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3DES
Triple Data Encryption Standard
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AAA
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
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ABAC
Attribute_based Access Control
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ACL
Access Control List
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AD
Active Directory
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AES
Advanced Encryption Standard
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AES256
Advanced Encryption Standards 256bit
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AH
Authentication Header
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AI
Artificial Intelligence
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AIS
Automated Indicator Sharing
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ALE
Annualized Loss Expectancy
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AP
Access Point
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API
Application Programming Interface
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APT
Advanced Persistent Threat
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ARO
Annualized Rate of Occurrence
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ARP
Address Resolution Protocol
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ASLR
Address Space Layout Randomization
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ASP
Active Server Pages
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ATT&CK
Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge
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AUP
Acceptable Use Policy
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AV
Antivirus
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BASH
Bourne Again Shell
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BCP
Business Continuity Planning
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BGP
Border Gateway Protocol
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BIA
Business Impact Analysis
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BIOS
Basic Input/Output System
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BPA
Business Partnership Agreement
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BPDU
Bridge Protocol Data Unit
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BSSID
Basic Service Set Identifier
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BYOD
Bring Your Own Device
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CA
Certificate Authority
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CAPTCHA
Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart
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CAR
Corrective Action Report
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CASB
Cloud Access Security Broker
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CBC
Cipher Block Chaining
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CBT
Computer_based Training
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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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CFB
Cipher Feedback
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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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CIS
Center for Internet Security
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CMS
Content Management System
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CN
Common Name
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COOP
Continuity of Operations Planning
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COPE
Corporate_owned Personally Enabled
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CP
Contingency Planning
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CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Check
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CRL
Certificate Revocation List
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CSA
Cloud Security Alliance
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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
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CSRF
Cross_Site Request Forgery
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CSU
Channel Service Unit
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CTM
Counter_Mode
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CTO
Chief Technology Officer
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CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
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CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
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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
Data Encryption Standard
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DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
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DHE
Diffie_Hellman Ephemeral
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DKIM
Domain Keys Identified Mail
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DLL
Dynamic_link Library
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DLP
Data Loss Prevention
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DMARC
Domain Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance
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DNAT
Destination Network Address Transaction
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DNS
Domain Name System
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DNSSEC
Domain Name System Security Extensions
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DoS
Denial_of_Service
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DPO
Data Protection Officer
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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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EAP
Extensible Authentication Protocol
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ECB
Electronic Code Book
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ECC
Elliptic_curve Cryptography
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ECDHE
Elliptic_curve Diffie_Hellman Ephemeral
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ECDSA
Elliptic_curve Digital Signature Algorithm
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EDR
Endpoint Detection and Response
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EFS
Encrypted File System
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EIP
Extended Instruction Pointer
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EOL
End of Life
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EOS
End of Service
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ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning
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ESN
Electronic Serial Number
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ESP
Encapsulating Security Payload
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ESSID
Extended Service Set Identifier
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FACL
File System Access Control List
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FDE
Full Disk Encryption
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FIM
File Integrity Monitoring
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FPGA
Field Programmable Gate Array
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FRR
False Rejection Rate
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FTP
File Transfer Protocol
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FTPS
Secured File Transfer Protocol
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GCM
Galois/Counter Mode
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GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
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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
Graphics 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
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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
Hash_based 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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HSMaaS
Hardware Security Module as a Service
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HTML
Hypertext Markup Language
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HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
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HTTPS
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
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HVAC
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning
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IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
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IAM
Identity and Access Management
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ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
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ICS
Industrial Control Systems
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IDEA
International Data Encryption Algorithm
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IDF
Intermediate Distribution Frame
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IdP
Identity Provider
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IDS
Intrusion Detection System
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IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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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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IoC
Indicators of Compromise
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IoT
Internet of Things
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IP
Internet Protocol
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IPS
Intrusion Prevention System
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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 Plan
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ISA
Interconnection Security Agreement
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ISFW
Internal Segmentation Firewall
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ISO
