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07/13/2020
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Term
3DES
 Definition
Triple Digital Encryption Standard
Term
AAA
 Definition
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
Term
ABAC
 Definition
Attribute-based Access Control
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
Annualized Loss Expectancy
Term
AP
 Definition
Access Point
Term
API
 Definition
Application Programming Interface
Term
APT
 Definition
Advanced Persistent Threat
Term
ARO
 Definition
Annualized Rate of Occurrence
Term
ARP
 Definition
Address Resolution Protocol
Term
ASLR
 Definition
Address Space Layout Randomization
Term
ASP
 Definition
Application Service Provider
Term
AUP
 Definition
Acceptable Use Policy
Term
AV
 Definition
Antivirus (also used for Asset Value)
Term
BAC
 Definition
Business Availability Center
Term
BCP
 Definition
Business Continuity Planning
Term
BIA
 Definition
Business Impact Analysis
Term
BIOS
 Definition
Basic Input/Output System
Term
BPA
 Definition
Business Partners Agreement
Term
BPDU
 Definition
Bridge Protocol Data Unit
Term
BYOD
 Definition
Bring Your Own Device
Term
CA
 Definition
Certificate Authority
Term
CAC
 Definition
Common Access Card
Term
CAN
 Definition
Controller Area Network
Term
CAPTCHA
 Definition
Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart
Term
CAR
 Definition
Corrective Action Report
Term
CBC
 Definition
Cipher Block Chaining
Term
CCMP
 Definition
Counter-Mode/CBC-Mac Protocol
Term
CCTV
 Definition
Closed-Circuit Television
Term
CER
 Definition
Certificate (also stands for Cross-over Error Rate)
Term
CERT
 Definition
Computer Emergency Response Team
Term
CFB
 Definition
Cipher Feedback
Term
CHAP
 Definition
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
Term
CIO
 Definition
Chief Information Officer
Term
CIRT
 Definition
Computer Incident Response Team
Term
CMS
 Definition
Content Management System
Term
COOP
 Definition
Continuity of Operations Plan
Term
COPE
 Definition
Corporate Owned, Personally Enabled
Term
CP
 Definition
Contingency Planning
Term
CRC
 Definition
Cynical Redundancy Check
Term
CRL
 Definition
Certificate Revocation List
Term
CSIRT
 Definition
Computer Security Incident Response Team
Term
CSO
 Definition
Chief Security Officer
Term
CSP
 Definition
Cloud Service Provider
Term
CSR
 Definition
Certificate Signing Request
Term
CSRF
 Definition
Cross-Site Request Forgery
Term
CSU
 Definition
Channel Service Unit
Term
CTM
 Definition
Counter-Mode
Term
CTO
 Definition
Chief Technology Officer
Term
CTR
 Definition
Counter
Term
CYOD
 Definition
Choose Your Own Device
Term
DAC
 Definition
Discretionary Access Control
Term
DBA
 Definition
Database Administrator
Term
DDOS
 Definition
Distributed Denial of Service
Term
DEP
 Definition
Data Execution Prevention
Term
DER
 Definition
Distinguished Encoding Rules
Term
DES
 Definition
Digital Encryption Standard
Term
DFIR
 Definition
Digital Forensics and Investigation Response
Term
DHCP
 Definition
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Term
DHE
 Definition
Data-Handling Electronics (also stands for Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral)
Term
DLL
 Definition
Dynamic Link Library
Term
DLP
 Definition
Data Loss Prevention
Term
DMZ
 Definition
Demilitarized Zone
Term
DNAT
 Definition
Destination Network Address Transaction
Term
DNS
 Definition
Domain Name Service (Server)
Term
DOS
 Definition
Denial of Service
Term
DRP
 Definition
Disaster Recovery Plan
Term
DSA
 Definition
Digital Signature Algorithm
Term
DSL
 Definition
Digital Subscriber Line
Term
DSU
 Definition
Data Service Unit
Term
EAP
 Definition
Extensible Authentication Protocol
Term
ECB
 Definition
Electronic Code Book
Term
ECC
 Definition
Elliptical Curve Cryptography
Term
ECDHE
 Definition
Elliptical Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral
