AES: Advanced Encryption Standard.
ASN: Abstract Syntax Notation
CBC-DES: Cipher Block Chaining mode to the Data Encryption Standard.
FCAPS: Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance and Security Management.
HMAC: Keyed Hashing for Message Authentication.
IDS: Intrusion Detection System.
IETF: Internet Engineering Task Force.
IPS: Intrusion Prevention System.
ISO: International Organization for Standardization.
MD5: Message Digest 5.
MIB: Management Information Base.
NMS: Network Management Station.
OID: Object Identifier
OSI: Open Systems Interconnection model
PDU: Protocol Data Unit.
RFC: Request for Comments.
SHA: Secure Hash Algorithm.
SMI: Structure of Management Information.
SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocol.
TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.
TLS: Transport Layer Security.
USM: User-based Security Models.
VACM: View-based Access Control Model.