Acronyms Flashcards by Jerry Brinson

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LAN

A

Local Area Network

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WAN

A

Wide Area Network

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WAP

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Wireless Access Point

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WLAN

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Wireless Local Area Network

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WEP

A

Wired Equivalent Privacy

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WPA

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Wi-Fi Protected Access

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AES

A

Advanced Encryption Standard

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ALE

A

Annualized Loss Expectancy

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ARP

A

Address Resolution Protocol

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AUP

A

Acceptable Use Policy

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CA

A

Certificate Authority

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DoS

A

Denial of Service

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DDoS

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Distributed Denial of Service

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DES

A

Digital Encryption Standard

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DMZ

A

Demilitarized Zone

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EAP

A

Extensible Authentication Protocol

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HIDS

A

Host Based Intrusion Detection System

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HIPS

A

Host Based Intrusion Prevention System

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HVAC

A

Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning

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NIPS

A

Network Based Intrusion Prevention System

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NIDS

A

Network Based Intrusion Detection System

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ICMP

A

Internet Control Message Protocol

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IPSec

A

Internet Protocol Security

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L2TP

A

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

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MAC

A

Media Access Control & Mandatory Access Control

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MD5

A

Message Digest 5

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SHA

A

Secured Hash Algorithm

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NAC

A

Network Access Control

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NAT

A

Network Address Translation

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PAT

A

Port Address Translation (aka NAT Overload)

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PGP

A

Pretty Good Privacy

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PII

A

Personally Identifiable Information

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PKI

A

Public Key Infrastructure

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VLAN

A

Virtual Local Area Network

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TPM

A

Trusted Platform Module

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LANMAN

A

Local Area Network Manager

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RBAC

A

Role Based Access Control & Rule Based Access Control

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DAC

A

Discretionary Access Control