CompTIA CySA+ CS0-003 All Acronyms Flashcards
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
| ACL | Access Control List |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| APT | Advanced Persistent Threat |
| ARP | Address Resolution Protocol |
| AV | Antivirus |
| BC | Business Continuity |
| BCP | Business Continuity Plan |
| BGP | Border Gateway Protocol |
| BIA | Business Impact Analysis |
| C2 | Command and Control |
| CA | Certificate Authority |
| CASB | Cloud Access Security Broker |
| CDN | Content Delivery Network |
| CERT | Computer Emergency Response Team |
| CHD | Cardholder Data |
| CI/CD | Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery |
| CIS | Center for Internet Security |
| COBIT | Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies |
| CSIRT | Cybersecurity Incident Response Team |
| CSRF | Cross-site Request Forgery |
| CVE | Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures |
| CVSS | Common Vulnerability Scoring System |
| DDoS | Distributed Denial of Service |
| DoS | Denial of Service |
| DKIM | Domain Keys Identified Mail |
| DLP | Data Loss Prevention |
| DMARC | Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance |
| DNS | Domain Name Service |
| DR | Disaster Recovery |
| EDR | Endpoint Detection and Response |
| FIM | File Integrity Monitoring |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| GDB | GNU Debugger |
| GPO | Group Policy Objects |
| HIDS | Host-based Intrusion Detection System |
| HIPS | Host-based Intrusion Prevention System |
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| HTTPS | Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure |
| IaaS | Infrastructure as a Service |
| ICMP | Internet Control Message Protocol |
| ICS | Industrial Control Systems |
| IDS | Intrusion Detection System |
| IoC | Indicators of Compromise |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| IPS | Intrusion Prevention System |
| IR | Incident Response |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| IT | Information Technology |
| ITIL | Information Technology Infrastructure Library |
| JSON | JavaScript Object Notation |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| LDAPS | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
| LFI | Local File Inclusion |
| LOI | Letter of Intent |
| MAC | Media Access Control |
| MFA | Multifactor Authentication |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MSF | Metasploit Framework |
| MSP | Managed Service Provider |
| MSSP | Managed Security Service Provider |
| MTTD | Mean Time to Detect |
| MTTR | Mean Time to Repair |
| NAC | Network Access Control |
| NDA | Non-disclosure Agreement |
| NGFW | Next-generation Firewall |
| NIDS | Network-based Intrusion Detection System |
| NTP | Network Time Protocol |
| OpenVAS | Open Vulnerability Assessment Scanner |
| OS | Operating System |
| OSSTMM | Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual |
| OT | Operational Technology |
| OWASP | Open Web Application Security Project |
| PAM | Privileged Access Management |
| PCI DSS | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard |
| PHP | Hypertext Preprocessor |
| PID | Process Identifier |
| PII | Personally Identifiable Information |
| PKI | Public Key Infrastructure |
| PLC | Programmable Logic Controller |
| POC | Proof of Concept |
| RCE | Remote Code Execution |
| RDP | Remote Desktop Protocol |
| REST | Representational State Transfer |
| RFI | Remote File Inclusion |
| RXSS | Reflected Cross-site Scripting |
| SaaS | Software as a Service |
| SAML | Security Assertion Markup Language |
| SASE | Secure Access Secure Edge |
| SCADA | Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition |
| SDLC | Software Development Life Cycle |
| SDN | Software-defined Networking |
| SFTP | Secure File Transfer Protocol |
| SIEM | Security Information and Event Management |
| SLA | Service-level Agreement |
| SLO | Service-level Objective |
| SOAR | Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response |
| SMB | Server Message Block |
| SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
| SOC | Security Operations Center |
| SPF | Sender Policy Framework |
| SQL | Structured Query Languge |
| SSL | Secure Sockets Layer |
| SSO | Single Sign-on |
| SSRF | Server-side Request Forgery |
| STIX | Structured Threat Information Expression |
| SWG | Secure Web Gateway |
| TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
| TFTP | Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
| TLS | Transport Layer Security |
| TRACE | Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine |
| TTP | Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures |
| UEBA | User and Entity Behavior Analytics |
| URI | Uniform Resource Identifier |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| USB | Universal Serial Bus |
| VLAN | Virtual LAN |
| VM | Virtual Machine |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| WAF | Web Application Firewall |
| WAN | Wide Area Network |
| XDR | Extended Detection Response |
| XML | Extensible Markup Language |
| XSS | Cross-site Scripting |
| XXE | XML External Entity |
| ZAP | Zed Attack Proxy |
| ZTNA | Zero Trust Network Access |
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Industrial Control Systems
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MOU
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Memorandum of Understanding
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SMB
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Server Message Block
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ITIL
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Information Technology Infrastructure Library
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SLO
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Service-level Objective
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BIA
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Business Impact Analysis
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CVE
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Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
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REST
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Representational State Transfer
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CHD
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Cardholder Data
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OSSTMM
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Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual
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SMTP
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Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
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XDR
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Extended Detection Response
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ACL
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Access Control List
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HTTP
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Hypertext Transfer Protocol
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MTTD
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Mean Time to Detect
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HIPS
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Host-based Intrusion Prevention System
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SAML
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Security Assertion Markup Language
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STIX
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Structured Threat Information Expression
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LFI
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Local File Inclusion
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SASE
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Secure Access Secure Edge
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IPS
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Intrusion Prevention System
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DMARC
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Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance
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LAN
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Local Area Network
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SPF
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Sender Policy Framework
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XML
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Extensible Markup Language
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DKIM
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Domain Keys Identified Mail
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OS
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Operating System
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TTP
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Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
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VM
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Virtual Machine
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WAN
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Wide Area Network
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ZAP
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Zed Attack Proxy
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EDR
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Endpoint Detection and Response
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PII
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Personally Identifiable Information
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DNS
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Domain Name Service
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OT
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Operational Technology
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OpenVAS
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Open Vulnerability Assessment Scanner
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BC
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Business Continuity
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C2
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Command and Control
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PAM
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Privileged Access Management
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Uniform Resource Locator
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SCADA
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Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
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CSIRT
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Cybersecurity Incident Response Team
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KPI
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Key Performance Indicator
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PID
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Process Identifier
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GDB
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GNU Debugger
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SFTP
