Acronyms Flashcards

1
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3DES

A

Triple Digital Encryption Standard

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AAA

A

Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting

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ABAC

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Attribute-Based Access Control

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ACL

A

Access Control List

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AES

A

Advanced Encryption Standard

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AES256

A

Advanced Encryption Standard 256bit

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AH

A

Authentication Header

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ALE

A

Annualized Loss Expectancy

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AP

A

Access Point

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API

A

Application Programming Interface

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APT

A

Advanced Persistent Threat

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ARO

A

Annualized Rate of Occurence

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13
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ARP

A

Address Resolution Protocol

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ASLR

A

Address Space Layout Randomization

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ASP

A

Application Service Provider

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AUP

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Acceptable Use Policy

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AV

A

AntiVirus

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18
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BAC

A

Business Availability Center

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BCP

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Business Continuity Planning

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BIA

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Business Impact Analysis

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21
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BIOS

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Basic Input/Output System

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BPA

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Business Partners Agreement

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BPDU

A

Bridge Protocol Data Unit

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24
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CA

A

Certificate Authority

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25
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CAC

A

Common Access Card

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26
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CAN

A

Controller Area Network

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27
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CAPTCHA

A

Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart

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CAR

A

Corrective Action Report

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29
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CBC

A

Cipher Block Chaining

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CCMP

A

Counter-Mode/CBC-Mac Protocol

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CCTV

A

Closed Circuit Television

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32
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CER

2 definitions

A

1) Certificate

2) Cross-over Error Rate

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33
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CERT

A

Computer Emergency Response Team

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34
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CFB

A

Cipher FeedBack

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35
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CHAP

A

Challenge Handshake Authentiction Protocol

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36
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CIO

A

Chief Information Officer

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CIRT

A

Computer Incident Response Team

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CMS

A

Content Management System

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39
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COOP

A

Continuity Of Operations Plan

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40
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CP

A

Contingency Planning

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41
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CRC

A

Cyclical Redundancy Check

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42
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CRL

A

Certificate Revocation List

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43
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CSIRT

A

Computer Security Incident Response Team

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CSO

A

Chief Security Officer

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CSP

A

Cloud Service Provider

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46
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CSR

A

Certificate Signing Request

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47
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CSRF

A

Cross-Site Request Forgery

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48
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CSU

A

Channel Service Unit

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49
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CTM

A

Counter-Mode

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50
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CTO

A

Chief Technology Officer

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51
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CTR

A

Counter

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52
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CYOD

A

Choose Your Own Device

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53
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DAC

A

Discretionary Access Control

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54
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DBA

A

Database Administrator

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55
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DDoS

A

Distributed Denial of Service

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56
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DEP

A

Data Execution Prevention

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57
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DER

A

Distinguished Encoding Rules

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58
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DES

A

Digital Encryption Standard

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59
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DFIR

A

Digital Forensics and Investigation Response

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60
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DHCP

A

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

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61
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DHE

2 definitions

A

1) Data-Handling Electronics

2) Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral

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62
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DLL

A

Dynamic Link Library

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63
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DLP

A

Data Loss Prevention

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64
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DMZ

A

DeMilitarized Zone

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65
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DNAT

A

Destination Network Address Transaction

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66
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DNS

A

Domain Name Service (Server)

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67
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DoS

A

Denial of Service

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68
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DRP

A

Disaster Recovery Plan

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69
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DSA

A

Digital Signature Algorithm

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DSL

A

Digital Subscriber Line

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71
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DSU

A

Data Service Unit

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72
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EAP

A

Extensible Authentication Protocol

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73
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ECB

A

Electronic Code Book

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74
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ECC

A

Elliptic Curve Cryptography

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75
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ECDHE

A

Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral

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76
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ECDSA

A

Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm

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77
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EFS

A

Encrypted File System

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78
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EMI

A

Electro Magnetic Interference

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79
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EMP

A

Electro Magnetic Pulse

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80
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ERP

A

Enterprise Resource Planning

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81
Q

ESN

A

Electronic Serial Number

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ESP

A

Encapsulated Security Payload

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83
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EF

A

Exposure Factor

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84
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FACL

A

File system Access Control List

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85
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FAR

A

False Acceptance Rate

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86
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FDE

A

Full Disk Encryption

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87
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FRR

A

False Rejection Rate

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88
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FTP

A

File Transfer Protocol

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89
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FTPS

A

Secured File Transfer Protocol

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90
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GCM

A

Galois Counter Mode

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91
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GPO

A

Group Policy Object

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92
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GPS

A

Global Positioning System

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93
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GPU

A

Graphic Processing Unit

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GRE

A

Generic Routing Encapsulation

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HA

A

High Availability

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96
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HDD

A

Hard Disk Drive

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97
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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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99
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HMAC

A

Hashed Message Authentication Code

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100
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HOTP

A

HMAC-based One Time Password

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101
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HSM

A

Hardware Security Module

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Q

HTML

A

HyperText Markup Language

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103
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HTTP

