Acronyms Flashcards

1
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LAN

A

Local Area Network

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2
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WAN

A

Wide Area Network

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3
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WAP

A

Wireless Access Point

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4
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WLAN

A

Wireless Local Area Network

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5
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WEP

A

Wired Equivalent Privacy

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6
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WPA

A

Wi-Fi Protected Access

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7
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AES

A

Advanced Encryption Standard

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8
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ALE

A

Annualized Loss Expectancy

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9
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ARP

A

Address Resolution Protocol

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10
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AUP

A

Acceptable Use Policy

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11
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CA

A

Certificate Authority

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12
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DoS

A

Denial of Service

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13
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DDoS

A

Distributed Denial of Service

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14
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DES

A

Digital Encryption Standard

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15
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DMZ

A

Demilitarized Zone

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16
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EAP

A

Extensible Authentication Protocol

17
Q

HIDS

A

Host Based Intrusion Detection System

18
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HIPS

A

Host Based Intrusion Prevention System

19
Q

HVAC

A

Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning

20
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NIPS

A

Network Based Intrusion Prevention System

21
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NIDS

A

Network Based Intrusion Detection System

22
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ICMP

A

Internet Control Message Protocol

23
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IPSec

A

Internet Protocol Security

24
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L2TP

A

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

25
Q

MAC

A

Media Access Control & Mandatory Access Control

26
Q

MD5

A

Message Digest 5

27
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SHA

A

Secured Hash Algorithm

28
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NAC

A

Network Access Control

29
Q

NAT

A

Network Address Translation

30
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PAT

A

Port Address Translation (aka NAT Overload)

31
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PGP

A

Pretty Good Privacy

32
Q

PII

A

Personally Identifiable Information

33
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PKI

A

Public Key Infrastructure

34
Q

VLAN

A

Virtual Local Area Network

35
Q

TPM

A

Trusted Platform Module

36
Q

LANMAN

A

Local Area Network Manager

37
Q

RBAC

A

Role Based Access Control & Rule Based Access Control

38
Q

DAC

A

Discretionary Access Control