200+ Network Security Abbreviations You Need To Remember

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Network security is a broad term that covers a multitude of technologies, devices and processes.

In its simplest term, it is a set of rules and configurations designed to protect the integrity, confidentiality and accessibility of computer networks and data using both software and hardware technologies.

The below mentioned abbreviations comprises short forms of multiple important technologies that come under one of the most frequently asked topics in many exams.

1	3DES	Triple data encryption standard
2	AAA	Authentication, authorization, and accounting
3	ACD	Automatic call distributor
4	ACK	Acknowledgment
5	ACL	Access control list
6	ADS	Alternate data streams
7	AES	Advanced Encryption Standard
8	AH	Authentication Header
9	ALE	Annualized loss expectancy
10	ANSI	American National Standards Institute
11	AP	Access point
12	API	Application programming interface
13	APT	Advanced persistent threat
14	ARO	Annualized rate of occurrence
15	ARP	Address Resolution Protocol
16	ASAv	Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance
17	ATM	Asynchronous transfer mode
18	AUP	Acceptable use policy
19	AV	Asset value
20	B2B	Business to business
21	B2C	Business to consumer
22	BBB	Better Business Bureau
23	BCP	Business continuity planning
24	BGP	Border Gateway Protocol
25	BIOS	Basic input/output system
26	BYOD	Bring Your Own Device
27	C2C	Consumer to consumer
28	CA	Certificate authority
29	CAP	Certification and Accreditation Professional
30	CAUCE	Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email
31	CCC	CERT Coordination Center
32	CCNA	Cisco Certified Network Associate
33	CCPA	California Consumer Privacy Act
34	CERT	Computer Emergency Response Team
35	CFE	Certified Fraud Examiner
36	CGI	Common Gateway Interface
37	C-I-A	Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
38	CIDR	Classless inter-domain routing
39	CISA	Certified Information Systems Auditor
40	CISM	Certified Information Security Manager
41	CISSP	Certified Information System Security Professional
42	CLI	Command line interface
43	CMIP	Common management information protocol
44	COPPA	Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
45	CPE	Customer premise equipment
46	CPU	Central processing unit
47	CRC	Cyclic redundancy check
48	CSI	Computer Security Institute
49	CTI	Computer telephony integration
50	DBMS	Database management system
51	DCOM	Distributed component object model
52	DDoS	Distributed denial of service
53	DD-WRT	DresDren-Wireless Router
54	DES	Data Encryption Standard
55	devfs	Device file system
56	DHCP	Dynamic host configuration protocol
57	DLLs	Dynamic link libraries
58	DLP	Data leakage prevention
59	DMZ	Demilitarized zone
60	DNS	Domain name system
61	DoS	Denial of service
62	DPI	Deep packet inspection
63	DRP	Disaster recovery plan
64	DSL	Digital subscriber line
65	DSS	Digital signature standard
66	DSU	Data service unit
67	ECC	Elliptical curve cryptography
68	EDI	Electronic data interchange
69	EF	Exposure factor
70	EHR	Electronic health record
71	EIDE	Enhanced integrated development environment
72	EIGRP	Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
73	EPHI	Electronic protected health information
74	EPIC	Electronic Privacy Information Center
75	ESD	Electrostatic discharge
76	ESP	Encapsulating security payload
77	EU	European Union
78	EULA	End-user license agreement
79	FACTA	Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act
80	FAR	False acceptance rate
81	FBI	Federal Bureau of Investigation
82	FCC	Federal Communications Corporation
83	FDIC	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
84	FEP	Front-end processor
85	FERPA	Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
86	FIPS	Federal Information Processing Standards
87	FQDN	Fully qualified domain names
88	FRCP	Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
89	FRR	False rejection rate
90	FTC	Federal Trade Commission
91	FTP	File transfer protocol
92	GDRP	General data protection regulation
93	GIAC	Global Information Assurance Certification
94	GLBA	Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
95	GLBP	Gateway load balancing protocol
96	GRC	Governance, risk, and compliance
97	GUI	Graphical user interface
98	HIDS	Host-based intrusion detection system
99	HIPAA	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
100	HIPS	Host-based intrusion prevention system
101	HITECH	Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health
102	HSRP	Hot standby router protocol
103	HTML	Hypertext markup language
104	HTTP	Hypertext transfer protocol
105	HTTPS	HTTP over secure socket layer
106	HVAC	Heating, ventilation, and cooling
107	IAB	Internet Activities Board
108	IAM	Identity and access management
109	IANA	Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
110	ICMP	Internet control message protocol
111	ICS	Industrial control system
112	IDEA	International data encryption algorithm
113	IDPS	Intrustion detection and prevention system
114	IDS	Intrusion detection system
115	IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
116	IEMI	Intentional electromagnetic interference
117	IETF	Internet Engineering Task Force
118	IGMP	Internet group management protocol
119	IGRP	Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
120	IKE	Internet key exchange
121	IKEv2	Internet key exchange v2
122	IM	Instant messaging
123	IMS	IP Multimedia Subsystem
124	InfoSec	Information security
125	IoT	Internet of Things
126	IP	Internet Protocol
127	IPS	Intrusion prevention system
128	IPSec	IP Security
129	IPv4	Internet protocol version 4
130	IPv6	Internet protocol version 6
131	IPX/SPX	Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange
132	IRC	Internet relay chat
133	IRS	Internal Revenue Service
