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1
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3DES

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Triple Data Encryption Standard

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ABAC

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Attribute-Based Access Control

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AES

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Advanced Encryption Standard

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AH

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Authentication Header

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AIS

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Automated Indicator Sharing

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ALE

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Annualized Loss Expectancy

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ARO

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Annualized Rate of Occurrence

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ASLR

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Address Space Layout Randomization

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BCP

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Business Continuity Planning

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BIA

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Business Impact Analysis

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BPA

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Business Partnership Agreement

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CAR

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Corrective Action Report

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CASB

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Cloud Access Security Broker

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CBC

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Cipher Block Chaining

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CHAP

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Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol

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COOP

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Continuity of Operations Planning

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17
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COPE

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Corporate-Owned Personally Enabled

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18
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CRL

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Certificate Revocation List

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CSA

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Cloud Security Alliance

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CSR

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Certificate Signing Request

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21
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CSRF

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Cross-Site Request Forgery

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22
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CSU

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Channel Service Unit

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23
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DAC

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Discretionary Access Control

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24
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DEP

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Data Execution Prevention

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25
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DER

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Distinguished Encoding Rules

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26
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DES

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Data Encryption Standard

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27
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DHE

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Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral

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28
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DKIM

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Domain Keys Identified Mail

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29
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DLP

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Data Loss Prevention

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DMARC

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Domain Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance

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31
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DNAT

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Destination Network Address Transaction

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32
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DRP

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Disaster Recovery Plan

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33
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DSA

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Digital Signature Algorithm

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34
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EAP

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Extensible Authentication Protocol

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35
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ECB

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Electronic Code Book

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36
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ECC

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Elliptic-curve Cryptography

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37
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ECDHE

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Elliptic-curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral

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38
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ECDSA

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Elliptic-curve Digital Signature Algorithm

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39
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EDR

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Endpoint Detection and Response

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40
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EFS

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Encrypted File System

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41
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EIP

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Extended Instruction Pointer

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42
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ERP

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Enterprise Resource Planning

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43
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ESN

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Electronic Serial Number

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44
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ESP

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Encapsulating Security Payload

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45
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FACL

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File System Access Control List

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46
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FDE

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Full Disk Encryption

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47
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FIM

A

File Integrity Monitoring

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48
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FRR

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False Rejection Rate

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49
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GCM

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Galois/Counter Mode

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50
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GDPR

A

General Data Protection Regulation

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51
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GPG

A

GNU Privacy Guard

52
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GPO

A

Group Policy Object

53
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HMAC

A

Hash-based Message Authentication Code

54
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HOTP

A

HMAC-based One Time Password

55
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HSM

A

Hardware Security Module

56
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HSMaaS

A

Hardware Security Module as a Service

57
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IaaS

A

Infrastructure as a Service

58
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IAM

A

Identity and Access Management

59
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IDEA

A

International Data Encryption Algorithm

60
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IdP

A

Identity Provider

61
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IKE

A

Internet Key Exchange

62
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IoC

A

Indicators of Compromise

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IR

A

Incident Response

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IRP

A

Incident Response Plan

65
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ISA

A

Interconnection Security Agreement

66
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ISFW

A

Internal Segmentation Firewall

67
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ISSO

A

Information Systems Security Officer

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ITCP

A

IT Contingency Plan

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IV

A

Initialization Vector

70
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KDC

A

Key Distribution Center

71
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KEK

A

Key Encryption Key

72
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L2TP

A

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

73
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LDAP

A

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

74
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LEAP

A

Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol

75
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MaaS

A

Monitoring as a Service

76
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MAM

A

Mobile Application Management

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MOA

A

Memorandum of Agreement

78
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MOU

A

Memorandum of Understanding

79
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MPLS

A

Multiprotocol Label Switching

80
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MSA

A

Measurement Systems Analysis

81
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MS-CHAP

A

Microsoft Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol

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MSP

A

Managed Service Provider

83
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MSSP

A

Managed Security Service Provider

84
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MTBF

A

Mean Time Between Failures

85
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MTTF

A

Mean Time To Failure

86
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MTTR

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Mean Time To Repair

87
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MTU

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Maximum Transmission Unit

88
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NAC

A

Network Access Control

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NDA

A

Non-Disclosure Agreement

90
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NFV

A

Network Function Virtualization

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NGFW

A

Next Generation Firewall

92
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NG-SWG

A

Next Generation Secure Web Gateway

93
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NOC

A

Network Operations Center

94
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NTLM

A

New Technology LAN Manager

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OCSP

A

Online Certificate Status Protocol

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OID

A

Object Identifier

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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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PAC

A

Proxy Auto Configuration

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PAM

A

Privileged Access Management

102
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PCI DSS

A

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

103
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PE

A

Portable Executable

104
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PEAP

A

Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol

105
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PED

A

Portable Electronic Device

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PEM

A

Privacy Enhanced Mail

107
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PFS

A

Perfect Forward Secrecy

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PIV

A

Personal Identity Verification

109
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PKCS

A

Public Key Cryptography Standards

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PTZ

A

Pan-Tilt-Zoom

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RAS

A

Remote Access Server

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RAT

A

Remote Access Trojan

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RPO

A

Recovery Point Objective

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SAE

A

Simultaneous Authentication of Equals

115
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SCADA

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Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

116
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SCAP

A

Security Content Automation Protocol

117
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SCEP

A

Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol

118
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SDLC

A

Software Development Life Cycle

119
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SIEM

A

Security Information and Event Management

120
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SLE

A

Single Loss Expectancy

121
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SOAR

A

Security Orchestration, Automation, Response

122
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SWG

A

Secure Web Gateway

123
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TACACS+

A

Terminal Access Controller Access Control System

124
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TGT

A

Ticket Granting Ticket

125
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TOTP

A

Time-based One Time Password

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