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1
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CIA Triad

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Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability

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AAA framework

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Authentication, Authorization, Accounting

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CA

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Certificate Authority

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IT

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Information Technology

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NAT

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Network Access Translation

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VPN

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Virtual Private Network

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PEP

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Policy Enforcement Point

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CCTV

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Closed Circuit Television

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API

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Application Programming Interface

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SSD

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solid state drive

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USB

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universal serial bus

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EFS

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Encrypting file system

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HTTP

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hypertext transfer protocol

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HTTPS

A

hypertext transfer protocol secure

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SSL

A

Secure Sockets Layer

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TLS

A

Transport Layer Security

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17
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IPSEC

A

Internet Protocol Security

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18
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TPM

A

Trusted Platform Module

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HSM

A

Hardware Security Module

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CPU

A

Central Processing Unit

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ROM

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Read Only Memory

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AES

A

Advanced Encryption Standard

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TCP

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Transmission Control Protocol

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X.509

A

Digital Certificate Standard Format

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25
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SAN

A

Subject Alternative Name

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CRL

A

Certificate Revocation List

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27
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OCSP

A

Online Certificate Status Protocol

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APT

A

Advanced Persistent Threat

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29
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SMS

A

Short Message Service

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SVG

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Scalable Vector Graphic

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HTML

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Hypertext Markup Language

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32
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PDF

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Portable Document Format

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33
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WPA3

A

Wifi Protected Access 3

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802.1x

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Authentication Protocol that prevents access until authentication

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UDP

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User Datagram Protocol

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36
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MSP

A

Managed Service Provider

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37
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URL

A

Uniform Resource Locator

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DLL

A

Dynamic Link Libraries

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39
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TOCTOU

A

Time of Check to Time of Use

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SQL

A

Structured Query Language

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XML

A

Extensible Markup Language

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LDAP

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Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

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43
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XSS

A

Cross Cite Scripting

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44
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CSS

A

Cascading Style Sheets

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IOT

A

Internet of Things

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EOL

A

End of Life

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EOSL

A

End of Service Life

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IPS

A

Intrusion Prevention System

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VM

A

Virtual Machine

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RAM

A

Random Access Memory

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MFA

A

Multi Factor Authentication

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CVSS

A

Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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DOS

A

Denial of Service

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DDOS

A

Distributed Denial of Service

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RCE

A

Remote Code Execution

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HVAC

A

Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning

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FTP

A

File Transfer Protocol

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SMTP

A

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

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IMAP

A

Internet Message Access Protocol

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MDM

A

Mobile Device Manager

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CVE

A

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

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IDS

A

Intrusion Detection System

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RAT

A

Remote Access Trojan

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UEFI

A

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface

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RFID

A

Radio Frequency Identification

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NTP

A

Network Time Protocol

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DNS

A

Domain Name System protocol

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ICMP

A

Internet Control Message Protocol

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IEEE

A

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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ARP

A

Address Resolution Protocol

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MAC

A

Media Access Control address

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SMBv1

A

Server Message Block version 1

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PHP

A

Hypertext Preprocessor

74
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CSRF

A

Cross Site Request Forgery

75
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SHA 256

A

Secure Hash Algorithm 256

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IOC

A

Indicators of Compromise

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PCI

A

Payment Card Industry

78
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ACL

A

Access Control List

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FDE

A

Full Disc Encryption

80
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SIEM

A

Security Infomation and Event Manager

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EDR

A

Endpoint Detection and Response

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HIPS

A

Host based Intrusion Prevention System

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IaaS

A

Infrastructure as a Service

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PaaS

A

Platform as a Service

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SaaS

A

Software as a Service

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FaaS

A

Function as a Service

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VLAN

A

Virtual Local Area Network

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SDN

A

Software Defined Networking

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SCADA

A

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System

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ICS

A

Industrial Control Systems

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RTOS

A

Real Time Operating System

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HA

A

High Availability

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MTTR

A

Mean Time to Repair

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UPS

A

Uninteruptable Power Supply

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TCB

A

Trusted Computing Base

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EAP

A

Extensible Authentication Protocol

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UTM

A

Unified Threat Management Device

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OSI

A

Open Systems Interconnection

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NGFW

A

Next Generation Firewall

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WAF

A

Web Application Firewall

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SD-WAN

A

Software Defined Networking in a Wide Area Network

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SASE

A

Secure Access Service Edge

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CSV

A

Comma separated value

104
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JSON

A

Javascript Object Notation

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PII

A

Personally Identifiable Information

106
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PHI

A

Protected Health Information

107
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NDA

A

Non Disclosure Agreement

108
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TLS

A

Transport Level Security

109
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GDPR

A

General Data Protection Regulation (EU regulation)

110
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GPS

A

Global Positioning System

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COOP

A

Continuity of Operations Planning

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WAN

A

Wide Area Network

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