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3DES

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Triple Data Encryption Algorithm

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ACL

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Access Control List

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AES

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Advanced Encryption Standard

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API

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Application Programming Interface

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ARP

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Address Resolution Protocol

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APT

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Advanced Persistent Threat

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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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BEC

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Business Email Compromise

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BYOD

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Bring Your Own Device

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CA

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Certificate Authority

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CAN

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Controller Area Network

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CASB

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Cloud Access Security Broker

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CI/CD

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Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery

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CIS

A

Center for Internet Security

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COBIT

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Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology

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CPU

A

Central Processing Unit

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CRM

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Customer Relations Management

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CVSS

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Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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DDoS

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Distributed Denial of Service

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21
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DGA

A

Domain Generation Algorithm

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DHCP

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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

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DKIM

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Domain Keys Identified Mail

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DLP

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Data Loss Prevention

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DMARC

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Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance

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DMZ

A

Demilitarized Zone

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27
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DNS

A

Domain Name System

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DNSSEC

A

Domain Name System Security Extensions

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29
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DOM

A

Document Object Model

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DRM

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Digital Rights Management

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EDR

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Endpoint Detection and Response

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ELK

A

Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana

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33
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ERP

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Enterprise Resource Planning

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FaaS

A

Function as a Service

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FPGA

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Field-programmable Gate Array

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36
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FTK

A

Forensic Toolkit

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FTP

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File Transfer Protocol

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HIDS

A

Host Intrusion Detection System

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HIPS

A

Host Intrusion Prevention System

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40
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HSM

A

Hardware Security Module

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HTTP

A

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

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IaaS

A

Infrastructure as a Service

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IaC

A

Infrastructure as Code

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ICMP

A

Internet Control Message Protocol

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IDS

A

Intrusion Detection System

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IMAP

A

Internet Message Access Protocol

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IoC

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Indicator of Compromise

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48
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IoT

A

Internet of Things

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IP

A

Internet Protocol

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IPS

A

Intrusion Prevention System

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ISAC

A

Information Sharing and Analysis Center

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ISO

A

International Organization for Standardization

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ITIL

A

Information Technology Infrastructure Library

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LAN

A

Local Area Network

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LDAP

A

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

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MaaS

A

Monitoring as a Service

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MAC

A

Mandatory Access Control

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MD5

A

Message Digest 5

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MDM

A

Mobile Device Management

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MFA

A

Multifactor Authentication

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MOA

A

Memorandum of Agreemnent

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MOU

A

Memorandum of Understanding

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MRTG

A

Multi Router Traffic Grapher

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NAC

A

Network Access Control

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NAS

A

Network-attached Storage

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NAT

A

Network Address Translation

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NDA

A

Non-disclosure Agreement

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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 and Technology

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OEM

A

Original Equipment Manafacturer

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OSSIM

A

Open Source Security Information Management

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OVAL

A

Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language

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OWASP

A

Open Web Application Security Project

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PaaS

A

Platform as a Service

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PAM

A

Pluggable Authentication Module

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PCAP

A

Packet Capture

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PCI

A

Payment Card industry

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PHI

A

Personal Health Information

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PID

A

Process Identification Number

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PII

A

Personally Identifiable Information

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PKI

A

Public Key Infrastructure

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RADIUS

A

Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service

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RDP

A

Remote Desktop Protocol

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REST

A

Representational State Transfer

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RTOS

A

Real-time Operating System

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SaaS

A

Software as a Service

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SAML

A

Security Assertions Markup Language

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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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SFTP

A

SSH File Transfer Protocol

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SHA

A

Secure Hash Algorithm

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SIEM

A

Security Information and Event Management

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SLA

A

Service Level Agreement

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SMB

A

Secure Message Block

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SOAP

A

Simple Object Access Protocol

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SOAR

A

Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response

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SOC

A

Security Operations Center

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SoC

A

System on Chip

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SPF

A

Sender Policy Framework

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SPI

A

Sensitive Personal Information

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SQL

A

Structured Query Language

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SSH

A

Secure Shell

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SSHD

A

Solid-state Hybrid Drive

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SSID

A

Service Set Identifier

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SSL

A

Secure Sockets Layer

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SSO

A

Single Sign-On

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STIX

A

Structured Threat Information eXpression

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TACACS+

A

Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus

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TAXII

A

Trusted Automated eXchange of Intelligence Information

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TCP

A

Transmission Control Protocol

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TFTP

A

Trivial File Transfer Protocol

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TLS

A

Transport Layer Security

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TPM

A

Trusted Platform Module

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UDP

A

User Datagram Protocol

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UEBA

A

User and Entity Behavior Analytics

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UEFI

A

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface

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UEM

A

Unified Endpoint Management

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URL

A

Uniform Resource Locator

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USB

A

Universal Serial Bus

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UTM

A

Unified Threat Management

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VDI

A

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

124
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VLAN

A

Virtual Local Area Network

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VoIP

A

Voice over Internet Protocol

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VPC

A

Virtual Private Cloud

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VPN

A

Virtual Private Network

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WAF

A

Web Application Firewall

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WAN

A

Wide Area Network

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XML

A

Extensible Markup Language

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XSS

A

Cross-site Scripting

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ZAP

A

Zed Attack Proxy

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