A

HypterText Transfer Protocol

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HTTPS

A

HypterText Transfer Protocol over SSL/TLS

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HVAC

A

Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning

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IaaS

A

Infrastructure as a Service

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107
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ICMP

A

Internet Control Message Protocol

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108
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ICS

A

Industrial Control Systems

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ID

A

Identification

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IDEA

A

International Data Encryption Algorithm

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111
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IDF

A

Intermediate Distribution Frame

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112
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IdP

A

Identity Provider

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113
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IDS

A

Intrusion Detection System

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114
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IEEE

A

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

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115
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IIS

A

Internet Information System

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116
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IKE

A

Internet Key Exchange

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117
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IM

A

Instant Messaging

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118
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IMAP4

A

Internet Message Access Protocol v4

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119
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IoT

A

Internet of Things

120
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IP

A

Internet Protocol

121
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IPSec

A

Internet Protocol Security

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IR

2 definitions

A

1) Incident Response

2) Infrared

123
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IRC

A

Internet Relay Chat

124
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IRP

A

Incident Response Plan

125
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ISA

A

Interconnection Security Agreement

126
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ISP

A

Internet Service Provider

127
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ISSO

A

Information Systems Security Officer

128
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ITCP

A

IT Contingency Plan

129
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IV

A

Initialization Vector

130
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KDC

A

Key Distribution Center

131
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KEK

A

Key Encryption Key

132
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L2TP

A

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

133
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LAN

A

Local Area Network

134
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LDAP

A

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

135
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LEAP

A

Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol

136
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MaaS

A

Monitoring as a Service

137
Q

MAC

3 definitions

A

1) Mandatory Access Control
2) Media Access Control
3) Message Authentication Code

138
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MAN

A

Metropolitan Area Network

139
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MBR

A

Master Boot Record

140
Q

MD5

A

Message Digest 5

141
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MDF

A

Main Distribution Frame

142
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MDM

A

Mobile Device Management

143
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MFA

A

Multi-Factor Authentication

144
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MFD

A

Multi-Function Device

145
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MITM

A

Man-In-The-Middle

146
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MMS

A

Multimedia Message Service

147
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MOA

A

Memorandum Of Agreement

148
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MOU

A

Memorandum Of Understanding

149
Q

MPLS

A

Multi-Protocol Label Switching

150
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MSCHAP

A

Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

151
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MSP

A

Managed Service Provider

152
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MTBF

A

Mean Time Between Failures

153
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MTTF

A

Mean Time To Failure

154
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MTTR

A

Mean Time To Recover (or Repair)

