ACL Access Control List
LAN Local Area Network
WAN Wide Area Network
WAP Wireless Access Point
WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy
WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
ALE Annualized Loss Expectancy
ARP Address Resolution Protocol
AUP Acceptable Use Policy
CA Certificate Authority
DOS Denial Of Service
DDOS Distributed Denial of Service
DES Digital Encryption Standard
DMZ Demilitarized Zone
EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol
HIDS Host Based Intrusion Detection System
HIPS Host Based Intrusion Prevention System
HVAC Heating, Ventilation Air Conditioning
NIPS Network Based Intrusion Prevention System
NIDS Network Based Intrusion Detection System
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
IPSEC Internet Protocol Security
L2TP Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
MAC (Address) Media Access Control
MD5 Message Digest 5
SHA Secured Hash Algorithm
NAC Network Access Control
NAT Network Address Translation
PAT Port Address Translation (Aka NAT Overload)
PGP Pretty Good Privacy
PII Personally Identifiable Information
PKI Public Key Infrastructure
VLAN Virtual Local Area Network
TPM Trusted Platform Module
LANMAN Local Area Network Manager
MAC Mandatory Access Control
RBAC Role/Rule Based Access Control
DAC Discretionary Access Control