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3DES

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  • Triple Digital Encryption Standard
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AAA

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  • Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
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ACL

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  • Access Control List
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AES

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  • Advanced Encryption Standard
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AES256

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  • Advanced Encryption Standards 256bit
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AH

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  • Authentication Header
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ALE

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  • Annualized Loss Expectancy
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AP

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  • Access Point
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API

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  • Application Programming Interface
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ASP

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  • Application Service Provider
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ARO

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  • Annualized Rate of Occurrence
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ARP

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  • Address Resolution Protocol
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AUP

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  • Acceptable Use Policy
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BAC

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  • 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 Analysing
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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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BYOD

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  • Bring Your Own Device
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CA

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  • Certificate Authority
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CAC

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  • Common Access Card
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CAN

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  • Controller Area Network
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CAPTCHA

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  • Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart
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CAR

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  • Corrective Action Report
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CCMP
- Counter-Mode/CBC-Mac Protocol
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CCTV
- Closed-circuit television
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CERT
- Computer Emergency Response Team
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CHAP
- Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
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CIO
- Chief Information Officer
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CIRT
- Computer Incident Response Team
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COOP
- Continuity of Operation Planning
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CP
- Contingency Planning
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CRC
– Cyclical Redundancy Check
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CRL
– Certification Revocation List
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CSR
– Control Status Register
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CSU
– Channel Service Unit
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CTO
- Chief Technology Officer
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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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DES
– Digital Encryption Standard
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DHCP
– Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
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DHE
– Data-Handling Electronics
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DHE
- Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral
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DLL
- Dynamic Link Library
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DLP
- Data Loss Prevention
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DMZ
– Demilitarized Zone
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DNAT
– Destination Network Address Transaction
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DNS
– Domain Name Service (Server)
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DOS
– Denial of Service
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DRP
– Disaster Recovery Plan
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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
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ECC
- Elliptic Curve Cryptography
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ECDHE
– Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral
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EFS
– Encrypted File System
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EMI
– Electromagnetic Interference
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ESN
- Electronic Serial Number
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ESP
– Encapsulated Security Payload
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FACL
- File System Access Control List
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FDE
– Full Disk Encryption
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FTP
– File Transfer Protocol
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FTPS
– Secured File Transfer Protocol
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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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HDD
– Hard Disk Drive
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HIDS
– Host Based Intrusion Detection System
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HIPS
– Host Based Intrusion Prevention System
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HMAC
– Hashed Message Authentication Code
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HOTP
– HMAC based One Time Password
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HSM
– Hardware Security Module
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HTML
– HyperText Markup Language
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HTTP
– Hypertext Transfer Protocol
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HTTPS
– Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL
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HVAC
– Heating, Ventilation Air Conditioning
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IaaS
- Infrastructure as a Service
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ICMP
- Internet Control Message Protocol
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ID
– Identification
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IDS
– Intrusion Detection System
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IKE
– Internet Key Exchange
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IM
- Instant messaging
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IMAP4
- Internet Message Access Protocol v4
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IP
- Internet Protocol
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IPSEC
– Internet Protocol Security
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IR
– Incident Response
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IRC
- Internet Relay Chat
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IRP
– Incident Response Procedure
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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
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IV
- Initialization Vector
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JBOD
– Just a Bunch of Disks
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KDC
- Key Distribution Center
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L2TP
– Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
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LAN
– Local Area 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
– Mandatory Access Control / Media Access Control
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MAC
- 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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MOU
– Memorandum of Understanding
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MPLS
– Multi-Protocol Layer Switch
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MSCHAP
– Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
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MTBF
– Mean Time Between Failures
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MTTR
– Mean Time to Recover
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MTTF
– Mean Time to Failure
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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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NIDS
– Network Based Intrusion Detection System
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NIPS
– Network Based Intrusion Prevention System
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NIST
– National Institute of Standards & Technology
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NOS
– Network Operating System
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NTFS
- New Technology File System
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NTLM
– New Technology LANMAN
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NTP
- Network Time Protocol
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OCSP
– Online Certificate Status Protocol
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OLA
– Open License Agreement
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OS
– Operating System
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OVAL
– Open Vulnerability Assessment Language
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P2P
– Peer to Peer
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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
– Private Branch Exchange
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PCAP
– Packet Capture
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PEAP
– Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol
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PED
- Personal Electronic Device
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PGP
– Pretty Good Privacy
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PII
– Personally Identifiable Information
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PIV
– Personal Identity Verification
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PKI
– Public Key Infrastructure
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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
– Recovery Agent
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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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RBAC
– Role Based Access Control
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RBAC
– Rule Based Access Control
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RC4
– RSA Variable Key Size Encryption Algorithm
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RIPEMD
– RACE Integrity Primitives Evaluation Message Digest
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ROI
– Return of Investment
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RPO
– Recovery Point Objective
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RSA
– Rivest, Shamir, & Adleman
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RTO
– Recovery Time Objective
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RTP
– Real-Time Transport Protocol
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S/MIME
– Secure / Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
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SAML
– Security Assertions Markup Language
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SaaS
- Software as a Service
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SAN
– Storage Area Network
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SCADA
– System Control and Data Acquisition
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SCAP
- Security Content Automation Protocol
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SCEP
- Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol
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SCSI
- Small Computer System Interface
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SDLC
- Software Development Life Cycle
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SDLM
- Software Development Life Cycle Methodology
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SEH
– Structured Exception Handler
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SHA
– Secure Hashing Algorithm
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SFTP
– Secured File Transfer Protocol
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SHTTP
– Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol
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SIEM
– Security Information and Event Management
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SIM
– Subscriber Identity Module
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SLA
– Service Level Agreement
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SLE
- Single Loss Expectancy
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SMS
- Short Message Service
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SMTP
– Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
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SNMP
- Simple Network Management Protocol
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SOAP
– Simple Object Access Protocol
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SONET
– Synchronous Optical Network Technologies
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SPIM
- Spam over Internet Messaging
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SQL
– Structured Query Language
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SSD
– Solid State Drive
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SSH
– Secure Shell
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SSL
– Secure Sockets Layer
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SSO
– Single Sign On
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STP
– Shielded Twisted Pair
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TACACS+
– Terminal Access Controller Access Control System
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TCP/IP
– Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
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TGT
– Ticket Granting Ticket
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TKIP
- Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
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TLS
- Transport Layer Security
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TOTP
– Time-Based One-Time Password
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TPM
– Trusted Platform Module
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TSIG
– Transaction Signature
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UAT
- User Acceptance Testing
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UEFI
– Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
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UDP
- User Datagram Protocol
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UPS
- Uninterruptable Power Supply
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URI
- Uniform Resource Identifier
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URL
- Universal Resource Locator
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USB
– Universal Serial Bus
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UTM
- Unified Threat Management
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UTP
– Unshielded Twisted Pair
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VDI
– Virtualization Desktop Infrastructure
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VLAN
– Virtual Local Area Network
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VoIP
- Voice over IP
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VPN
– Virtual Private Network
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VTC
– Video Teleconferencing
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WAF
- Web-Application Firewall
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WAP
– Wireless Access Point
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WEP
– Wired Equivalent Privacy
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WIDS
– Wireless Intrusion Detection System
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WIPS
– Wireless Intrusion Prevention System
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WPA
– Wireless Protected Access
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WPA2
– WiFi Protected Access 2
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WPS
– WiFi Protected Setup
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WTLS
– Wireless TLS
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XML
– Extensible Markup Language
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XSRF
- Cross-Site Request Forgery
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XSS
- Cross-Site Scripting
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