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APT

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Advanced Persistent Threat

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BIOS

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Basic Input Output System

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CAC

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Common access card

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MFA

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Multi Factor Authentication

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LDAP

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Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

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TCP

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Transmission Control Protocol

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UDP

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User Datagram Protocol

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IP

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Internet Protocol

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ARP

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Address Resolution Protocol

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NDP

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Neighbor Discovery Protocol

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SRTP

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Secure Realtime Transport Protocol

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FTP

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File Transport Protocol

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TFTP

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Trivial File Transport Protocol

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SSH

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Secure Shell

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SSL

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Secure Sockets Layer

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TLS

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Transport Layer Security

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IPsec

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Internet protocol security

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SFTP

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Secure File Transfer Protocol

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SMTP

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Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

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POP3

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Post Office Protocol

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IMAP4

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Internet message access protocol

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NTP

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Network Time Protocol

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NAC

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Network Access Control (under 802.1x)

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DLP

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Data Loss Prevention

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SIEM

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Security Information Event Management

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HSM

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Hardware Security Module

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DEP

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Data execution Prevention

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S/MIME

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Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension

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DNS

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Domain Name Server

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VPN

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Virtual Private network

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DHCP

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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

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SNMPv3

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Simple network management Protocol version 3

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DMZ

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Demilitarized zone

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NAT

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Network Address Translation

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UEFI

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Unified Extensible Firmware Interface

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SED

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Self encrypting Drive

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SDN

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Software Defined Network

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XSS

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cross site Scriping

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MITM

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Man in the middle

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DOS

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Denial of Service

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DDOS

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Distributed Denial of Service

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AFRL

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Air Force Research Lab

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ICMP

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Internet Control Messaging Protocol

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SQL

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Structured Query Language

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HMAC

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Hashed Message Authentication Codes

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MAC (#)

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Media Access Control

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HTTP

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Hypertext Transfer protocol

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HTTPS

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Hypertext Transfer protocol Secure

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3DES

A

Triple Data Encryption Algorithm

Data Encryption Standard

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PII

A

PErsonal Identifiable Information

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EAP

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Extensible Authentication protocol

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TTLS

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Tunneled Tranport Layer Secure

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ESP

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Encapsulating Security Payload

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HOTP

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HMAC based One time password

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IoT

A

Internet of Things

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MAC

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Mandatory Access Control

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57
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MD5

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Messaging Digest 5

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MDM

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Mobile Device Management

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MFD

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Multi Function Device

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NAC

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Network Access Control

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NAT

A

Network Address Translation

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NIDS

A

network based intrusion detection system

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NIPS

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network based Prevention detection system

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LAN

A

Local Area Network

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OOB

A

out of band

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PAP

A

Password Authentication Protocol

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OCSP

A

Online Certificate Status Protocol

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RADIUS

A

Remote Authentication Dial in User Service

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PKI

A

Public Key Infrastructure

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RAT

A

Remote access Trojan

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RTOS

A

Real time operating system

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RAID (1,2,3…)

A

Redundant array of inexpensive disks

73
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SaaS

A

Software as a Service

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SAML

A

Security Assertion markup language

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SCADA

A

Supervisory control and data acquisition

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SFTP

A

Secure File Transfer protocol

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SHA

A

Secure hashing algorithm

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SSID

A

Secure set identifier

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SOPs

A

Secure operating procedures

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TACACS+

A

Terminal Access controller Access-control system plus

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TOTP

A

Time based one time password

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VLAN

A

Virtual Local Area Network

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WPA

A

Wi-Fi protected Access

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RPO

A

Recovery Point Objective

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NDP

A

Network Discovery Protocol

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VoIP

A

Voice over internet Protocol

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RDP

A

remote Desktop protocol

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ISP

A

Internet service provider

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URL

A

Uniform Resource Locator

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ACL

A

Access Control Lists

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STP

A

Spanning Tree Protocol

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RSTP

A

Rapid spanning tree protocol

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NIC

A

Network interface cards

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AES

A

Advanced Encryption Standard

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AES 256

A

Advanced Encryption Standard 256 bit

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AH

A

Authentication Header

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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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AUP

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Acceptable Use Policy

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CA

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Certificate Authority

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CAN

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Controller Area Network

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CCTV

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Closed-circuit television

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CHAP

A

Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

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CRL

A

Certification Revocation List

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DAC

A

Discretionary Access control

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DLL

A

Dynamic Link Library

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ECC

A

Elliptic Curve Cryptography

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GRE

A

Generic Routing Encapsulation

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HIPS

A

Host-based Intrusion prevention system

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HIDS

A

Host-based Intrusion detection system

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IM

A

Instant Messaging

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KDC

A

Key distributor Center

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L2TP

A

Layer 2 tunneling protocol

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LANMAN

A

Local area network manager

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MAN

A

Metropolitan area network

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MSCHAP

A

Microsoft Challenge Handshake authentication protocol

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MTU

A

Maximum transmission Unit

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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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OVAL

A

Open vulnerability assessment language

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PAT

A

Port Address Translation

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PBX

A

Private Branch Exchange

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PGP

A

Pretty Good Privacy

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PKI

A

Public Key infrastructure

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PPP

A

Point to point protocol

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PPTP

A

Point to point tunneling protocol

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RAD

A

Rapid Application Development

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RAS

A

Remote access server

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RBAC

A

Rule/Role based access control

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RSA

A

Rivest, Shamir, & Adleman

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SCSI

A

Small computer system interface

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WAF

A

Web application Firewall

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NAS

A

Network attached storage

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RAM

A

Random access memory

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SCP

A

Secure copy protocol

137
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Microsoft RPC

A

Remote procedure control

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ICS

A

Industrial Control Systems

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SoC

A

Secure Operations Center

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SOAP

A

Simple Object Access Protocol

141
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BIA

A

Business Impact Analysis

142
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EAP-FAST

A

Extensible Authentication Protocol - Flexible Authentication via Secure Tunneling

143
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LEAP

A

Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol

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PEAP

A

Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol

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