All Sec+ Acronyms

3DES

Triple Data Encryption Standard

AAA

Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting

ABAC

Attribute-based Access Control

ACL

Access Control List

AD

Active Directory

AES

Advanced Encryption Standard

AES256

Advanced Encryption Standards 256bit

AH

Authentication Header

AI

Artificial Intelligence

AIS

Automated Indicator Sharing

ALE

Annualized Loss Expectancy

AP

Access Point

API

Application Programming Interface

APT

Advanced Persistent Threat

ARO

Annualized Rate of Occurrence

ARP

Address Resolution Protocol

ASLR

Address Space Layout Randomization

ASP

Active Server Pages

ATT&CK

Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge

AUP

Acceptable Use Policy

AV

Antivirus

BASH

Bourne Again Shell

BCP

Business Continuity Planning

BGP

Border Gateway Protocol

BIA

Business Impact Analysis

BIOS

Basic Input/Output System

BPA

Business Partnership Agreement

BPDU

Bridge Protocol Data Unit

BSSID

Basic Service Set Identifier

BYOD

Bring Your Own Device

CA

Certificate Authority

CAPTCHA

Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart

CAR

Corrective Action Report

CASB

Cloud Access Security Broker

CBC

Cipher Block Chaining

CBT

Computer-based Training

CCMP

Counter-Mode/CBC-MAC Protocol

CCTV

Closed-Circuit Television

CERT

Computer Emergency Response Team

CFB

Cipher Feedback

CHAP

Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol

CIO

Chief Information Officer

CIRT

Computer Incident Response Team

CIS

Center for Internet Security

CMS

Content Management System

CN

Common Name

COOP

Continuity of Operations Planning

COPE

Corporate-owned Personally Enabled

CP

Contingency Planning

CRC

Cyclic Redundancy Check

CRL

Certificate Revocation List

CSA

Cloud Security Alliance

CSIRT

Computer Security Incident Response Team

CSO

Chief Security Officer

CSP

Cloud Service Provider

CSR

Certificate Signing Request

CSRF

Cross-Site Request Forgery

CSU

Channel Service Unit

CTM

Counter-Mode

CTO

Chief Technology Officer

CVE

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

CVSS

Common Vulnerability Scoring System

CYOD

Choose Your Own Device

DAC

Discretionary Access Control

DBA

Database Administrator

DDoS

Distributed Denial-of-Service

DEP

Data Execution Prevention

DER

Distinguished Encoding Rules

DES

Data Encryption Standard

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DHE

Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral

DKIM

Domain Keys Identified Mail

DLL

Dynamic-link Library

DLP

Data Loss Prevention

DMARC

Domain Message Authentication Reporting and Comformance

DNAT

Destination Network Address Transaction

DNS

Domain Name System

DNSSEC

Domain Name System Security Extensions

DoS

Denial-of-Service

DPO

Data Protection Officer

DRP

Disaster Recovery Plan

DSA

Digital Signature Algorithm

DSL

Digital Subscriber Line

EAP

Extensible Authentication Protocol

ECB

Electronic Code Book

ECC

Elliptic-curve Cryptography

ECDHE

Elliptic-curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral

ECDSA

Elliptic-curve Digital Signature Algorithm

EDR

Endpoint Detection and Response

EFS

Encrypted File System

EIP

Extended Instruction Pointer

EOL

End of Life

EOS

End of Service

ERP

Enterprise Resource Planning

ESN

Electronic Serial Number

ESP

Encapsulating Security Payload

ESSID

Extended Service Set Identifier

FACL

File System Access Control List

FDE

Full Disk Encryption

FIM

File Integrity Monitoring