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3DES

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Triple Digital Encryption Standard

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AAA

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Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting

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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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AES256

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Advanced Encryption Standard 256bit

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AH

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Authentication Header

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ALE

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Annual 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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ASP

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Application Service Provider

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ARO

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Annual Rate of Occurrence

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ARP

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Address Resolution Protocol

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AUP

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Acceptable Use Policy

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BCP

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Business Continuity Planning

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BIOS

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Basic Input/Output System

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BOTS

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Network Robots

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CA

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Certificate Authority

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CAC

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Common Access Card

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CAN

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Controller Area Network

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CCMP

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Counter-Mode/CBC-Mac Protocol

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CCTV

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Closed-Circuit Television

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CERT

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Computer Emergency Response Team

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CHAP

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Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

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CIRT

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Computer Incident Response Team

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CMM
Capability Maturity Model
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COOP
Continuity of Operation Planning
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CP
Contingency Planning
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CRC
Cyclical Redundancy Check
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CRL
Certification Revocation List
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CSU
Channel Service Unit
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DAC
Discretionary Access Control
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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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DLL
Dynamic Link Library
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DLP
Data Loss Prevention
38
DMZ
Demilitarized Zone
39
DNS
Domain Name Service (server)
40
DOS
Denial of Service
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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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DSU
Data Service Unit
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EAP
Extensible Authentication Protocol
46
ECC
Elliptic Curve Cryptography
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EFS
Encrypted File System
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EMI
Electromagnetic Interference
49
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
50
GPO
Group Policy Object
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GPU
Graphic Processing Unit
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GRE
Generic Routing Encapsulation
53
HDD
Hard Disk Drive
54
HIDS
Host Intrusion Detection System
55
HIPS
Host Intrusion Prevention System
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HMAC
Hashed Message Authentication Code
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HSM
Hardware Security Module
58
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language
59
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
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HTTPS
Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL
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HVAC
Heating, Ventilation Air Conditioning
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IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
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ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
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ID
Identification
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IKE
Internet Key Exchange
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IM
Instant Message
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IMAP4
Internet Message Access Protocol v4
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IP
Internet Protocol
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IPSEC
Internet Protocol Security
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IRC
Internet Relay Chat
71
ISP
Internet Service Provider
72
ITCP
IT Contingency Plan
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IV
Initialization Vector
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KDC
Key Distribution Center
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L2TP
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
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LAN
Local Area Network
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LANMAN
Local Area Network Manager
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LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
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LEAP
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol
80
MAC
Mandatory/Media Access Control/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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MPLS
Multi-Protocol Layer Switch
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MSCHAP
Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
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MTBF
Mean Time Between Failures
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MTTR
Mean Time to Recover
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MTU
Maximum Transmission Units
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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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NIDS
Network-based Intrusion Detection System
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NIPS
Network-based Intrusion Prevention System
94
NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology
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NOS
Network Operating System
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NTFS
New Technology File System
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NTLM
New Technology LANMAN
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NTP
Network Time Protocol
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OCSP
Online Certification Security Protocol
100
OLA
Open License Agreement
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OS
Operating System
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OVAL
Open Vulnerability Assessment Language
103
PAM
Pluggable Authentication Modules
104
PAP
Password Authentication Protocol
105
PAT
Port Address Translation
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PBX
Private Branch Exchange
107
PCAP
Packet Capture
108
PEAP
Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol
109
PED
Personal Electronic Device
110
PGP
Pretty Good Privacy
111
PII
Personally Identifiable Information
112
PIV
Personal Identify Verification
113
PKI
Public Key Infrastructure
114
POTS
Plain Old Telephone Service
115
PPP
Point-to-Point Protocol
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PPTP
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
117
PSK
Pre-Shared Key
118
PTZ
Pan-Tilt-Zoom
119
RA
Recovery Agent
120
RAD
Rapid Application Development
121
RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Server
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RAID
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
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RAS
Remote Access Server
124
RBAC
Role/Rule Based Access Control
125
RIPEMD
RACE Integrity Primitives Evaluation Message Digest
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ROI
Return of Investment
127
RPO
Recovery Point Objectives
128
RDA
Rivest, Shamir and Adleman
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RTO
Recovery Time Objective
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RTP
Real-Time Transfer Protocol
131
S/MIME
Secure / Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
132
SAML
Security Assertions Markup Language
133
SaaS
Software as a Service
134
SCAP
Security Content Automation Protocol
135
SCSI
Small Computer System Interface
136
SDLC
Software Development Life Cycle
137
SDLM
Software Development Life Cycle Methodology
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SHE
Structured Exception Handler
139
SHA
Secure Hashing Algorithm
140
SHTTP
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol
141
SIM
Subscriber Identity Module
142
SLA
Server Level Agreement
143
SLE
Single Loss Expectancy
144
SMS
Short Message Service
145
SMTP
Simple Message Transport Protocol
146
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
147
SOAP
Simple Object Access Point
148
SONET
Synchronous Optical Network Technologies
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SPIM
Spam over Internet Message
150
SSD
Solid State Drive
151
SSH
Secure Shell
152
SSL
Secure Socket Layer
153
SSO
Single Sign On
154
STP
Shielded Twisted Pair
155
TACACS
Terminal Access Controller Access Control System
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TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
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TKIP
Temporary Key Integrity Protocol
158
TLS
Transportation Layer Security
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TPM
Trusted Platform Module
160
TSIG
Transaction Signature
161
UAT
User Acceptance Testing
162
UEFI
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
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UPS
Uninterruptable Power Supply
164
URL
Universal Resource Locator
165
USB
Universal Serial Bus
166
UTP
Unshielded Twisted Pair
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VDI
Virtualization Desktop Interface
168
VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network
169
VoIP
Voice over IP
170
VPN
Virtual Private Network
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VTC
Video Teleconferencing
172
WAP
Web-Application Firewall
173
WAP
Wireless Access Point
174
WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy
175
WIDS
Wireless Intrusion Detection System
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WIPS
Wireless Intrusion Prevention System
177
WPA
Wireless Protected Access
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WTLS
Wireless TLS
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XML
Extensible Markup Language
180
XSRF
Cross-Site Request Forgery
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XSS
Cross-Site Scripting

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