SY0-501 Acronyms Flashcards
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3DES
A
Triple Digital Encryption Standard
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AAA
A
Authentication, Authorization, & 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 Occurance
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ARP
A
Address Resolution Protocol
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ASLR
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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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BAC
A
Business Availability Center
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BCP
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Business Continuity Planning
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BIA
A
Business Impact Analysis
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BIOS
A
Basic Input/Output System
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BPA
A
Business Partners Agreement
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BPDU
A
Bridge Protocol Data Unit
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BYOD
A
Bring Your Own Device
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CA
Certificate Authority
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CAC
Common Access Card
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CAN
Controller Area Network
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CAPTCHA
Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart
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CAR
Corrective Action Report
30
CBC
Cipher Block Chaining
31
CCMP
Counter-Mode/CBC -Mac Protocol
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CCTV
Closed Circuit Television
33
CER
Cross-over Error Rate
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CERT
Computer Emergency Response Team
35
CFB
Cipher Feedback
36
CHAP
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
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CIO
Chief Information Officer
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CIRT
Computer Incident Response Team
39
CMS
Content Management System
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COOP
Continuity of Operations Plan
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COPE
Corporate-Owned, Personally Enabled
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CP
Contingency Planning
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CRC
Cyclical Redundancy Check
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CRL
Certificate Revocation List
45
CSIRT
Computer Security Incident Response Team
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CSO
Chief Security Officer
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CSP
Cloud Service Provider
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CSR
Certificate Signing Request
49
CSRF
Cross-site Request Forgery
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CSU
Channel Service Unit
51
CTM
Counter-mode
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CTO
Chief Technology Officer
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CTR
Counter
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CYOD
Choose Your Own Device
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DAC
Discretionary Access Control
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DBA
Database Administrator
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DDoS
Distributed Denial of Service
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DEP
Data Execution Prevention
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DER
Distinguished Encoding Rules
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DES
Digital Encryption Standard
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DFIR
Digital Forensics and Investigation Response
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DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
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DHE
Data Handling Electronics
64
DLL
Dynamic Link Library
65
DLP
Data Loss Prevention
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DMZ
Demilitarized Zone
67
DNAT
Destination Network Address Transaction
68
IDEA
International Data Encryption Algorithm
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DNS
Domain Name Service
70
IDF
Intermediate Distribution Frame
71
DoS
Denial of Service
72
DRP
Disaster Recovery Plan
73
DSA
Digital Signature Algorithm
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DSL
Digital Subscriber Line
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DSU
Data Service Unit
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EAP
Extensible Authentication Protocol
77
ECB
Electronic Code Book
78
ECC
Elliptic Curve Cryptography
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ECHDE
Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral
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ECDSA
Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm
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EFS
Encrypted File System
82
EMI
Electromagnetic Interference
83
EMP
Electro Magnetic Pulse
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ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning
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ESN
Electronic Serial Number
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ESP
Encapsulated Security Payload
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EF
Exposure Factor
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FACL
File System Access Control List
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FAR
False Acceptance Rate
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FDE
Full Disk Encryption
91
FRR
False Rejection Rate
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FTP
File Transfer Protocol
93
FTPS
File Transfer Protocol Secure
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GCM
Galois Counter Mode
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GPG
Gnu Privacy Guard
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GPO
Group Policy Object
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GPS
Global Positioning System
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GPU
Graphic Processing Unit
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GRE
Generic Routing Encapsulation
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HA
High Availability
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HDD
Hard Disk Drive
102
HIDS
Host-based Intrusion Detection System
103
HIPS
Host-based Intrusion Prevention System
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HMAC
Hash Message Authentication Code
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HOTP
HMAC-based One Time Password
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HSM
Hardware Security Module
107
HTML
Hyper Text Markup Language
108
HTTP
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
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HTTPS
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure
110
HVAC
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
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IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
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ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
113
ICS
Industrial Control Systems
114
ID
Identificaiton
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IdP
Identity Provider
116
IDS
Intrusion Detection System
117
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
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IIS
Internet Information System
119
IKE
Internet Key Exchange
120
IM
Instant Message
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IMAPv4
Internet Message Access Protocol v4
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IoT
Internet of Things
123
IP
Internet Protocol
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IPSec
Internet Protocol Security
125
IR
Incident Response
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IRC
Internet Relay Chat
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IRP
Incident Response Plan
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ISA
Interconnection Security Agreement
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ISP
Internet Service Provider
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ISSO
Information Systems Security Officer
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ITCP
IT Contingency Plan
132
IV
Initialization Vector
133
KDC
Key Distribution Center
134
KEK
Key Encryption Key
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L2TP
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
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LAN
Local Access Network
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LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
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LEAP
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol
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MaaS
Monitoring as a Service
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MAC - Access
Mandatory Access Control
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MAC - PC
Media Access Control
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MAC - Crypt
Message Authentication Code
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MAN
Metropolitan Area Network
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MBR
Master Boot Record
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MD5
Message Digest 5
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MFG
