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CompTIA Security+ Acronym List
CompTIA Security+ Acronym List (Exam SY0-201) Emmett Dulaney
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Computer Science
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02/08/2011
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3DES
 Definition
Triple Digital Encryption Standard
Term
ACL
 Definition
access control list
Term
AES
 Definition
Advanced Encryption Standard
Term
AES256
 Definition
Advanced Encryption Standard 256 bit
Term
AH
 Definition
Authentication Header
Term
ALE
 Definition
Annual or annualized loss expectancy
Term
ARO
 Definition
annualized rate of accurrence
Term
ARP
 Definition
Address Resolution Protocol
Term
AUP
 Definition
acceptable use policy
Term
BIOS
 Definition
basic input/output system
Term
BOTS
 Definition
network robots
Term
CA
 Definition
certificate authority
Term
CAN
 Definition
Controller Area Network
Term
CCTV
 Definition
closed-circut television
Term
CHAP
 Definition
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
Term
CRL
 Definition
Certification Revocation List
Term
DAC
 Definition
Discretionary Access Control
Term
DDoS
 Definition
distributed denial of service
Term
DES
 Definition
Digital Encryption Standard
Term
DHCP
 Definition
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Term
DLL
 Definition
Dynamic Link Library
Term
DMZ
 Definition
demilitarized zone
Term
DNS
 Definition
Domain Name Service (server)
Term
DoS
 Definition
denail of service
Term
EAP
 Definition
Extensible Authentication Protocol
Term
ECC
 Definition
Elliptic Curve Cryptography
Term
FTP
 Definition
File Transfer Protocol
Term
GRE
 Definition
Generic Routing Encapsulation
Term
H-IDS
 Definition
host-based intrusion detection system
Term
H-IPS
 Definition
host-based intrusion prevention system
Term
HTTP
 Definition
Hypertest Transfer Protocol
Term
HTTPS
 Definition
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL)
Term
HVAC
 Definition
heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
Term
ICMP
 Definition
Internet Control Message Protocol
Term
ID
 Definition
Identification, or Intrustion Detection
Term
IM
 Definition
instant messaging
Term
IMAP4
 Definition
Internet Message Access Protocol v4
Term
IP
 Definition
Internet Protocol
Term
IPSec
 Definition
Internet Protocol Security
Term
IRC
 Definition
Internet Relay Chat
Term
ISP
 Definition
Internet Service Provider
Term
KDC
 Definition
Key Distribution Center
Term
L2TP
 Definition
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
Term
LANMAN
 Definition
Local Area Network Manager
Term
LDAP
 Definition
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Term
MAC
 Definition
Mandatory Access Control
Media Access Control
Message Authentication Code
Term
MD5
 Definition
Message Digest 5
Term
MSCHAP
 Definition
Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
Term
MTU
 Definition
Maximum Transmission Unit
Term
NAC
 Definition
network access control
Term
NAT
 Definition
Network Address Translation
Term
N-IDS
 Definition
network-based intrusion detection system
Term
N-IPS
 Definition
network-based intrusion prevention system
Term
NOS
 Definition
network operating system
Term
NTFS
 Definition
New Technology Filing System
Term
NTLM
 Definition
New Technology LANMAN or New technology LAN Manager
Term
NTP
 Definition
Network Time Protocol
Term
OS
 Definition
operating system
Term
OVAL
 Definition
Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language
Term
PAP
 Definition
Password Authentication Protocol
Term
PAT
 Definition
Port Address Translation
Term
PBX
 Definition
Private Branch Exchange
Term
PGP
 Definition
Pretty Good Privacy
Term
PII
 Definition
Personally Identifiable Information
Term
PKI
 Definition
Public Key Infrastructure
Term
PPP
 Definition
Point-to-Point Protocol
Term
PPTP
 Definition
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
Term
RAD
 Definition
Rapid Application Development
Term
RADIUS
 Definition
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
Term
RAID
 Definition
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks also Redundant Array of Independant Disks
Term
RAS
 Definition
Remote Access Server
Term
RBAC
 Definition
Rule-Based Access Control
Role-Based Access Control
Term
RSA
 Definition
Rivest, Shamir, Adleman
Term
S/MIME
 Definition
Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
Term
SCSI
 Definition
Small Computer System Interface
Term
SHA
 Definition
Secure Hashing Algorithm or Secure Hash Algorithm
Term
SHTTP
 Definition
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Term
SLA
 Definition
service-level agreement
Term
SLE
 Definition
single loss expentancy
Term
SMTP
 Definition
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Term
SNMP
 Definition
Simple Network Managment Protocol
Term
SPIM
 Definition
Spam over Internet Messaging
Term
SSH
 Definition
Secure Shell
Term
SSL
 Definition
Secure Socket Layer
Term
SSO
 Definition
Single Sign-on
Term
STP
 Definition
Shielded Twisted Pair
Term
TACACS
 Definition
Terminal Access Controller Access Control System
Term
TCP/IP
 Definition
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Term
TKIP
 Definition
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
Temporal Key Interchange Protocol
Term
TLS
 Definition
Transport layer Security
Term
TPM
 Definition
Trusted Platform Module
Term
UPS
 Definition
uninterruptable power supply
Term
URl
 Definition
Universal Resource Locator
Uniform Resource Locater
Term
USB
 Definition
Universal Serial Bus
Term
UTP
 Definition
Unshielded Twisted Pair
Term
VLAN
 Definition
virtual local area network
Term
VoIP
 Definition
Voice over IP
Term
VPN
 Definition
Virtual Private Network
Term
WEP
 Definition
Wired equivalent Privacy
Term
WPA
 Definition
Wi-Fi Protected Acess
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