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AAA
A
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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AD
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Active Directory
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AES
A
Advanced Encryption Standard
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AES256
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Advanced Encryption Standard 256bit
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AH
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Authentication Header
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AI
A
Artificial Intelligence
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AIS
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Automated Indicator Sharing
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ALE
A
Annualized Loss Expectancy
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AP
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Access Point
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API
A
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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ATT&CK
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Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge
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AUP
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Acceptable Use Policy
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AV
A
Antivirus
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BASH
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Bourne Again Shell
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BCP
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Business Continuity Planning
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BGP
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Border Gateway Protocol
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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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BPA
Business Partnership Agreement
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BPDU
Bridge Protocol Data Unit
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BSSID
Basic Service Set Identifier
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BYOD
Bring Your Own Device
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CA
Certificate Authority
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CAPTCHA
Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart
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CAR
Corrective Action Report
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CASB
Cloud Access Security Broker
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CBC
Cipher Block Chaining
34
CBT
Computer-based Training
35
CCMP
Counter-Mode/ CBC-MAC Protocol
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CCTV
Closed-Circuit Television
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CERT
Computer Emergency Response Team
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CFB
Cipher Feedback
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CHAP
Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
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CIO
Chief Information Officer
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CIRT
Computer Incident Response Team
42
CIS
Center for Internet Security
43
CMDB
Configuration Management Database
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CMS
Content Management System
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CN
Common Name
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COOP
Continuity of Operations Planning
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COPE
Company-owned Personally Enabled
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CP
Contingency Planning
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CPU
Central Processing Unit
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CRL
Certificate Revocation List
51
CSA
Cloud Security Alliance
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CSIRT
Computer Security Incident Response Team
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CSO
Chief Security Officer
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CSP
Cloud Service Provider
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CSR
Certificate Signing Request
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CSRF
Cross-Site Request Forgery
57
CTM
Counter-Mode
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CTO
Chief Technical Officer
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CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
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CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
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CYOD
Choose Your Own Device
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DAC
Discretionary Access Control
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DBA
Database Administrator
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DDoS
Distributed Denial of Service
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DES
Data Encryption Standard
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DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
67
DHE
Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral
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DLL
Dynamic-link Library
69
DLP
Data Loss Prevention
70
DMARC
Domain Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance
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DNAT
Destination Network Address Translation
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DNS
Domain Name System
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DNSSEC
Domain Name System Security Extensions
74
DoS
Denial of Service
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DPO
Data Protection Officer
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DRP
Disaster Recovery Plan
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DSA
Digital Signature Algorithm
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EAP
Extensible Authentication Protocol
79
ECB
Electronic Code Book
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ECC
Elliptic-Curve Cryptography
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ECDHE
Elliptic-curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral
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ECDSA
Elliptic-curve Digital Signature Algorithm
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EDR
Endpoint Detection and Response
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EFS
Encrypted File System
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EOL
End of Life
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EOS
End of Service
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ESP
Encapsulating Security Payload
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ESSID
Extended Service Set Identifier
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FACL
File System Access Control List
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FDE
Full Disk Encryption
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FIM
File Integrity Monitoring
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FPGA
Field Programmable Gate Array
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FRR
False Rejection Rate
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FTP
File Transfer Protocol
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FTPS
File Transfer Protocol Secure
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GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
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GPG
GNU Privacy Guard
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GPO
Group Policy Object
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GPS
Global Positioning System
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GPU
Graphics Processing Unit
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GRE
Generic Routing Encapsulation
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HA
High Availability
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HDD
Hard Disk Drive
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HIDS
Host-based Intrusion Detection System
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HIPS
Host-based Intrusion Prevention System
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HMAC
Hash-based Message Authentication Code
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HOTP
HMAC-based One-time Password
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HSM
Hardware Security Module
109
HSMaaS
Hardware Security Module as a Service
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HTML
Hypertext Markup Language
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HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
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HTTPS
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
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HVAC
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
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IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
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IAM
Identity and Access Management
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ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
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ICS
Industrial Control Systems
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IDEA
International Data Encryption Algorithm
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IdP
Identity Provider
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IDS
Intrusion Detection System
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IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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IKE
Internet Key Exchange
123
IM
Instant Messaging
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IMAP4
Internet Message Access Protocol 4
125
IoC
Indicators of Compromise
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IoT
Internet of Things
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IP
Internet Protocol
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IPS
Intrusion Prevention Security
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IPSec
Internet Protocol Security
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IR
Incident Response
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IRP
Incident Response Plan
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ISFW
Internal Segmentation Firewall
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ISO
International Organization for Standardization
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ISP
Internet Service Provider
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ISSO
Information System Security Officer
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ITCP
IT Contingency Plan
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IV
Initialization Vector
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JSON
JavaScript Object Notation
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KDC
Key Distribution Center
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KEK
Key Encryption Key
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L2TP
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
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LAN
Local Area Network
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LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
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LEAP
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol
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MaaS
Monitoring as a Service
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MAC
Media Access Control
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MAM
Mobile Application Management
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MBR
Master Boot Record
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MD5
Message Digest 5
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MDF
Main Distribution Frame
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MDM
Mobile Device Management
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MFA
