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CompTIA Security Plus Acronyms

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CompTIA SECURITY+ ACRONYMS

from: http://www.comptia.org/Libraries/Exam_Objectives/CompTIA_Security_SY0-201.sflb.ashx

 

  1. 3DES – Triple Digital Encryption Standard
  2. ACL – Access Control List
  3. AES - Advanced Encryption Standard
  4. AES256 – Advanced Encryption Standards 256bit
  5. AH - Authentication Header
  6. ALE - Annualized Loss Expectancy
  7. ARO - Annualized Rate of Occurrence
  8. ARP - Address Resolution Protocol
  9. AUP - Acceptable Use Policy
  10. BIOS – Basic Input / Output System
  11. BOTS – Network Robots
  12. CA – Certificate Authority
  13. CAN - Controller Area Network
  14. CCTV - Closed-circuit television
  15. CERT – Computer Emergency Response Team
  16. CHAP – Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
  17. CIRT – Computer Incident Response Team
  18. CRL – Certification Revocation List
  19. DAC – Discretionary Access Control
  20. DDOS – Distributed Denial of Service
  21. DEP – Data Execution Prevention
  22. DES – Digital Encryption Standard
  23. DHCP – Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
  24. DLL - Dynamic Link Library
  25. DMZ – Demilitarized Zone
  26. DNS – Domain Name Service (Server)
  27. DOS – Denial of Service
  28. DSA – Digital Signature Algorithm 
  29. EAP - Extensible Authentication Protocol
  30. ECC - Elliptic Curve Cryptography
  31. FTP – File Transfer Protocol
  32. GRE - Generic Routing Encapsulation
  33. HDD – Hard Disk Drive
  34. HIDS – Host Based Intrusion Detection System
  35. HIPS – Host Based Intrusion Prevention System
  36. HTTP – Hypertext Transfer Protocol
  37. HTTPS – Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL
  38. HVAC – Heating, Ventilation Air Conditioning
  39. ICMP - Internet Control Message Protocol
  40. ID – Identification
  41. IKE – Internet Key Exchange
  42. IM - Instant messaging
  43. IMAP4 - Internet Message Access Protocol v4
  44. IP - Internet Protocol
  45. IPSEC – Internet Protocol Security
  46. IRC - Internet Relay Chat
  47. ISP – Internet Service Provider
  48. KDC - Key Distribution Center
  49. L2TP – Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
  50. LANMAN – Local Area Network Manager
  51. LDAP – Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
  52. MAC – Mandatory Access Control / Media Access Control
  53. MAC - Message Authentication Code
  54. MAN - Metropolitan Area Network
  55. MBR – Master Boot Record
  56. MD5 – Message Digest 5
  57. MSCHAP – Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
  58. MTU - Maximum Transmission Unit
  59. NAC – Network Access Control
  60. NAT – Network Address Translation
  61. NIDS – Network Based Intrusion Detection System
  62. NIPS – Network Based Intrusion Prevention System
  63. NOS – Network Operating System
  64. NTFS - New Technology File System
  65. NTLM – New Technology LANMAN
  66. NTP - Network Time Protocol
  67. OS – Operating System
  68. OVAL – Open Vulnerability Assessment Language
  69. PAP – Password Authentication Protocol
  70. PAT - Port Address Translation
  71. PBX – Private Branch Exchange
  72. PGP – Pretty Good Privacy
  73. PII – Personally Identifiable Information
  74. PKI – Public Key Infrastructure
  75. POTS – Plain Old Telephone Service
  76. PPP - Point-to-point Protocol
  77. PPTP – Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
  78. PTZ – Pan-Tilt-Zoom
  79. RA – Recovery Agent
  80. RAD - Rapid application development
  81. RADIUS – Remote Authentication Dial-in User Server
  82. RAID – Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
  83. RAS – Remote Access Server
  84. RBAC – Role Based Access Control
  85. RBAC – Rule Based Access Control
  86. RSA – Rivest, Shamir, & Adleman
  87. S/MIME – Secure / Multipurpose internet Mail Extensions
  88. SCSI - Small Computer System Interface
  89. SHA – Secure Hashing Algorithm
  90. SHTTP – Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol
  91. SIM – Subscriber Identity Module
  92. SLA – Service Level Agreement
  93. SLE - Single Loss Expectancy
  94. SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
  95. SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol
  96. SONET – Synchronous Optical Network Technologies
  97. SPIM - Spam over Internet Messaging
  98. SSH – Secure Shell
  99. SSL – Secure Sockets Layer
  100. SSO – Single Sign On
  101. STP – Shielded Twisted Pair
  102. TACACS – Terminal Access Controller Access Control System
  103. TCP/IP – Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
  104. TKIP - Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
  105. TKIP – Temporal Key Interchange Protocol
  106. TLS – Transport Layer Security
  107. TPM – Trusted Platform Module
  108. UPS - Uninterruptable Power Supply
  109. URL - Universal Resource Locator
  110. USB – Universal Serial Bus
  111. UTP – Unshielded Twisted Pair
  112. VLAN – Virtual Local Area Network
  113. VoIP - Voice over IP
  114. VPN – Virtual Private Network
  115. VTC – Video Teleconferencing 
  116. WAP – Wireless Access Point
  117. WEP – Wired Equivalent Privacy
  118. WIDS – Wireless Intrusion Detection System
  119. WIPS – Wireless Intrusion Prevention System
  120. WPA – Wi-Fi Protected Access

 

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