Term
ECDSA
 Definition
Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm
Term
EFS
 Definition
Encrypted File System
Term
EMI
 Definition
Electromagnetic Interference
Term
EMP
 Definition
Electro-Magnetic Pulse
Term
ERP
 Definition
Enterprise Resource Planning
Term
ESN
 Definition
Electronic Serial Number
Term
ESP
 Definition
Encapsulated Security Payload
Term
EF
 Definition
Exposure Factor
Term
FACL
 Definition
File System Acess Control List
Term
FAR
 Definition
False Acceptance Rate
Term
FDE
 Definition
Full Disk Encryption
Term
FRR
 Definition
False Rejection Rate
Term
FTP
 Definition
File Transfer Protocol
Term
FTPS
 Definition
Secure File Transfer Protocol
Term
GCM
 Definition
Galois Counter Mode
Term
GPG
 Definition
Gnu Privacy Guard
Term
GPO
 Definition
Group Policy Object
Term
GPS
 Definition
Global Positioning System
Term
GPU
 Definition
Graphic Processing Unit
Term
GRE
 Definition
Generic Routing Encapsulation
Term
HA
 Definition
High Availability
Term
HDD
 Definition
Hard Disk Drive
Term
HIDS
 Definition
Host-Based Intrusion Detection System
Term
HIPS
 Definition
Host-Based Intrusion Detection System
Term
HMAC
 Definition
Hashed Message Authentication Code
Term
HOTP
 Definition
HMAC-based One-Time Password
Term
HSM
 Definition
Hardware Security Module
Term
HTML
 Definition
Hypertext Markup Language
Term
HTTP
 Definition
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Term
HTTPS
 Definition
Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL/TLS
Term
HVAC
 Definition
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
Term
Iaas
 Definition
Infrastructure as a Service
Term
ICMP
 Definition
Internet Control Message Protocol
Term
ICS
 Definition
Industrial Control Systems
Term
ID
 Definition
Identification
Term
IDEA
 Definition
International Data Encryption Algorithm
Term
IDF
 Definition
Intermediate Distribution Frame
Term
IDP
 Definition
Identity Provider
Term
IDS
 Definition
Intrusion Detection System
Term
IEEE
 Definition
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Term
IIS
 Definition
Internet Information System
Term
IKE
 Definition
Internet Key Exchange
Term
IM
 Definition
Instant Messaging
Term
IMAP4
 Definition
Internet Message Access Protocol Version 4
Term
IOT
 Definition
Internet of Things
Term
IP
 Definition
Internet Protocol
Term
IPSec
 Definition
Internet Protocol Security
Term
IR
 Definition
Incident Response (also stands for Infrared)
Term
IRC
 Definition
Internet Replay Chat
Term
IRP
 Definition
Incident Response Plan
Term
ISA
 Definition
Interconnection Security Agreement
Term
ISP
 Definition
Internet Service Provider
Term
ISSO
 Definition
Information Systems Security Officer
Term
ITCP
 Definition
IT Contingency Plan
Term
IV
 Definition
Initialization Vector
Term
KDC
 Definition
Key Distribution Center
Term
KEK
 Definition
Key ENcryption Key
Term
L2TP
 Definition
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
Term
LAN
 Definition
Local Area Network
Term
LDAP
 Definition
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Term
LEAP
 Definition
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol
Term
MaaS
 Definition
Monitoring as a Service
Term
MAC
 Definition
Mandatory Access Control (also stands for Media Access Control and Message Authentication Code)
Term
MAN
 Definition
Metropolitan Area Network
Term
MBR
 Definition
Master Boot Record
Term
MD5
 Definition
Message Digest 5
Term
MDF
 Definition
Main Distribution Frame
Term
MDM
 Definition
Mobile Device Management
Term
MFA
 Definition
Multi-Factor Authentication
Term
MFD
 Definition
Multi-Function Device
Term
MITM
 Definition
Man-in-the-Middle
Term
MMS
 Definition
Multimedia Message Service
Term
MOA
 Definition
Memorandum of Agreement
Term
MOU
 Definition
Memorandum of Understanding
Term
MPLS
 Definition
Multi-Protocol Labeling Switching
Term
MSCHAP
 Definition
Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
Term
MSP
 Definition
Managed Service Provider
Term
MTBF
 Definition
Mean Time Between Failures
Term
MTTF
 Definition
Mean Time to Failure
Term
MTTR
 Definition
Mean Time to Recovery or Mean Time to Repair
Term
MTU
 Definition
Maximum Transmission Unit
Term
NAC
 Definition
Network Access Control
Term
NAT
 Definition
Network Address Translation
Term
NDA
 Definition
Non-Disclosure Agreement
Term
NFC
 Definition
Near Field Communication
Term
NGAC
 Definition
Next Generation Access Control
Term
NIDS
 Definition
Network-Based Intrusion Detection System
Term
NIPS
 Definition
Network-Based Intrusion Prevention System
Term
NIST
 Definition
National Institute of Standards & Technology
Term
NTFS
 Definition
New Technology File System
Term
NTLM
 Definition
New Technology LAN Manager
Term
NTP
 Definition
Network Time Protocol
Term
OAUTH
 Definition
Open Authorization
Term
OCSP
 Definition
Online Certificate Status Protocol
Term
OID
 Definition
Object Identifier
Term
OS
 Definition
Operating System
Term
OTA
 Definition
Over the Air
Term
OVAL
 Definition
Open Vulnerability Assessment Language
Term
P12
 Definition
PKCS #12
Term
P2P
 Definition
Peer to Peer
Term
PaaS
 Definition
Platform as a Service
Term
PAC
 Definition
Proxy Auto-Configuration
Term
PAM
 Definition
Pluggable Authentication Modules
Term
PAP
 Definition
Password Authentication Protocol
Term
PAT
 Definition
Port Address Translation
Term
PBKDF2
 Definition
Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2
Term
PBX
 Definition
Private Branch Exchange
Term
PCAP
 Definition
Packet Capture
Term
PEAP
 Definition
Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol
Term
PED
 Definition
Personal Electronic Device
Term
PEM
 Definition
Privacy-Enhanced Electronic Mail
Term
PFS
 Definition
Perfect Forward Secrecy
Term
PFX
 Definition
Personal Exchange Format
Term
PGP
 Definition
Pretty Good Privacy
Term
PHI
 Definition
Personal Health Information
Term
PII
 Definition
Personal Identifiable Information
Term
PIV
 Definition
Personal Identity Verification
Term
PKI
 Definition
Public Key Infrastructure
Term
POODLE
 Definition
Paddling Oracle on Downgrade Legacy Encryption
Term
POP
 Definition
Post Office Protocol
Term
POTS
 Definition
Plain Old Telephone Service
Term
PPP
 Definition
Point-to-Point Protocol
Term
PPTP
 Definition
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
Term
PSK
 Definition
Pre-shared Key
Term
PTZ
 Definition
Pan-Tilt-Zoom
Term
RA
 Definition
Recovery Agent (also stands for Registration Authority)
Term
RAD
 Definition
Rapid Application Development
Term
RADIUS
 Definition
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Server
Term
RAID
 Definition
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
Term
RAS
 Definition
Remote Access Server
Term
RAT
 Definition
Remote Access Trojan
Term
RBAC
 Definition
Role-Based Access Control (also stands for Rule-Based Access Control)
Term
RC4
 Definition
Rivest Cipher Version 4
Term
RDP
 Definition
Remote Desktop Protocol
Term
RFID
 Definition
Radio Frequency Identifier
Term
RIPEMD
 Definition
RACE Integrity Primitives Evaluation Message Digest
Term
ROI
 Definition
Return of Investment
Term
RMF
 Definition
Risk Management Framework
Term
RPO
 Definition
Recovery Point Objective
Term
RSA
 Definition
Rivest, Shamir & Adleman
Term
RTBH
 Definition
Remotely Triggered Black Hole
Term
RTO
 Definition
Recovery Time Objective
Term
RTOS
 Definition
Real-Time Operating System
Term
RTP
 Definition
Real-Time Transport Protocol
Term
S/MIME
 Definition
Secure\Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
Term
SaaS
 Definition
Software as a Service
Term
SAML
 Definition
Security Assertions Markup Language
Term
SAN
 Definition
Storage Area Network (Also stands for Subject Alternative Name)
Term
SCADA
 Definition
System Control and Data Acquisition
Term
SCAP
 Definition
