Acronyms Flashcards
3DES
- Triple Digital Encryption Standard
AAA
- Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
ACL
- Access Control List
AES
- Advanced Encryption Standard
AES256
- Advanced Encryption Standards 256bit
AH
- Authentication Header
ALE
- Annualized Loss Expectancy
AP
- Access Point
API
- Application Programming Interface
ASP
- Application Service Provider
ARO
- Annualized Rate of Occurrence
ARP
- Address Resolution Protocol
AUP
- Acceptable Use Policy
BAC
- Business Availability Center
BCP
- Business Continuity Planning
BIA
- Business Impact Analysing
BIOS
- Basic Input / Output System
BPA
- Business Partners Agreement
BYOD
- Bring Your Own Device
CA
- Certificate Authority
CAC
- Common Access Card
CAN
- Controller Area Network
CAPTCHA
- Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart
CAR
- Corrective Action Report
CCMP
- Counter-Mode/CBC-Mac Protocol
CCTV
- Closed-circuit television
CERT
- Computer Emergency Response Team
CHAP
- Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
CIO
- Chief Information Officer
CIRT
- Computer Incident Response Team
COOP
- Continuity of Operation Planning
CP
- Contingency Planning
CRC
– Cyclical Redundancy Check
CRL
– Certification Revocation List
CSR
– Control Status Register
CSU
– Channel Service Unit
CTO
- Chief Technology Officer
DAC
– Discretionary Access Control
DBA
– Database Administrator
DDOS
– Distributed Denial of Service
DEP
– Data Execution Prevention
DES
– Digital Encryption Standard
DHCP
– Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHE
– Data-Handling Electronics
DHE
- Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral
DLL
- Dynamic Link Library
DLP
- Data Loss Prevention
DMZ
– Demilitarized Zone
DNAT
– Destination Network Address Transaction
DNS
– Domain Name Service (Server)
DOS
– Denial of Service
DRP
– Disaster Recovery Plan
DSA
– Digital Signature Algorithm
DSL
- Digital Subscriber line
DSU
– Data Service Unit
EAP
- Extensible Authentication Protocol
ECC
- Elliptic Curve Cryptography
ECDHE
– Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral
EFS
– Encrypted File System
EMI
– Electromagnetic Interference
ESN
- Electronic Serial Number
ESP
– Encapsulated Security Payload
FACL
- File System Access Control List
FDE
– Full Disk Encryption
FTP
– File Transfer Protocol
FTPS
– Secured File Transfer Protocol
GPG
– Gnu Privacy Guard
GPO
– Group Policy Object
GPS
– Global Positioning System
GPU
- Graphic Processing Unit
GRE
- Generic Routing Encapsulation
HDD
– Hard Disk Drive
HIDS
– Host Based Intrusion Detection System
HIPS
– Host Based Intrusion Prevention System
HMAC
– Hashed Message Authentication Code
HOTP
– HMAC based One Time Password
HSM
– Hardware Security Module
HTML
– HyperText Markup Language
HTTP
– Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPS
– Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL
HVAC
– Heating, Ventilation Air Conditioning
IaaS
- Infrastructure as a Service
ICMP
- Internet Control Message Protocol
ID
– Identification
IDS
– Intrusion Detection System
IKE
– Internet Key Exchange
IM
- Instant messaging
IMAP4
- Internet Message Access Protocol v4
IP
- Internet Protocol
IPSEC
– Internet Protocol Security
IR
– Incident Response
IRC
- Internet Relay Chat
IRP
– Incident Response Procedure
ISA
– Interconnection Security Agreement
ISP
– Internet Service Provider
ISSO
- Information Systems Security Officer
ITCP
– IT Contingency Plan
IV
- Initialization Vector
JBOD
– Just a Bunch of Disks
KDC
- Key Distribution Center
L2TP
– Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
LAN
– Local Area Network
LDAP
– Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LEAP
– Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol
MaaS
- Monitoring as a Service
MAC
– Mandatory Access Control / Media Access Control
MAC
- Message Authentication Code
MAN
- Metropolitan Area Network
MBR
– Master Boot Record
MD5
– Message Digest 5
MOU
– Memorandum of Understanding
MPLS
– Multi-Protocol Layer Switch
MSCHAP
– Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
MTBF
– Mean Time Between Failures
MTTR
– Mean Time to Recover
MTTF