International Organization for Standardization
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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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KDC
Key Distribution Center
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KEK
Key Encryption Key
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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
Media Access Control
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MAM
Mobile Application Management
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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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MDF
Main Distribution Frame
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MDM
Mobile Device Management
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MFA
Multifactor Authentication
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MFD
Multifunction Device
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MFP
Multifunction Printer
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ML
Machine Learning
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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
Multiprotocol Label Switching
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MSA
Measurement Systems Analysis
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MS
CHAP_Microsoft Challenge_Handshake Authentication Protocol
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MSP
Managed Service Provider
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MSSP
Managed Security 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
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MTU
Maximum Transmission Unit
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NAC
Network Access Control
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NAS
Network_attached Storage
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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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NFV
Network Function Virtualization
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NGFW
Next_generation Firewall
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NG
SWG_Next_generation Secure Web Gateway
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NIC
Network Interface Card
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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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NOC
Network Operations Center
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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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OCSP
Online Certificate Status Protocol
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OID
Object Identifier
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OS
Operating System
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OSI
Open Systems Interconnection
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OSINT
Open_source Intelligence
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OSPF
Open Shortest Path First
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OT
Operational Technology
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OTA
Over_The_Air
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OTG
On_The_Go
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OVAL
Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language
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OWASP
Open Web Application Security Project
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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
Privileged Access Management
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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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PCI
DSS Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
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PDU
Power Distribution Unit
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PE
Portable Executable
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PEAP
Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol
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PED
Portable Electronic Device
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PEM
Privacy Enhanced Mail
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PFS
Perfect Forward Secrecy
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PGP
Pretty Good Privacy
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PHI
Personal Health Information
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PII
Personally Identifiable Information
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PIN
Personal Identification Number
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PIV
Personal Identity Verification
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PKCS
Public Key Cryptography Standards
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PKI
Public Key Infrastructure
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PoC
Proof of Concept
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POP
Post Office Protocol
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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
Preshared Key
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PTZ
Pan_Tilt_Zoom
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PUP
Potentially Unwanted Program
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QA
Quality Assurance
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QoS
Quality of Service
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PUP
Potentially Unwanted Program
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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 Service
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RAID
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
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RAM
Random Access Memory
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RAS
Remote Access Server
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RAT
Remote Access Trojan
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RC4
Rivest Cipher version 4
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RCS
Rich Communication Services
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RFC
Request for Comments
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RFID
Radio Frequency Identification
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RIPEMD
RACE Integrity Primitives Evaluation Message Digest
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ROI
Return on Investment
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RPO
Recovery Point Objective
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RSA
Rivest, Shamir, & Adleman
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RTBH
Remotely Triggered Black Hole
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RTO
Recovery Time Objective
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RTOS
Real_time Operating System
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RTP
Real_time Transport Protocol
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S/MIME
Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
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SaaS
Software as a Service
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SAE
Simultaneous Authentication of Equals
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SAML
Security Assertions Markup Language
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SCADA
Supervisory 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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SDK
Software Development Kit
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SDLC
Software Development Life Cycle
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SDLM
Software Development Life_cycle Methodology
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SDN
Software_defined Networking
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SDP
Service Delivery Platform
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SDV
Software_defined Visibility
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SED
Self_Encrypting Drives
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SEH
Structured Exception Handling
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SFTP
SSH File Transfer Protocol
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SHA
Secure Hashing Algorithm
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SIEM
Security Information and Event Management
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SIM
Subscriber Identity Module
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SIP
Session Initiation Protocol
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SLA
Service_level Agreement
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SLE
Single Loss Expectancy
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SMB
Server Message Block
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S/MIME
Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
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SMS
Short Message Service
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SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
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SMTPS
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Secure
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SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
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SOAP
Simple Object Access Protocol
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SOAR
Security Orchestration, Automation, Response
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SoC
System on Chip
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SOC
Security Operations Center
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SPF
Sender Policy Framework
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SPIM
Spam over Instant Messaging
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SQL
Structured Query Language
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SQLi
SQL Injection
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SRTP
Secure Real_time Transport Protocol
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SSD
Solid State Drive

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