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1
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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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18
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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

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Capability Maturity Model

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COOP

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Continuity of Operation Planning

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CP

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Contingency Planning

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CRC

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Cyclical Redundancy Check

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29
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CRL

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Certification Revocation List

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CSU

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Channel Service Unit

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31
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DAC

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Discretionary Access Control

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32
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DDOS

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Distributed Denial of Service

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33
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DEP

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Data Execution Prevention

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34
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DES

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Digital Encryption Standard

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35
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DHCP

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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

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DLL

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Dynamic Link Library

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DLP

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Data Loss Prevention

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38
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DMZ

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Demilitarized Zone

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39
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DNS

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Domain Name Service (server)

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DOS

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Denial of Service

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41
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DRP

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Disaster Recovery Plan

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42
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DSA

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Digital Signature Algorithm

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43
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DSL

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Digital Subscriber Line

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44
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DSU

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Data Service Unit

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EAP

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Extensible Authentication Protocol

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46
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ECC

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Elliptic Curve Cryptography

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47
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EFS

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Encrypted File System

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48
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EMI

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Electromagnetic Interference

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FTP

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File Transfer Protocol

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GPO

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Group Policy Object

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51
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GPU

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Graphic Processing Unit

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52
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GRE

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Generic Routing Encapsulation

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53
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HDD

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Hard Disk Drive

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54
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HIDS

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Host Intrusion Detection System

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55
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HIPS

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Host Intrusion Prevention System

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56
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HMAC

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Hashed Message Authentication Code

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57
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HSM

A

Hardware Security Module

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58
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HTML

A

Hypertext Markup Language

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59
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HTTP

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Hypertext Transfer Protocol

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60
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HTTPS

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Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL

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61
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HVAC

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Heating, Ventilation Air Conditioning

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IaaS

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Infrastructure as a Service

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63
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ICMP

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Internet Control Message Protocol

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ID

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Identification

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IKE

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Internet Key Exchange

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IM

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Instant Message

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67
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IMAP4

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Internet Message Access Protocol v4

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68
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IP

A

Internet Protocol

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69
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IPSEC

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Internet Protocol Security

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IRC

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Internet Relay Chat

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ISP

A

Internet Service Provider

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ITCP

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IT Contingency Plan

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IV

A

Initialization Vector

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KDC

A

Key Distribution Center

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L2TP

A

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

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LAN

A

Local Area Network

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LANMAN

A

Local Area Network Manager

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LDAP

A

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

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LEAP

A

Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol

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MAC

A

Mandatory/Media Access Control/Message Authentication Code

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MAN

A

Metropolitan Area Network

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MBR

A

Master Boot Record

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MD5

A

Message Digest 5

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MPLS

A

Multi-Protocol Layer Switch

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MSCHAP

A

Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

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MTBF

A

Mean Time Between Failures

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MTTR

A

Mean Time to Recover

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MTU

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Maximum Transmission Units

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NAC

A

Network Access Control

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NAT

A

Network Address Translation

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NDA

A

Non-Disclosure Agreement

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NIDS

A

Network-based Intrusion Detection System

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NIPS

A

Network-based Intrusion Prevention System

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NIST

A

National Institute of Standards and Technology

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NOS

A

Network Operating System

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NTFS

A

New Technology File System

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NTLM

A

New Technology LANMAN

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NTP

A

Network Time Protocol

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OCSP

A

Online Certification Security Protocol

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OLA

A

Open License Agreement

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OS

A

Operating System

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OVAL

A

Open Vulnerability Assessment Language

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PAM

A

Pluggable Authentication Modules

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PAP

A

Password Authentication Protocol

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PAT

A

Port Address Translation

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PBX

A

Private Branch Exchange

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PCAP

A

Packet Capture

108
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PEAP

A

Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol

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PED

A

Personal Electronic Device

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PGP

A

Pretty Good Privacy

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PII

A

Personally Identifiable Information

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PIV

A

Personal Identify Verification

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PKI

A

Public Key Infrastructure

114
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POTS

A

Plain Old Telephone Service

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PPP

A

Point-to-Point Protocol

116
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PPTP

A

Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol

117
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PSK

A

Pre-Shared Key

118
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PTZ

A

Pan-Tilt-Zoom

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RA

A

Recovery Agent

120
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RAD

A

Rapid Application Development

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RADIUS

A

Remote Authentication Dial-In User Server

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RAID

A

Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks

123
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RAS

A

Remote Access Server

124
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RBAC

A

Role/Rule Based Access Control

125
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RIPEMD

A

RACE Integrity Primitives Evaluation Message Digest

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ROI

A

Return of Investment

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RPO

A

Recovery Point Objectives

128
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RDA

A

Rivest, Shamir and Adleman

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RTO

A

Recovery Time Objective

130
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RTP

A

Real-Time Transfer Protocol

131
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S/MIME

A

Secure / Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

132
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SAML

A

Security Assertions Markup Language

133
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SaaS

A

Software as a Service

134
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SCAP

A

Security Content Automation Protocol

135
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SCSI

A

Small Computer System Interface

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SDLC

A

Software Development Life Cycle

137
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SDLM

A

Software Development Life Cycle Methodology

138
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SHE

A

Structured Exception Handler

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SHA

A

Secure Hashing Algorithm

140
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SHTTP

A

Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol

141
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SIM

A

Subscriber Identity Module

142
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SLA

A

Server Level Agreement

143
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SLE

A

Single Loss Expectancy

144
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SMS

A

Short Message Service

145
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SMTP

A

Simple Message Transport Protocol

146
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SNMP

A

Simple Network Management Protocol

147
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SOAP

A

Simple Object Access Point

148
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SONET

A

Synchronous Optical Network Technologies

149
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SPIM

A

Spam over Internet Message

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SSD

A

Solid State Drive

151
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SSH

A

Secure Shell

152
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SSL

A

Secure Socket Layer

153
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SSO

A

Single Sign On

154
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STP

A

Shielded Twisted Pair

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TACACS

A

Terminal Access Controller Access Control System

156
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TCP/IP

A

Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol

157
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TKIP

A

Temporary Key Integrity Protocol

158
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TLS

A

Transportation Layer Security

159
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TPM

A

Trusted Platform Module

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TSIG

A

Transaction Signature

161
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UAT

A

User Acceptance Testing

162
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UEFI

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Unified Extensible Firmware Interface

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UPS

A

Uninterruptable Power Supply

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URL

A

Universal Resource Locator

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USB

A

Universal Serial Bus

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UTP

A

Unshielded Twisted Pair

167
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VDI

A

Virtualization Desktop Interface

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VLAN

A

Virtual Local Area Network

169
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VoIP

A

Voice over IP

170
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VPN

A

Virtual Private Network

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VTC

A

Video Teleconferencing

172
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WAP

A

Web-Application Firewall

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WAP

A

Wireless Access Point

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WEP

A

Wired Equivalent Privacy

175
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WIDS

A

Wireless Intrusion Detection System

176
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WIPS

A

Wireless Intrusion Prevention System

177
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WPA

A

Wireless Protected Access

178
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WTLS

A

Wireless TLS

179
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XML

A

Extensible Markup Language

180
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XSRF

A

Cross-Site Request Forgery

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XSS

A

Cross-Site Scripting

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