155
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MTU

A

Maximum Transmission Unit

156
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NAC

A

Network Access Control

157
Q

NAT

A

Network Address Translation

158
Q

NDA

A

Non-Disclosure Agreement

159
Q

NFC

A

Near Field Communcation

160
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NGAC

A

Next Generation Access Control

161
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NIDS

A

Network-based Intrusion Detection System

162
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NIPS

A

Network-based Intrusion Prevention System

163
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NIST

A

National Institute of Standards & Technology

164
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NTFS

A

New Technology File System

165
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NTLM

A

New Technology LAN Manager

166
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NTP

A

Network Time Protocol

167
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OAuth

A

Open Authentication

168
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OCSP

A

Online Certificate Status Protocol

169
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OID

A

Object Identifier

170
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OS

A

Operating System

171
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OTA

A

Over The Air

172
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OVAL

A

Open Vulnerability Assessment Language

173
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P12

A

PKCS #12

174
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P2P

A

Peer To Peer

175
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PaaS

A

Platform as a Service

176
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PAC

A

Proxy Auto Configuration

177
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PAM

A

Pluggable Authentication Modules

178
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PAP

A

Password Authentication Protocol

179
Q

PAT

A

Port Address Translation

180
Q

PBKDF2

A

Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2

181
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PBX

A

Private Branch Exchange

182
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PCAP

A

Packet Capture

183
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PEAP

A

Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol

184
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PED

A

Personal Electronic Device

185
Q

PEM

A

Privacy-enhanced Electronic Mail

186
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PFS

A

Perfect Forward Secrecy

187
Q

PFX

A

Personal Exchange Format

188
Q

PGP

A

Pretty Good Privacy

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PHI

A

Personal Health Information

190
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PII

A

Personally Identifiable Information

191
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PIV

A

Personal Identify Verification

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PKI

A

Public Key Infrastructure

193
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POODLE

A

Padding Oracle on Downgrade Legacy Encryption

194
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POP

A

Post Office Protocol

195
Q

POTS

A

Plain Old Telephone Service

196
Q

PPP

A

Point-to-Point Protocol

197
Q

PPTP

A

Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol

198
Q

PSK

A

Pre-Shared Key

199
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PTZ

A

Pan-Tilt-Zoom

200
Q

RA

2 definitions

A

1) Recovery Agent

2) Registration Authority

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RAD

A

Rapid Application Development

202
Q

RADIUS

A

Remote Authentication Dial-In User Server

203
Q

RAID

A

Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks

204
Q

RAS

A

Remote Access Server

205
Q

RAT

A

Remote Access Trojan

206
Q

RBAC

2 definitions

A

1) Role-Based Access Control

2) Rule Based Access Control

207
Q

RC4

A

Rivest Cipher version 4

208
Q

RDP

A

Remote Desktop Protocol

209
Q

RFID

A

Radio Frequency Identifier

210
Q

RIPEMD

A

RACE Integrity Primitives Evaluation Message Digest

211
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ROI

A

Return On Investment

212
Q

RMF

A

Risk Management Framework

213
Q

RPO

A

Recovery Point Objective

214
Q

RSA

A

Rivest, Shamir & Adleman

215
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RTBH

A

Remotely Triggered Black Hole

216
Q

RTO

A

Recovery Time Objective

217
Q

RTOS

A

Real-Time Operating System

218
Q

RTP

A

Real-Time Transport Protocol

219
Q

S/MIME

A

Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

220
Q

SaaS

A

Software as a Service

221
Q

SAML

A

Security Assertions Markup Language

222
Q

SAN

2 definitions

A

1) Storage Area Network

2) Subject Alternative Name

223
Q

SCADA

A

System Control And Data Acquisition

224
Q

SCAP

A

Security Content Automation Protocol

225
Q

SCEP

A

Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol

226
Q

SCP

A

Secure Copy

227
Q

SCSI

A

Small Computer System Interface

228
Q

SDK

A

Software Development Kit

229
Q

SDLC

A

Software Development Life Cycle

230
Q

SDLM

A

Software Development Life Cycle Methodology

231
Q

SDN

A

Software Defined Network

232
Q

SED

A

Self-Encrypting Drive

233
Q

SEH

A

Structured Exception Handler

234
Q

SFTP

A

Secured File Transfer Protocol

235
Q

SHA

A

Secure Hashing Algorithm

236
Q

SHTTP

A

Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol

237
Q

SIEM

A

Security Information and Event Management

238
Q

SIM

A

Subscriber Identity Module

239
Q

SLA

A

Service Level Agreement

240
Q

SLE

A

Single Loss Expectancy

241
Q

SMB

A

Server Message Block

242
Q

SMS

A

Short Message Service

243
Q

SMTP

A

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

244
Q

SMTPS

A

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Secure

245
Q

SNMP

A

Simple Network Management Protocol

246
Q

SOAP

A

Simple Object Access Protocol

247
Q

SoC

A

System on Chip

248
Q

SPF

A

Sender Policy Framework

249
Q

SPIM

A

Spam over Internet Messaging

250
Q

SPoF

A

Single Point of Failure

251
Q

SQL

A

Structured Query Language

252
Q

SRTP

A

Secure Real-Time Protocol

253
Q

SSD

A

Solid State Drive

254
Q

SSH

A

Secure Shell

255
Q

SSID

A

Service Set Identifier

256
Q

SSL

A

Secure Sockets Layer

257
Q

SSO

A

Single Sign-On

258
Q

STP

A

Shielded Twisted Pair

259
Q

TACACS+

A

Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus

260
Q

TCP/IP

A

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

261
Q

TGT

A

Ticket Granting Ticket

262
Q

TKIP

A

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol

263
Q

TLS

A

Transport Layer Security

264
Q

TOTP

A

Time-based One Time Password

265
Q

TPM

A

Trusted Platform Module

266
Q

TSIG

A

Transaction Signature

267
Q

UAT

A

User Acceptance Testing

268
Q

UAV

A

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

269
Q

UDP

A

User Datagram Protocol

270
Q

URI

A

Uniform Resource Identifier

271
Q

URL

A

Universal Resource Locator

272
Q

USB

A

Universal Serial Bus

273
Q

USB OTG

A

USB On The Go

274
Q

UTM

A

Unified Threat Management

275
Q

UTP

A

Unshielded Twisted Pair

276
Q

VDE

A

Virtual Desktop Environment

277
Q

VDI

A

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

278
Q

VLAN

A

Virtual Local Area Network

279
Q

VLSM

A

Variable Length Subnet Masking

280
Q

VM

A

Virtual Machine

281
Q

VoIP

A

Voice over IP

282
Q

VPN

A

Virtual Private Network

283
Q

VTC

A

Video Teleconferncing

284
Q

WAF

A

Web Application Firewall

285
Q

WAP

A

Wireless Access Point

286
Q

WEP

A

Wired Equivalent Privacy

287
Q

WIDS

A

Wireless Intrusion Detection System

288
Q

WIPS

A

Wireless Intrusion Prevention System

289
Q

WORM

A

Write Once Read Many

290
Q

WPA

A

WiFi Protected Access

291
Q

WPA2

A

WiFi Protected Access 2

292
Q

WPS

A

WiFi Protected Setup

293
Q

WTLS

A

Wireless TLS

294
Q

XML

A

Extensible Markup Language

295
Q

XOR

A

Exclusive Or

296
Q

XSRF

A

Cross-Site Request Forgery

297
Q

XSS

A

Cross-Site Scripting