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Secure File Transfer Protocol
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VLAN
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Virtual LAN
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BGP
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Border Gateway Protocol
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IR
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Incident Response
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RFI
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Remote File Inclusion
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COBIT
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Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies
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URI
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Uniform Resource Identifier
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OWASP
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Open Web Application Security Project
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FIM
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File Integrity Monitoring
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NDA
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Non-disclosure Agreement
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ARP
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Address Resolution Protocol
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ZTNA
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Zero Trust Network Access
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IP
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Internet Protocol
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IoC
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Indicators of Compromise
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UEBA
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User and Entity Behavior Analytics
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IT
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Information Technology
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NAC
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Network Access Control
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TCP
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Transmission Control Protocol
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JSON
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JavaScript Object Notation
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RCE
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Remote Code Execution
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TRACE
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Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine
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DDoS
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Distributed Denial of Service
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HIDS
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Host-based Intrusion Detection System
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MTTR
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Mean Time to Repair
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MSP
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Managed Service Provider
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DLP
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Data Loss Prevention
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RXSS
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Reflected Cross-site Scripting
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DR
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Disaster Recovery
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SLA
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Service-level Agreement
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BCP
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Business Continuity Plan
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FTP
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File Transfer Protocol
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XSS
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Cross-site Scripting
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IDS
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Intrusion Detection System
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POC
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Proof of Concept
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SDN
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Software-defined Networking
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API
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Application Programming Interface
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CIS
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Center for Internet Security
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SIEM
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Security Information and Event Management
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MSF
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Metasploit Framework
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SOAR
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Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response
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LDAPS
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Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
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GPO
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Group Policy Objects
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LOI
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Letter of Intent
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MSSP
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Managed Security Service Provider
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PHP
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Hypertext Preprocessor
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NTP
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Network Time Protocol
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ICMP
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Internet Control Message Protocol
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MAC
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Media Access Control
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SNMP
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Simple Network Management Protocol
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SWG
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Secure Web Gateway
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USB
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Universal Serial Bus
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HTTPS
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Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
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SaaS
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Software as a Service
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CASB
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Cloud Access Security Broker
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NGFW
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Next-generation Firewall
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SDLC
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Software Development Life Cycle
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SSO
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Single Sign-on
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CSRF
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Cross-site Request Forgery
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PCI DSS
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Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
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CI/CD
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Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
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CA
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Certificate Authority
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APT
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Advanced Persistent Threat
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MFA
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Multifactor Authentication
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SSRF
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Server-side Request Forgery
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NIDS
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Network-based Intrusion Detection System
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SOC
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Security Operations Center
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TFTP
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Trivial File Transfer Protocol
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ISO
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International Organization for Standardization
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SSL
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Secure Sockets Layer
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IaaS
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Infrastructure as a Service
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XXE
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XML External Entity
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TLS
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Transport Layer Security
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DoS
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Denial of Service
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PLC
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Programmable Logic Controller
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SQL
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Structured Query Languge
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CDN
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Content Delivery Network
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CERT
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Computer Emergency Response Team
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PKI
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Public Key Infrastructure
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VPN
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Virtual Private Network
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AV
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Antivirus
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CVSS
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
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RDP
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Remote Desktop Protocol
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WAF
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Web Application Firewall
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