Security Content Automation Protocol
Term
SCEP
 Definition
Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol
Term
SCP
 Definition
Secure Copy
Term
SCSI
 Definition
Small Computer System Interface
Term
SDK
 Definition
Software Development Kit
Term
SDLC
 Definition
Software Development Life Cycle
Term
SDLM
 Definition
Software Development Life Cycle Methology
Term
SDN
 Definition
Software Defined Network
Term
SED
 Definition
Self-Encrypting Drive
Term
SEH
 Definition
Structured Exception Handler
Term
SFTP
 Definition
Secured File Transfer Protocol
Term
SHA
 Definition
Secure Hashing Algorithm
Term
SHTTP
 Definition
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Term
SIEM
 Definition
Security Information and Event Management
Term
SIM
 Definition
Subscriber Identity Module
Term
SLA
 Definition
Service Level Agreement
Term
SLE
 Definition
Single Loss Expectancy
Term
SMB
 Definition
Server Message Block
Term
SMS
 Definition
Short Message Service
Term
SMTP
 Definition
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Term
SMTPS
 Definition
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Secure
Term
SNMP
 Definition
Simple Network Management Protocol
Term
SOAP
 Definition
Simple Object Access Protocol
Term
SoC
 Definition
System on Chip
Term
SPF
 Definition
Sender Policy Framework
Term
SPIM
 Definition
Spam over Internet Messaging
Term
SPoF
 Definition
Single Point of Failure
Term
SQL
 Definition
Structured Query Language
Term
SRTP
 Definition
Secure Real-Time Protocol
Term
SSD
 Definition
Solid State Drive
Term
SSH
 Definition
Secure Shell
Term
SSID
 Definition
Service Set Identifier
Term
SSL
 Definition
Secure Sockets Layer
Term
SSO
 Definition
Single Sign-on
Term
STP
 Definition
Shielded Twisted Pair
Term
TACACS+
 Definition
Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus
Term
TCP/IP
 Definition
Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus
Term
TGT
 Definition
Ticket Granting Ticket
Term
TKIP
 Definition
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
Term
TLS
 Definition
Transport Layer Security
Term
TOTP
 Definition
Time-Based One-Time Password
Term
TPM
 Definition
Trusted Platform Module
Term
TSIG
 Definition
Transaction Signature
Term
UAT
 Definition
User Acceptance Testing
Term
UAV
 Definition
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Term
UDP
 Definition
User Datagram Protocol
Term
UEFI
 Definition
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
Term
UPS
 Definition
Uninterrupted Power Supply
Term
URI
 Definition
Uniform Resource Identifier
Term
URL
 Definition
Universal Resource Locator
Term
USB
 Definition
Universal Serial Bus
Term
USB OTG
 Definition
Universal Serial Bus On the Go
Term
UTM
 Definition
Unified Threat Management
Term
UTP
 Definition
Unshielded Twisted Pair
Term
VDE
 Definition
Virtual Desktop Environment
Term
VDI
 Definition
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
Term
VLAN
 Definition
Virtual Local Area Network
Term
VLSM
 Definition
Variable Length Subnet Masking
Term
VM
 Definition
Virtual Machine
Term
VOIP
 Definition
Voice Over IP
Term
VPN
 Definition
Virtual Private Network
Term
VTC
 Definition
Video Teleconferencing
Term
WAF
 Definition
Web Application Firewall
Term
WAP
 Definition
Wireless Access Protocol
Term
WEP
 Definition
Wired Equivalent Privacy
Term
WIDS
 Definition
Wireless Intrusion Detection System
Term
WIPS
 Definition
Wireless Intrusion Prevention System
Term
WORM
 Definition
Write Once Read Many
Term
WPA
 Definition
WIFI Protected Access
Term
WPA2
 Definition
WIFI Protected Access 2
Term
WPS
 Definition
WIFI Protected Setup
Term
WTLS
 Definition
Wireless Transport Layer Security
Term
XML
 Definition
Extensible Markup Language
Term
XOR
 Definition
Exclusive OR
Term
XSRF
 Definition
Cross-Site Request Forgery
Term
XSS
 Definition
Cross-Site Scripting
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