Acronyms Flashcards
1
Q
LAN
A
Local Area Network
2
Q
WAN
A
Wide Area Network
3
Q
WAP
A
Wireless Access Point
4
Q
WLAN
A
Wireless Local Area Network
5
Q
WEP
A
Wired Equivalent Privacy
6
Q
WPA
A
Wi-Fi Protected Access
7
Q
AES
A
Advanced Encryption Standard
8
Q
ALE
A
Annualized Loss Expectancy
9
Q
ARP
A
Address Resolution Protocol
10
Q
AUP
A
Acceptable Use Policy
11
Q
CA
A
Certificate Authority
12
Q
DoS
A
Denial of Service
13
Q
DDoS
A
Distributed Denial of Service
14
Q
DES
A
Digital Encryption Standard
15
Q
DMZ
A
Demilitarized Zone
16
Q
EAP
A
Extensible Authentication Protocol
17
Q
HIDS
A
Host Based Intrusion Detection System
18
Q
HIPS
A
Host Based Intrusion Prevention System
19
Q
HVAC
A
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning
20
Q
NIPS
A
Network Based Intrusion Prevention System
21
Q
NIDS
A
Network Based Intrusion Detection System
22
Q
ICMP
A
Internet Control Message Protocol
23
Q
IPSec
A
Internet Protocol Security
24
Q
L2TP
A
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
25
MAC
Media Access Control & Mandatory Access Control
26
MD5
Message Digest 5
27
SHA
Secured Hash Algorithm
28
NAC
Network Access Control
29
NAT
Network Address Translation
30
PAT
Port Address Translation (aka NAT Overload)
31
PGP
Pretty Good Privacy
32
PII
Personally Identifiable Information
33
PKI
Public Key Infrastructure
34
VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network
35
TPM
Trusted Platform Module
36
LANMAN
Local Area Network Manager
37
RBAC
Role Based Access Control & Rule Based Access Control
38
DAC
Discretionary Access Control
