Acronyms Flashcards
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AAA
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Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
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ACL?
A
Access Control List
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AES
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Advanced Encryption Standard
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AES-256?
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Advanced Encryption Standards 256-bit
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AH
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Authentication Header
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AI
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Artificial Intelligence
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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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AP
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Access Point
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API
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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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ASLR
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Address Space Layout Randomization
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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
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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
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Business Partners Agreement
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BPDU
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Bridge Protocol Data Unit
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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
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CCMP
Counter Mode/CBC-MAC Protocol
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CCTV
Closed-circuit Television
33
CERT
Computer Emergency Response Team
34
CFB
Cipher Feedback
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CHAP
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
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CIA
Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability
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CIO
Chief Information Officer
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CIRT
Computer Incident Response Team
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CMS
Content Management System
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COOP
Continuity of Operation Planning
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COPE
Corporate Owned, Personally Enabled
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CP
Contingency Planning
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CRC
Cyclical Redundancy Check
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CRL
Certificate Revocation List
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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
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CSU
Channel Service Unit
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CTM
Counter Mode
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CTO
Chief Technology Officer
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CVE
Common Vulnerability Enumeration
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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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DEP
Data Execution Prevention
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DES
Digital Encryption Standard
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DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
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DHE
Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral
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DKIM
DomainKeys Identified Mail
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DLL
Dynamic Link Library
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DLP
Data Loss Prevention
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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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DoS
Denial of Service
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DPO
Data Privacy Officer
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DRP
Disaster Recovery Plan
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DSA
Digital Signature Algorithm
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DSL
Digital Subscriber Line
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EAP
Extensible Authentication Protocol
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ECB
Electronic Code Book
75
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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ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning
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ESN
Electronic Serial Number
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ESP
Encapsulated Security Payload
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FACL
File System Access Control List
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FDE
Full Disk Encryption
85
FIM
File Integrity Management
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FGPA
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
Secured File Transfer Protocol
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GCM
Galois Counter Mode
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GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
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GPG
Gnu Privacy Guard
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GPA
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
Hashed Message Authentication Code
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HOTP
HMAC-based One-time Password
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HSM
Hardware Security Module
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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 Air Conditioning
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IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
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IaC?
Infrastructure as Code
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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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IDF
Intermediate Distribution Frame
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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
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IM
Instant Messaging
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IMAP
Internet Message Access Protocol
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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 System
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IPSec
Internet Protocol Security
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IR
Incident Response
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IRC
Internet Relay Chat
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IRP
Incident Response Plan
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ISO
International Standards Organization
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ISP
Internet Service Provider
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ISSO
Information Systems Security Officer
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IV
Initialization Vector
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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
Mandatory Access Control
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MAC
Media Access Control
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MAC
Message Authentication Code
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MAN
Metropolitan Area Network
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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
Multifactor 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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MOA
Memorandum of Agreement
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MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
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MPLS
Multi-protocol Label Switching
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MSA
Master Service Agreement
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MSCHAP
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 Recover
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MTU
Maximum Transmission Unit
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NAC
Network Access Control
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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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NGFW
Next-generation Firewall
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NIDS
Network-based Intrusion Detection System
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NIPS
Network-based Intrusion Prevention System
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NIST
National Institute of Standards & Technology
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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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OAUTH
Open Authorization
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OSCP
Online Certificate Status Protocol
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OID
Object Identifier
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OS
Operating System
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OSINT
Open-source Intelligence
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OSPF
Open Shortest Path First
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OT
Operational Technology
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OTA
Over the Air
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OVAL
Open Vulnerability Assessment Language
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P12
PKCS #12
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P2P
Peer to Peer
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PaaS
Platform as a Service
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PAC
Proxy Auto Configuration
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PAM
Privileged Access Management
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PAM
Pluggable Authentication Modules
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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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PBX
Private Branch Exchange
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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 Authentication Protocol
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PED
Personal Electronic Device
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PEM
Privacy Enhanced Mail
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PFS
Perfect Forward Secrecy
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PGP
Pretty Good Privacy
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PHI
Personal Health Information
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PII
Personally Identifiable Information
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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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POP
Post Office Protocol
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POTS
Plain Old Telephone Service
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PPP
Point-to-Point Protocol
210
PPTP
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
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PSK
Pre-shared Key
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PTZ
Pan-tilt-zoom
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PUP
Potentially Unwanted Program
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RA
Recovery Agent
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RA
Registration Authority
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What does RACE represent?