Main Distribution Frame
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MDM
Mobile Device Management
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MFA
Multi-Factor Authentication
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MFD
Multi-Function Device
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MITM
Man-in-the-Middle
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MMS
Multimedia Message Service
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MOA
Memorandum of Agreement
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MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
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MPLS
Multi-protocol Label Switching
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MSCHAP
Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
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MSP
Managed Service Provider
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MTBF
Mean Time Between Failures
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MTTF
Mean Time to Failure
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MTTR
Mean Time to Repair/Recover
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MTU
Maximum Transmission Unit
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NAC
Network Access Control
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NAT
Network Address Translation
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NDA
Non-disclosure Agreement
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NFC
Near Field Communication
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NGAC
Next Generation Access Control
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NIDS
Network Intrusion Detection System
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NIPS
Network Intrusion Prevention System
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NIST
National Institute of Standards & Technology
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NTFS
New Technology File System
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NTLM
New Technology LAN Manager
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NTP
Network Time Protocol
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OAUTH
Open Authorization
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OCSP
Online Certificate Status Protocol
174
OID
Object Identifier
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OS
Operating System
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OTA
Over The Air
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OVAL
Open Vulnerability Assessment Language
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P12
PKCS #12
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P2P
Peer to Peer
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PaaS
Platform as a Service
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PAC
Proxy Auto Configuration
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PAM
Pluggable Authentication Modules
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PAP
Password Authentication Protocol
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PAT
Port Address Translation
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PBKDF2
Password-based Key Derivation Function 2
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PBX
Privacy Branch Exchange
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PCAP
Packet Capture
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PEAP
Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol
189
PED
Personal Electronic Device
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PEM
Privacy-enhanced Electronic Mail
191
PFS
Perfect Forward Secrecy
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PFX
Personal Exchange Format
193
PGP
Pretty Good Privacy
194
PHI
Personal Health Information
195
PII
Personally Identifiable Information
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PIV
Personal Identity Verification
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PKI
Public Key Infrastructure
198
POODLE
Padding Oracle on Downgrade Legacy Encryption
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POP
Post Office Protocol
200
POTS
Plain Old Telephone Service
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PPP
Point-to-Point Protocol
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PPTP
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
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PSK
Pre-Shared Key
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PTZ
Pan-Tilt-Zoom
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RA
Registration Authority
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RAD
Rapid Application Development
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RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Server
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RAID
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
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RAS
Remote Access Server
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RAT
Remote Access Trojan
211
RBAC - Control
Role-based Access Control
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RBAC - Firewall
Rule-based Access Control
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RC4
Rivest Cipher Version 4
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RDP
Remote Desktop Protocol
215
RFID
Radio Frequency Identifier
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RIPEMD
RACE Integrity Primitives Evaluation Message Digest
217
ROI
Return on Investment
218
RMF
Risk Management Framework
219
RPO
Recovery Point Objective
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RSA
Rivest, Shamir, & Adleman
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RTBH
Remotely Triggered Black Hole
222
RTO
Recovery Time Objective
223
RTOS
Real TIme Operating System
224
RTP
Real-time Transport Protocol
225
S/MIME
Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
226
SaaS
Software as a Service
227
SAML
Security Assertion Markup Language
228
SAN
Storage Area Network
229
SCADA
System Control and Data Acquistion
230
SCAP
Security Content Automatation Protocol
231
SCEP
Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol
232
SCP
Secure Copy
233
SCSI
Small Computer System Interface
234
SDK
Software Development Kit
235
SDLC
Software Development Life Cycle
236
SDLM
Software Development Life Cycle Methodology
237
SDN
Software Defined Network
238
SED
Self-encrypted Drive
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SEH
Structured Exception Handler
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SFTP
Secured File Transfer Protocol
241
SHA
Secure Hashing Algorithm
242
SHTTP
Secure Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
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SIEM
Security Information and Event Management
244
SIM
Subscriber Identity Module
245
SLA
Service Level Agreement
246
SLE
Single Loss Expectancy
247
SMB
Server Message Block
248
SMS
Short Message Block
249
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
250
SMTPS
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Secure
251
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
252
SOAP
Simple Object Access Protocol
253
SoC
System on Chip
254
SPF
Sender Policy Framework
255
SPIM
Spam over Instant Messaging
256
SPoF
Single Point of Failure
257
SQL
Structured Query Language
258
SRTP
Secure Real-Time Protocol
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SSD
Solid State Drive
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SSH
Secure Shell
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SSID
Service Set Identifier
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SSL
Secure Sockets Layer
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SSO
Single Sign On
264
STP
Shielded Twisted Pair
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TACACS+
Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus
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TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
267
TGT
Ticket Granting Ticket
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TKIP
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
269
TLS
Transport Layer Security
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TOTP
Time-based One Time Password
271
TPM
Trusted Platform Module
272
TSIG
Transaction Signature
273
UAT
User Acceptance Testing
274
UAV
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
275
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
276
UEFI
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
277
UPS
Uninterruptable Power Supply
278
URI
Uniform Resource Identifier
279
URL
Universal Resource Locator
280
USB
Universal Serial Bus
281
USB OTG
USB On The Go
282
UTM
Unified Threat Management
283
UTP
Unshielded Twisted Pair
284
VDE
Virtual Desktop Environment
285
VDI
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
286
VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network
287
VLSM
Variable Length SUbnet Masking
288
VM
Virtual Machine
289
VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol
290
VPN
Virtual Private Network
291
VTC
Video Teleconferencing
292
WAF
Web Application Firewall
293
WAP
Wireless Access Point
294
WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy
295
WIDS
Wireless Intrusion Detection System
296
WIPS
Wireless Intrusion Prevention System
297
WORM
Write Once Read Many
298
WPA
WiFi Protected Access
299
WPA2
WiFi Protected Access 2
300
WPS
WiFi Protected Setup
301
WTLS
Wireless TLS
302
XML
Extensible Markup Language
303
XOR
Exclusive OR
304
XSRF
Cross-site Request Forgery
305
XSS
Cross-site Scripting