– Mean Time to Failure
MTU
- Maximum Transmission Unit
NAC
– Network Access Control
NAT
– Network Address Translation
NDA
– Non-Disclosure Agreement
NFC
– Near Field Communication
NIDS
– Network Based Intrusion Detection System
NIPS
– Network Based Intrusion Prevention System
NIST
– National Institute of Standards & Technology
NOS
– Network Operating System
NTFS
- New Technology File System
NTLM
– New Technology LANMAN
NTP
- Network Time Protocol
OCSP
– Online Certificate Status Protocol
OLA
– Open License Agreement
OS
– Operating System
OVAL
– Open Vulnerability Assessment Language
P2P
– Peer to Peer
PAC
– Proxy Auto Configuration
PAM
– Pluggable Authentication Modules
PAP
– Password Authentication Protocol
PAT
- Port Address Translation
PBKDF2
– Password Based Key Derivation Function 2
PBX
– Private Branch Exchange
PCAP
– Packet Capture
PEAP
– Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol
PED
- Personal Electronic Device
PGP
– Pretty Good Privacy
PII
– Personally Identifiable Information
PIV
– Personal Identity Verification
PKI
– Public Key Infrastructure
POTS
– Plain Old Telephone Service
PPP
- Point-to-point Protocol
PPTP
– Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
PSK
– Pre-Shared Key
PTZ
– Pan-Tilt-Zoom
RA
– Recovery Agent
RAD
- Rapid application development
RADIUS
– Remote Authentication Dial-in User Server
RAID
– Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
RAS
– Remote Access Server
RBAC
– Role Based Access Control
RBAC
– Rule Based Access Control
RC4
– RSA Variable Key Size Encryption Algorithm
RIPEMD
– RACE Integrity Primitives Evaluation Message Digest
ROI
– Return of Investment
RPO
– Recovery Point Objective
RSA
– Rivest, Shamir, & Adleman
RTO
– Recovery Time Objective
RTP
– Real-Time Transport Protocol
S/MIME
– Secure / Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
SAML
– Security Assertions Markup Language
SaaS
- Software as a Service
SAN
– Storage Area Network
SCADA
– System Control and Data Acquisition
SCAP
- Security Content Automation Protocol
SCEP
- Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol
SCSI
- Small Computer System Interface
SDLC
- Software Development Life Cycle
SDLM
- Software Development Life Cycle Methodology
SEH
– Structured Exception Handler
SHA
– Secure Hashing Algorithm
SFTP
– Secured File Transfer Protocol
SHTTP
– Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol
SIEM
– Security Information and Event Management
SIM
– Subscriber Identity Module
SLA
– Service Level Agreement
SLE
- Single Loss Expectancy
SMS
- Short Message Service
SMTP
– Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNMP
- Simple Network Management Protocol
SOAP
– Simple Object Access Protocol
SONET
– Synchronous Optical Network Technologies
SPIM
- Spam over Internet Messaging
SQL
– Structured Query Language
SSD
– Solid State Drive
SSH
– Secure Shell
SSL
– Secure Sockets Layer
SSO
– Single Sign On
STP
– Shielded Twisted Pair
TACACS+
– Terminal Access Controller Access Control System
TCP/IP
– Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
TGT
– Ticket Granting Ticket
TKIP
- Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
TLS
- Transport Layer Security
TOTP
– Time-Based One-Time Password
TPM
– Trusted Platform Module
TSIG
– Transaction Signature
UAT
- User Acceptance Testing
UEFI
– Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
UDP
- User Datagram Protocol
UPS
- Uninterruptable Power Supply
URI
- Uniform Resource Identifier
URL
- Universal Resource Locator
USB
– Universal Serial Bus
UTM
- Unified Threat Management
UTP
– Unshielded Twisted Pair
VDI
– Virtualization Desktop Infrastructure
VLAN
– Virtual Local Area Network
VoIP
- Voice over IP
VPN
– Virtual Private Network
VTC
– Video Teleconferencing
WAF
- Web-Application Firewall
WAP
– Wireless Access Point
WEP
– Wired Equivalent Privacy
WIDS
– Wireless Intrusion Detection System
WIPS
– Wireless Intrusion Prevention System
WPA
– Wireless Protected Access
WPA2
– WiFi Protected Access 2
WPS
– WiFi Protected Setup
WTLS
– Wireless TLS
XML
– Extensible Markup Language
XSRF
- Cross-Site Request Forgery
XSS
- Cross-Site Scripting