Multi-Factor Authentication
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MFD
Multifunction Device
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MFP
Multifunction Printer
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ML
Machine Learning
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MMS
Multimedia Message Service
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MS-CHAP
Microsoft Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
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MSP
Managed Service Provider
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MSSP
Managed Security Service Provider
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MTBF
Mean Time Between Failures
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MTTF
Mean Time to Failure
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MTTR
Mean Time to Repair
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NAC
Network Access Control
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NAS
Network-attached Storage
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NAT
Network Address Translation
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NDA
Non-disclosure Agreement
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NFC
Near-field Communication
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NFV
Network Function Virtualization
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NGFW
Next-generation Firewall
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NG-SWG
Next-generation Secure Web Gateway
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NIC
Network Interface Card
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NIDS
Network-based Intrusion Detection System
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NIPS
Network-based Intrusion Prevention Sytem
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NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology
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NOC
Network Operations Center
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NTFS
New Technology File System
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NTLM
New Technology LAN Manager
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NTP
Network Time Protocol
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NTPSec
Network Time Protocol Secure
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OCSP
Online Certificate Status Protocol
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OID
Object Identifier
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OS
Operating System
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OSI
Open Systems Interconnection
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OSINT
Open-source Intelligence
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OT
Operational Technology
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OTA
Over-The-Air
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OTG
On-The-Go
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OVAL
Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language
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OWASP
Open Web Application Security Project
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PaaS
Platform as a Service
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PAM
Privileged Access Management
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PAP
Password Authentication Protocol
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PAT
Port Address Translation
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PBKDF2
Password-based Key Derivation Function 2
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PCAP
Packet Capture
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PCI DSS
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
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PDU
Power Distribution Unit
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PEAP
Protected Extensible Access Protocol
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PED
Portable Electronic Device
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PFS
Perfect Forward Secrecy
201
PGP
Pretty Good Privacy
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PHI
Protected Health Information
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PII
Personally Identifiable Information
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PIN
Personal Identification Number
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PIV
Personal Identity Verification
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PKCS
Public Key Cryptography Standards
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PKI
Public Key Infrastructure
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PoC
Proof of Concept
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POP
Post Office Protocol
210
POTS
Plain Old Telephone Service
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PPP
Point-to-Point Protocol
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PPTP
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
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PSK
Preshared Key
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PUP
Potentially Unwanted Program
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QA
Quality Assurance
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QoS
Quality of Service
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RA
Registration Authority
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RAD
Rapid Application Development
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RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service
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RAID
Redundant Array of Independent Disks
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RAM
Random Access Memory
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RAS
Remote Access Server
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RAT
Remote Access Trojan
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RC4
Revist Cipher Version 4
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RDP
Remote Desktop Protocol
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RFI
Remote File Inclusion
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RFID
Radio Frequency Identification
228
ROI
Return on Investment
229
RPO
Recovery Point Objective
230
RSA
Rivest, Shamir, & Adleman
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RTBH
Remotely Triggered Black Hole
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RTO
Recovery Time Objective
233
RTOS
Real-Time Operating System
234
RTP
Real-Time Transport Protocol
235
S/MIME
Secure/ Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
236
SaaS
Software as a Service
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SAE
Simultaneous Authentication of Equals
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SAML
Security Assertions Markup Language
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SAN
Storage Area Network
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SCADA
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
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SCAP
Security Content Automation Protocol
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SCEP
Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol
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SDK
Software Development Kit
244
SDLC
Software Development Life Cycle
245
SDLM
Software Development Life Cycle Methodology
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SDN
Software-defined Networking
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SDP
Service Delivery Platform
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SDV
Software-defined Visibility
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SED
Self-encrypting Drives
250
SFTP
SSH File Transfer Protocol
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SHA
Secure Hashing Algorithm
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SIEM
Security Information and Event Management
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SIM
Subscriber Identity Module
254
SLA
Service-level Agreement
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SLE
Single Loss Expectancy
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SMB
Server Message Block
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SMS
Short Message Service
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SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
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SMTPS
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Secure
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SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
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SOAP
Simple Object Access Protocol
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SOAR
Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response
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SoC
System on a Chip
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SOC
Security Operations Center
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SOX
Sarbanes Oxley Act
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SPIM
Spam Over Instant Messaging
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SQL
Structured Query Language
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SQLi
SQL Injection
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SRTP
Secure Real-time Transport Protocol
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SSH
Secure Shell
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SSID
Service Set Identifier
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SSL
Secure Sockets Layer
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SSO
Single Sign-on
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SSRF
Server-side Request Forgery
275
STIX
Structured Threat Information eXpression
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SWG
Secure Web Gateway
277
TACACS+
Terminal Access Controller Access Control System
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TAXII
Trusted Automated eXchange of Intelligence Information
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TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
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TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol
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TKIP
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
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TLS
Transfer Layer Secure
283
TOTP
Time-based One Time Password
284
TPM
Trusted Platform Module
285
TSIG
Transaction Signature
286
TTP
Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
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UAT
User Acceptance Testing
288
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
289
UEBA
User and Entity Behavior Analytics
290
UEFI
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
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UEM
Unified Endpoint Management
292
UPS
Uninterruptible Power Supply
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URI
Uniform Resource Identifier
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URL
Universal Resource Locator
295
USB
Universal Serial Bus
296
USB OTG
USB On-The-Go
297
UTM
Unified Threat Management
298
VBA
Visual Basic for Applications
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VDE
Virtual Desktop Environment
300
VDI
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
301
VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network
302
VLSM
Variable-Length Subnet Masking
303
VM
Virtual Machine
304
VoIP
Voice Over IP
305
VPC
Virtual Private Cloud
306
VPN
Virtual Private Network
307
WAF
Web Application Firewall
308
WAP
Wireless Access Point
309
WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy
310
WIDS
Wireless Intrusion Detection System
311
WIPS
Wireless Intrusion Prevention System
312
WLAN
Wireless Local Area Network
313
WORM
Write Once Read Many
314
WPA
WiFi Protected Access
315
WPS
WiFi Protected Service
316
XaaS
Everything as a Service
317
XML
Extensible Markup Language
318
XOR
Exclusive OR
319
XSRF
Cross-site Request Forgery
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XSS
Cross-site Scripting
321
MSA
Measurement System Analysis