134	(ISC)2	International Information System Security Certification Consortium
135	ISDN	Integrated Services Digital Network
136	ISO	International Organization for Standardization
137	ISP	Internet service provider
138	ISS	Internet security systems
139	IT	Information technology
140	ITIL	Information Technology Infrastructure Library
141	ITRC	Identity Theft Resource Center
142	IVR	Interactive voice response
143	LAN	Local area network
144	LCD	Liquid Crystal Display
145	LDAP	Lightweight directory access protocol
146	L2F	Layer 2 forwarding
147	L2TP	Layer 2 tunneling protocol
148	MAC	Mandatory access code. (Also Media Access Control.)
149	MAN	Metropolitan area network
150	MD5	Message Digest 5
151	MitM	Man-in-the-middle
152	modem	Modulator DEModulator
153	MPLS	Multi-protocol label switching
154	MPPE	Microsoft point-to-point encryption
155	MTBF	Mean time between failures
156	MTTF	Mean time to failure
157	MTU	Maximum transmission unit
158	NAC	Network access control
159	NAS	Network access server
160	NAT	Network access translation
161	NII	National Information Infrastructure
162	NAT-PT	Network address translation–protocol translation
163	NetBEUI	NetBios extended user interface
164	NFIC	National Fraud Information Center
165	NGFV	Next-generation firewall virtual
166	NGFW	Next-generation firewall
167	NGIPS	Next-generation intrusion prevention system
168	NIC	Network interface card
169	NIDS	Network intrusion detection system
170	NIPS	Network intrusion prevention system
171	NIST	National Institute of Standards and Technology
172	NMS	Network management system
173	NNTP	Network news transfer protocol
174	NPAS	Network policy and access services
175	NSA	National Security Agency
176	NTFS	New technology file system
177	OBM	Out-of-band management
178	OC	Optical carrier
179	OpenVPN	Open source virtual private network
180	Open WRT	Open Wireless Router
181	OS	Operating system
182	OSI	Open systems interconnection
183	OSPF	Open Shortest Path First
184	OWASP	Open Web Application Security Project
185	P2P	Person to person
186	PAT	Port address translation
187	PBX	Private branch exchange
188	PC	Personal computer
189	PCI	Payment Card Industry
190	PCI DSS	Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
191	PGP	Pretty good privacy
192	PHI	Protected health information
193	PII	Personally identifiable information
194	PKI	Public key infrastructure
195	PNAC	Port-based network access (admission) control
196	POP	Post Office Protocol
197	PPP	Point-to-point protocol
198	PPTP	Point-to-point tunneling protocol
199	PRNG	Pseudo random number generator
200	QoS	Quality of service
201	RADIUS	Remote authentication dial-in user service
202	RAID	Redundant array of independent disks
203	RAM	Random access memory
204	RAS	Remote access server
205	RBAC	Role-based access system
206	RDC	Remote desktop connection
207	RDP	Remote desktop protocol
208	RDS	Remote desktop services
209	RFC	Request for comments
210	RFID	Radio-frequency identification
211	RIP	Routing Information Protocol
212	RIR	Regional Internet registry
213	ROI	Return on investment
214	RRAS	Routing and remote access service
215	RSA	Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman (algorithm)
216	SAN	Storage area network
217	SANCP	Security analyst network connection profiler
218	SANS	SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security
219	SAP	Service access point
220	SCSI	Small computer system interface
221	SDD	Software Design Document
222	SED	Static-electric discharge
223	SEM	Security event management
224	SEO	Search engine optimization
225	SET	Secure electronic transaction
226	SGC	Server-gated cryptography
227	SHA	Secure hash algorithm
228	S-HTTP	Secure HTTP
229	SIEM	Security information and event management
230	SIM	Security information management
231	SIRT	Security incident response team
232	SLA	Service level agreement
233	SLE	Single loss expectancy
234	SMAC	Social, mobile, analytics and cloud
235	SMFA	Specific management functional area
236	SMTP	Simple mail transfer protocol
237	SNA	Systems network architecture
238	SNMP	Simple network management protocol
239	SOHO	Small office/home office
240	SOX	Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (also Sarbox)
241	SQL	Structured Query Language
242	SSA	Social Security Administration
243	SSCP	Systems Security Certified Practitioner
244	SSH	Secure shell
245	SSID	Service set identifier
246	SSL	Secure sockets layer
247	SSL/TLS	Secure sockets layer/transport layer security
248	SSO	Single sign-on
249	STP	Shielded twisted cable
250	STIG	Security Technical Implementation Guide
251	SYN	Synchronize
252	SYN/ACK	Synchronization acknowledged
253	TACACS	Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System
254	TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
255	TCP/IP	Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
256	TCSEC	Trusted computer system evaluation criteria
257	TFTP	Trivial file transfer protocol
258	TLS	Transport Layer Security
259	TNI	Trusted network interpretation
260	TPM	Trusted platform module
261	UDP	User datagram protocol
262	UNIX	Uniplexed Information and Computer Systems
263	UPS	Uninterruptible power supply
264	URL	Uniform resource locator
265	USB	Universal serial bus
266	UTM	Unified threat management
267	UTP	Unshielded twisted cable
268	VLAN	Virtual local area network
269	VOIP	Voice over Internet Protocol
270	VPN	Virtual private network
271	VRRP	Virtual router redundancy protocol
272	WAN	Wide area network
273	WANv	Wide area network virtual
274	VPN	Virtual private network
275	WAP	Wireless accent point
276	WebGUI	Web-based graphical user interface
277	WLAN	Wireless local area network
278	WNIC	Wireless network interface card
279	WORM	Write-once read-many
280	W3C	World Wide Web Consortium
281	WWW	World Wide Web
282	XXS	Cross-site scripting

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