Information Security Best Practices: 205 Basic Rules

| ACL | Access Control List, grants access to file or object to anyone in list associated with a file or object. |
| COTS | Commercial Off The Shelf hardware or software |
| B1 | Labeled Security Protection as specified in DoD 5200.28-STD |
| C2 | Controlled Access Protection as specified in DoD 5200.28-STD |
| DES | Data Encryption Standard |
| DMS | Defense Messaging System |
| DMZ | De-Militarized Zone |
| FTP | File Transport Protocol |
| Guard | A computer that has a set of controls that mediate trusted transfers across security boundaries. |
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| S-HTTP | Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| INFOSEC | Information Security |
| Kerberos | A secret key based service for providing authentication in a network |
| MLS | MultiLevel Security pertaining to classification levels |
| NES | Network Encryption System, a hardware encryption device by Motorola approved for encryption of Secret data over public networks |
| NFS | Network File System, a utility that permits files on a remote system to be accessed as though they were local |
| NNTP | Network News Transport Protocol |
| PEM | Privacy enhanced Mail, adds encryption, source authentication, and integrity protection to mail text messages. |
| Perimeter | |
| Subnet | Isolated network segment between two screening routers where public accessible computers can be placed |
| PGP | Pretty Good Privacy, secure mail protocol |
| POP3 | Post Office Protocol for transferring mail between server and client |
| RAS | Remote Access Service in Windows NT |
| RPC | Remote Procedure Call |
| SBU | Sensitive But Unclassified |
| Screening | |
| Router | Performs packet filtering according to a set of rules set by the administrator |
| SMB | Server Message Block, NT net protocol for passing info on computers |
| SMTP | Simple Mail Transport... |