CISSP Practice

JVM

Java virtual machine

K

KDC

Key distribution center

KEK

Key encryption key

KG

Key generator

KGD

Key generation and distribution

KMF

Key management facility

KMM

Key management message

KSG

Key stream generator

KSK

Key signing key

KWK

Key wrapping key

L

LAN

Local-area network

LAPB

Link access procedure B

LCD

Liquid crystal display

LCP

Link control protocol

LDA

Local delivery agent

LDAP

Lightweight directory access protocol

LM

LanManager

LMDS

Local multipoint distribution service

LMP

Link manager protocol

LOS

Line-of-sight

LRA

Local registration authority

L2TP

Layer 2 tunneling protocol

LTP

Lightweight transport protocol

M

MAC

Mandatory Access Control/Media Access Control/Medium Access Control/ message authentication code

MAN

Metropolitan area network

MBR

Master boot record

MC

Mobile commerce

MD

Message digest

MGCP

Media gateway control protocol

MHS

Message handling system

MIC

Message integrity check/message integrity code/mandatory integrity control

MIDI

Musical instrument digital interface

MIM

Meet-in-the-middle (attack)

MIME

Multipurpose Internet mail extensions

MIN

Mobile identification number

MIP

Mobile Internet protocol

MitM

Man-in-the-middle (attack)

MIPS

Million instructions per second

MMS

Multimedia messaging service

MM

Management message

MOA

Memorandum of agreement

MOU

Memorandum of understanding

MPEG

Moving picture coding experts group

MS

Mobile subscriber

MSI

Module software interface

MSISDN

Mobile subscriber integrated services digital network

MSP

Message security protocol

MTBF

Mean-time-between-failures

MTBO

Mean-time-between-outages

MTD

Maximum tolerable downtime

MTM

Mobile trusted module

MTTDL

Mean-time-to-data loss

MTTF

Mean-time-to-failure

MTTR

Mean-time-to-recovery

Mean-time-to-repair

Mean-time-to-restore

N

NAC

Network Access Control

NAK

Negative acknowledgment

NAP

Network Access Protection

NAPT

Network address and port translation

NAS

Network access server

NAT

Network Address Translation

NBA

Network behavior analysis

NCP

Network Control Protocol

NDAC

Nondiscretionary access control

NetBIOS

Network Basic Input/Output System

NFAT

Network Forensic Analysis Tool

NFS

Network file system/network file sharing

NH

Next header

NIAC

National infrastructure advisory council

NIAP

National information assurance partnership

NIC

Network interface card

NID

Network interface device

NIPC

National infrastructure protection center

NIS

Network information system

NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NISTIR

National Institute of Standards and Technology Interagency Report

NLOS

Nonline-of-sight (non LOS)

NNTP

Network News Transfer Protocol

NS

Name server

NSA

National Security Agency

NTFS

NT file system

NTLM

NT LanManager

NTP

Network Time Protocol

NVD

National Vulnerability Database

NVLAP

National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program

O

OASIS

Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards

OCSP

Online Certificate Status Protocol

OECD

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

OFB

Output feedback (mode)

OLE

Object linking and embedding

OOD

Object-oriented design

OOP

Object-oriented programming

ONS

Object naming service

OOB

Out-of-band

OpenPGP

Open Specification for Pretty Good Privacy

OS

Operating system

OSE

Open system environment

OSI

Open system interconnection

OSPF

Open shortest path first

OSS

Open-source software

OTAR

Over-the-air rekeying

OTP

One-time password

OVAL

Open vulnerability and assessment language

P

P2P

Peer-to-peer

P3P

Platform for privacy preferences project

PAC

Protected access credential/privilege attribute certificate

PAD

Packet assembly and disassembly/peer authorization database

PAN

Personal-Area Network

PAP

Password authentication protocol/policy access point

PAT

Port address translation

PATA

Parallel ATA (advanced technology attachment)

PBA

Pre-boot authentication

PBAC

Policy-Based Access Control

PBE

Pre-boot environment

PBX

Private branch exchange

PC

Personal computer

PCI

Payment card industry/personal identity verification card issuer

PCIDSS

Payment card industry data security standard

PCMCIA

Personal computer memory card international association

PCN

Process control network

PCP

IP payload compression protocol

PCS

Process control system

PDA

Personal digital assistant

PDF

Portable document format

PDP

Policy decision point

PDS

Protective distribution systems

PEAP

Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol

PEM

Privacy enhanced mail

PEP

Policy enforcement point

PERT

Program evaluation and review technique

PGP

Pretty Good Privacy

PHP

PHP hypertext preprocessor

PIA

Privacy impact assessment

PII

Personally identifiable information

PIN

Personal identification number

PIP

Policy information point

PIV

Personal identity verification

PKCS

Public key cryptography standard

PKI

Public key infrastructure

PKM

Privacy key management

POA&M