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MAM

Mobile Application Management: Enterprise management function that enables control over apps and storage for mobile devices and other endpoints.

MAN

Metropolitan Area Network: a network that covers a larger geographic area such as a city or community; may be used to connect computers in libraries, government agencies, etc. together - no more than 30 miles in size

MBR

Master Boot Record: An area on a hard disk in its first sector. When the BIOS boots a system, it looks at the MBR for instructions and information on how to boot the disk and load the operating system. Some malware tries to hide here.

MD5

Message Digest 5: A hashing function used to provide integrity. MD5 uses 128 bits. A hash is simply a number created by applying the algorithm to a file or message at different times. The hashes are compared to each other to verify that integrity has been maintained.

MDF

Main Distribution Frame: a hardware rack that holds networking equipment to provide connections from public lines coming into the physical building generaly from the ISP, to all the Intermediate Distribution Frame (IDFs) located in a data center.

MDM

Mobile Device Management: a group of applications and/or technologies used to manage mobile devices. These tools can monitor mobile devices and ensure they are compliance with security policies.

MFA

Multi-Factor Authentication: a security control that requires users to verify their identities by providing multiple pieces of evidence before gaining access to a device or application.

MFD

Multi-Function Device:

device that incorporates the functionality of multiple other devices, such as printer, scanner, fax, and copier all-in-one

MFP

Multifunction Printer: a printer that can fax, photocopy and scan documents.

MITM

Man-in-the-middle: MITM attack is a form of active interception allowing an attacker to intercept traffic and insert malicious code sent to other clients. Kerberos provides mutual authentication and helps prevent MITM attacks.

ML

Machine learning (ML) is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) that enables software applications to learn from data to improve their performance over time.

Machine learning algorithms are trained to find relationships and patterns in that data. They use historical data as input to make predictions, classify information, cluster data points, reduce dimensionality and even help generate new content.

MMS

Multimedia Messaging Service: a standard way to send messages that include multimedia content to and from mobile phones. It extends the core SMS (Short Message Service) capability that allowed exchange of text messages only up to 160 characters in length.

MOA

Memorandum of Agreement (understanding): legal document forming the basis for two parties to cooperate without a formal contract (a cooperative agreement). These agreements are often used by public bodies.

MPLS

Multi-Protocol Label Switching: a technique for speeding up connections from local area networks (LANs) that make up wide area networks (WANs). The public Internet functions by forwarding packets from one router to the next until the packets reach their destination. Using specialized routers, MPLS sends packets along predetermined network paths, improving upon the typical way the Internet works.

MSA

Measurement Systems Analysis: Mathematical method of determining the amount of variation that exists within a measurement process

MSCHAP

Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol: the Microsoft version of a challenge and response authentication method that Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) servers use to verify the identity of a remote user. MSCHAP authentication begins after the remote user initiates a PPTP link. MSCHAP enables remote users to identify themselves to an authenticating system, without exposing their password. With MSCHAP, authenticating systems use a shared secret -- the password -- to create a cryptographic hash using the MD5 message digest algorithm (has been cracked)

MSP

Managed Service Provider: company that remotely manages a customer's IT infrastructure and/or end-user systems, typically on a proactive basis and under a subscription model.

MSSP

Managed Security Service Provider: company that provides Security as a Service (SaaS).

MTBF

Mean Time Between Failures: a metric that provides a measure of a system's reliability and is' usually represented in hours. The mean time between failures identifies the average time between failures.

MTTF

Mean Time to Failure: The average time a device or component is expected to be in operation.