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Common Acronyms & Abbreviations

Here is a list of definitions for commonly used acronyms or abbreviations within the realm of Cyber Security.

  • 3DES – Triple-DES
  • AES – Advanced Encryption Standard
  • API – Application Programming Interface
  • ARP – Address Resolution Protocol
  • AV – AntiVirus
  • CA – Certificate Authority
  • DES – Data Encryption Standard
  • DH – Diffie-Hellman*
  • DoS – Denial Of Service
  • DDoS – Distributed Denial Of Service
  • DNS – Domain Name System
  • E2EE – End-to-End Encryption
  • ECC – Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem*
  • EK – Exploit Kit
  • EXIF – Exchangeable Image File Format
  • FTP – File Transfer Protocol
  • IDN – International Domain Name
  • IP – Internet Protocol
  • IV – Initialization Vector
  • HSTS – HTTP Strict Transport Security
  • HTTP – HyperText Transfer Protocol
  • HTTPS – Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
  • KVM – Kernel Virtual Machine
  • MITM – Man In The Middle
  • OS – Operating System
  • OTR – Off The Record
  • PGP – Pretty Good Privacy
  • PHP – Hypertext Preprocessor
  • RARP – Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
  • RSA – Rivest-Shamir-Adleman*
  • SMS – Short Message Service
  • SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
  • SNI – Server Name Indication
  • SQL – Structured Query Language
  • SSH – Secure Shell
  • SSL – Secure Sockets Layer
  • SSO – Single Sign-On
  • TLS – Transport Layer Security
  • UI – User Interface
  • URL – Uniform Resource Locator
  • VBS – Visual Basic Script
  • VM – Virtual Machine
  • VPN – Virtual Private Network
  • WEP – Wired Equivalent Privacy
  • WPA – Wi-Fi Protected Access
  • WPS – Wi-Fi Protected Setup
  • XSS – Cross-site scripting
  • ZRTP – Z & Real Time Protocol

* Encryption Algorithms

This list is by no means exhaustive so are there any acronyms or abbreviations that really need adding? If so please comment below and share with our audience.

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