| Acronym |
Stands for |
| 3DES | Triple Data Encryption Standard |
| AAA | Authentication, Authorization and Accounting |
| ACL | Access Control List |
| AES | Advanced Encryption Standard |
| AES 256 | Advanced Encryption Standards, 256-bit |
| AH | Authentication Header |
| ARP | Address Resolution Protocol |
| AUP | Acceptable Use Policy |
| BCP | Business Continuity Planning |
| BIOS | Basic Input/Output System |
| BOTS | Network Robots |
| CA | Certificate Authority |
| CCTV | Closed-Circuit Television |
| CERT | Computer Emergency Response Team |
| CHAP | Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol |
| CIRT | Computer Incident Response Team |
| CRL | Certification Revocation List |
| DAC | Discretionary Access Control |
| DDOS | Distributed Denial of Service |
| DEP | Data Execution Prevention |
| DES | Data Encryption Standard |
| DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
| DLL | Dynamic Link Library |
| DLP | Data Loss Prevention |
| DMZ | Demilitarized Zone |
| DNS | Domain Name Service |
| DOS | Denial Of Service |
| DRP | Disaster Recovery Plan |
| DSA | Digital Signature Algorithm |
| EAP | Extensible Authentication Protocol |
| ECC | Elliptic Curve Cryptography |
| EFS | Encrypted File System |
| EMI | Electromagnetic Interference |
| ESP | Encapsulated Security Payload |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| GPU | Graphic Processing Unit |
| GRE | Generic Routing Encapsulation |
| HDD | Hard Disk Drive |
| HIDS | Host-Based Intrusion Detection System |
| HIPS | Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System |
| HMAC | Hashed Message Authentication Code |
| HSM | Hardware Security Module |
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| HTTPS | Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL |
| HVAC | Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning |
| IaaS | Infrastructure as a Service |
| ICMP | Internet Control Message Protocol |
| ID | Identification |
| IKE | Internet Key Exchange |
| IM | Internet Messaging |
| IMAP4 | Internet Message Access Protocol v4 |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| IPSEC | Internet Protocol Security |
| IRC | Internet Relay Chat |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| KDC | Key Distribution Center |
| L2TP | Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol |
| LANMAN | Local Area Network Manager |
| LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
| LEAP | Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol |
| MAC | Mandatory Access Control / Media Access Control |
| MAC | Message Authentication Code |
| MBR | Master Boot Record |
| MDS | Message Digest 5 |
| MSCHAP | Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol |
| MTU | Maximum Transmission Unit |
| NAC | Network Access Control |
| NAT | Network Address Translation |
| NIDS | Network-Based Intrusion Detection System |
| NIPS | Network-Based Intrusion Prevention System |
| NOS | Network Operating System |
| NTFS | New Technology File System |
| NTLM | New Technology LANMAN |
| NTP | Network Time Protocol |
| OS | Operating System |
| OVAL | Open Vulnerability Assessment Language |
| PAP | Password Authentication Protocol |
| PAT | Port Address Translation |
| PEAP | Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol |
| PGP | Pretty Good Privacy |
| PKI | Public Key Infrastructure |
| PPP | Point-to-Point Protocol |
| PPTP | Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol |
| PSK | Pre-Shared Key |
| RA | Recovery Agent |
| RADIUS | Remote Authentication Dial-in User Server |
| RAID | Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks |
| RAS | Remote Access Server |
| RBAC | Role Based Access Control |
| RSA | Rivest, Shamir & Adleman |
| RTP | Real-Time Transport Protocol |
| S/MIME | Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension |
| SaaS | Software as a Service |
| SCAP | Security Content Automation Protocol |
| SCSi | Small Computer System Interface |
| SDLC | Software Development Life Cycle |
| SDLM | Software Development Life Cycle Methodology |
| SHA | Secure Hashing Algorithm |
| SHTTP | Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| SIM | Subscriber Identity Module |
| SLA | Service Level Agreement |
| SLE | Single Loss Expectancy |
| SMS | Short Message Service |
| SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
| SSH | Secure Shell |
| SSL | Secure Sockets Layer |
| SSO | Single Sign-On |
| TACACS | Terminal Access Controller Access Control System |
| TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
| TLS | Transport Layer Security |
| TPM | Trusted Platform Module |
| UAT | User Acceptance Testing |
| UPS | Uninterrupted Power Supply |
| URL | Universal Resource Locator |
| USB | Universal Serial Bus |
| UTP | Unshielded Twisted Pair |
| VLAN | Virtual Local Area Network |
| VoIP | Voice Over IP |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| VTC | Video Teleconferencing |
| WAF | Web Application Firewall |
| WAP | Wireless Access Point |
| WEP | Wired Equivalent Privacy |
| WIDS | Wireless Intrusion detection System |
| WIPS | Wireless Intrusion Prevention System |
| WPA | Wireless Protected Access |
| XSRF | Cross-Site request Forgery |
| XSS | Cross-Site Scripting |
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