AES | Advanced Encryption Standard |
CIA | Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability |
DLP | Data Loss Prevention |
SFP | Small Form-factor Pluggable |
CSMA/CD | Carrier-Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection |
SYSLOG | System Log |
ESP | Encapsulating Security Payload |
NAC | Network Access Control |
WAN | Wide Area Network |
EIGRP | Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol |
ICMP | Internet Control Message Protocol |
IPSec | Internet Protocol Security |
MDF | Main Distribution Frame |
GRE | Generic Routing Encapsulation |
NIC | Network Interface Card |
IGMP | Internet Group Management Protocol |
TFTP | Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
VM | Virtual Machine |
DSU | Data Service Unit |
VRRP | Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol |
DoS | Denial-of-Service |
LC | Local Connector |
RF | Radio Frequency |
EIA | Electronic Industries Association |
TIA/EIA | Telecommunications Industry Association/Electronic Industries Alliance |
CAN | Campus Area Network |
DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
HA | High Availability |
LDAPS | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (over SSL) |
POP3 | Post Office Protocol version 3 |
AP | Access Point |
SSH | Secure Shell |
STP | Spanning Tree Protocol |
ICS | Industrial Control System |
SOHO | Small Office Home Office |
ST | Straight Tip or Snap Twist |
RFC | Request for Comment |
MAC | Media Access Control/Medium Access Control |
MIMO | Multiple Input, Multiple Output |
SSD | Solid-State Drive |
VIP | Virtual IP |
EAP | Extensible Authentication Protocol |
HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
PAN | Personal Area Network |
CLI | Command-Line Interface |
PaaS | Platform as a Service |
iSCSI | Internet Small Computer Systems Interface |
dB | Decibel |
IPS | Intrusion Prevention System |
SFTP | Secure File Transfer Protocol |
SSO | Single Sign-On |
NTP | Network Time Protocol |
OSPF | Open Shortest Path First |
UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
WAP | Wireless Access Point |
RSSI | Received Signal Strength Indication |
AH | Authentication Header |
IP | Internet Protocol |
RG | Radio Guide |
SSID | Service Set Identifier |
LTE | Long-Term Evolution |
UPC | Ultra-Physical Contact |
VLAN | Virtual Local Area Network |
CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access |
LAN | Local Area Network |
NGFW | Next-Generation Firewall |
SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
TLS | Transport Layer Security |
PoE | Power over Ethernet |
APIPA | Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing |
FCoE | Fibre Channel over Ethernet |
SAN | Storage Area Network |
TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
RADIUS | Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service |
TKIP | Temporal Key Integrity Protocol |
PAT | Port Address Translation |
SIP | Session Initiation Protocol |
ISP | Internet Service Provider |
BYOD | Bring Your Own Device |
WDM | Wavelength Division Multiplexing |
DWDM | Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing |
NFV | Network Function Virtualization |
CSMA/CA | Carrier-Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance |
IMAP | Internet Message Access Protocol |
EUI | Extended Unique Identifier |
SDN | Software-Defined Network |
CRC | Cyclic Redundancy Check |
CSU | Channel Service Unit |
MT-RJ | Mechanical Transfer - Registered Jack |
SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
DDoS | Distributed Denial-of-Service |
LACP | Link Aggregation Control Protocol |
DSL | Digital Subscriber Line |
MTU | Maximum Transmission Unit |
vNIC | virtual Network Interface Card |
MTBF | Mean Time Between Failure |
SaaS | Software as a Service |
ACL | Access Control List |
CAM | Content Addressable Memory (table) |
MX | Mail Exchange |
OTDR | Optical Time Domain Reflectometer |
SIEM | Security Information and Event Management |
URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
CPU | Central Processing Unit |
SDWAN | Software-Defined WAN |
SLAAC | Stateless Address Auto-Configuration |
AUP | Acceptable Use Policy |
UPS | Uninterruptible Power Supply |
IDS | Intrusion Detection System |
EIRP | Effective Isotropic Radiated Power |
MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
SRV | Service Record |
APC | Angled Physical Contact |
MDIX | Medium Dependent Interface Crossover |
CIDR | Classless Inter-Domain Routing |
HDMI | High-Definition Multimedia Interface |
VNC | Virtual Network Computing |
DaaS | Desktop as a Service |
MU-MIMO | Multiuser - Multiple Input, Multiple Output |
UTP | Unshielded Twister Pair |
PDU | Power Distribution Unit |
DNS | Domain Name System |
NAS | Network Attached Storage |
SMB | Server Message Block |
CVE | Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures |
USB | Universal Serial Bus |
PTR | Pointer Record |
IPv4 | Internet Protocol version 4 |
mGRE | Multipoint Generic Routing Encapsulation |
IDF | Intermediate Distribution Frame |
NDA | Non-Disclosure Agreement |
SOA | Start of Authority |
TACACS+ | Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus |
IPv6 | Internet Protocol version 6 |
LED | Light-Emitting Diode |
RIP | Routing Internet Protocol |
SCADA | Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition |
HVAC | Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning |
MIB | Management Information Base |
RPO | Recovery Point Objective |
CNAME | Canonical Name |
QoS | Quality of Service |
RTSP | Real Time Streaming Protocol |
VoIP | Voice over Internet Protocol |
FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
BNC | British Naval Connector/Bayonet Neill-Concelman |
MPLS | Multiprotocol Label Switching |
BGP | Border Gateway Protocol |
FHRP | First Hop Redundancy Protocol |
MAN | Metropolitan Area Network |
OSI | Open Systems Interconnection |
QSFP | Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable |
SQL | Structured Query Language |
VPN | Virtual Private Network |
HTTPS | Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure |
IaaS | Infrastructure as a Service |
OID | Object Identifier |
NS | Name Server |
SC | Standard Connector/Subscriber Connector |
SLA | Service Level Agreement |
TTL | Time to Live |
AAAA | Authentication, Authorization, Accounting, Auditing |
RJ | Registered Jack |
CWDM | Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing |
WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network |
WPA | WiFi Protected Access |
RTO | Recovery Time Objective |
RAID | Redundant Array of Inexpensive (or Independent) Disks |
PSK | Pre-Shared Key |
GBIC | Gigabit Interface Converter |
IoT | Internet of Things |
MTTR | Mean Time to Repair |
RA | Router Advertisements |
GSM | Global System for Mobile Communications |
NAT | Network Address Translation |
RDP | Remote Desktop Protocol |
TX/RX | Transmit and Receive |
ARP | Address Resolution Protocol |
SSL | Secure Sockets Layer |