Research and Development in Advanced Communications Technologies in Europe
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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 Inexpensive Disks
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RAS
Remote Access Server
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RAT
Remote Access Trojan
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RBAC
Role-based Access Control
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RBAC
Rule-based Access Control
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RC4
Rivest Cipher version 4
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RDP
Remote Desktop Protocol
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RFID
Radio Frequency Identifier
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RIPEMD
RACE Integrity Primitives Evaluation Message Digest
228
ROI
Return on Investment
229
RPO
Recovery Point Objective
230
RTO
Recovery Time Objective
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RTOS
Real-time Operating System
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RTP
Real-time Transport Protocol
233
S/MIME
Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
234
SaaS?
Software as a Service
235
SAE
Simultaneous Authentication of Equals
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SAML
Security Assertions Markup Language
237
SAN
Storage Area Network
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SAN
Subject Alternative Name
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SASE
Secure Access Service Edge
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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
243
SD-WAN
Software-defined Wide Area Network
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SDK
Software Development Kit
245
SDLC
Software Development Lifecycle
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SDLM
Software Development Lifecycle Methodology
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SDN
Software-defined Networking
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SELinux?
Security-enhanced Linux
249
SED
Self-encrypting Drives
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SEH
Structured Exception Handler
251
SFTP
Secured File Transfer Protocol
252
SHA
Secure Hashing Algorithm
253
SHTTP
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol
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SIEM
Security Information and Event Management
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SIM
Subscriber Identity Module
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SLA
Service-level Agreement
257
SLE
Single Loss Expectancy
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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, Response
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SoC
System on Chip
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SOC
Security Operations Center
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SOW
Statement of Work
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SPF
Sender Policy Framework
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SPIM
Spam over Internet Messaging
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SQL
Structured Query Language
270
SQLi?
SQL Injection
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SRTP
Secure Real-Time Protocol
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SSD
Solid State Drive
273
SSH
Secure Shell
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SSL
Secure Sockets Layer
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SSO
Single Sign-on
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STIX
Structured Threat Information eXchange
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SWG
Secure Web Gateway
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TACACS
Terminal Access Controller Access Control System
279
TAXII
Trusted Automated eXchange of Indicator Information
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TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
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TGT
Ticket Granting Ticket
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TKIP
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
283
TLS
Transport Layer Security
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TOC
Time-of-check
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TOTP
Time-based One-time Password
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TOU
Time-of-use
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TPM
Trusted Platform Module
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TTP
Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
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TSIG
Transaction Signature
290
UAT
User Acceptance Testing
291
UAV
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
292
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
293
UEFI
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
294
UEM
Unified Endpoint Management
295
UPS
Uninterruptible Power Supply
296
URI
Uniform Resource Identifier
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URL
Universal Resource Locator
298
USB
Universal Serial Bus
299
USB OTG
USB On the Go
300
UTM
Unified Threat Management
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UTP
Unshielded Twisted Pair
302
VBA
Visual Basic
303
VDE
Virtual Desktop Environment
304
VDI
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
305
VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network
306
VLSM
Variable Length Subnet Masking
307
VM
Virtual Machine
308
VoIP
Voice over IP
309
VPC
Virtual Private Cloud
310
VPN
Virtual Private Network
311
VTC
Video Teleconferencing
312
WAF
Web Application Firewall
313
WAP
Wireless Access Point
314
WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy
315
WIDS
Wireless Intrusion Detection System
316
WIPS
Wireless Intrusion Prevention System
317
WO
Work Order
318
WPA
Wi-Fi Protected Access
319
WPS
Wi-Fi Protected Setup
320
WTLS
Wireless TLS
321
XDR
Extended Detection and Response
322
XML
Extensible Markup Language
323
XOR
Exclusive Or
324
XSRF
Cross-site Request Forgery
325
XSS
Cross-site Scripting
