The glossary below contains many of the terms you will find in common use throughout the Symantec Security Response Web site. Please refer to this list or the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page to find definition of terms and answers to other Internet security-related questions.
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- S/MIME (Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
- Safe list
- SAL (SAN Access Layer)
- SAL
- Samba
- Same-Host Backup
- SAN (Storage Area Network)
- SAN (storage-area network)
- SAN media server
- SAN snapshot
- Sarbanes-Oxley
- scalability
- scan
- Scanner
- Schedule Editor
- scheduled backup
- schedules
- scratch media
- screened host gateway
- screened subnet
- screening router
- script
- scroll bar
- SCSI (small computer system interface)
- SCSI disk
- SCSI reserve or release
- SCSIbus
- Search window
- Search
- Secondary checkpoint
- Secondary data volume failure
- secondary disk group
- secondary disk
- secondary level right pane list
- secondary model
- Secondary node
- secondary path
- Secondary pause
- Secondary Replicated Volume Group
- secondary site
- secondary window
- section
- sector copy
- sector size
- sector
- secure browser
- security
- security architecture
- security assessment tools
- security directory
- security domain
- Security Essentials 2010
- security gateway
- security guard
- Security Incident severity: Critical
- Security Incident severity: Emergency
- Security Incident severity: Informational
- Security Incident severity: Warning
- Security Incident
- security lifecycle
- Security Master AV
- security policy
- security risk
- Security Role Manager
- security services
- Security Shield
- security suite
- segmentation threshold
- segmentation
- segment
- select
- selection list
- sender group
- Sender ID
- sensor
- serial communication
- serial interface
- serial port
- serial rerouting
- serial transmission
- Server Control
- Server Extensions Configurator
- Server Extensions
- server group
- server independent restore
- server list
- server pool
- server virtualization
- server-based computing
- server-directed restore
- server
- service account
- service address
- service group dependency
- service group
- service level agreement
- Service Modeler
- Service pack
- service provisioning
- service
- services.exe
- servlet
- SESA (Symantec Enterprise Security Architecture)
- session (Vault)
- session
- set of continuous physical extents
- setting
- severity (malicious code)
- severity
- SF (Storage Foundation) Management Console
- SFCFS (Storage Foundation Cluster File System)
- SFCFS Primary
- SGA (System Global Area)
- shadow storage
- shadow
- ShadowImage
- shared disk group
- shared disk
- shared drive
- shared folder
- shared POP3 mailbox
- shared resource tree (SRT)
- Shared Storage Option (SSO)
- shared storage
- shared VM disk
- shared volume
- SharePoint
- share
- sharing
- short summary
- SICL (Simple Instrumentation Collection Layer)
- SID (Security Identifier)
- sideband
- Sieve
- Signature File Serial Number
- signature library
- signature
- silent installation
- Silent mode
- simple dynamic volume
- simulated tape library
- single port communication
- single threading
- single-instance storage
- SIP (Symantec Integration Package)
- SIP Integration Wizard
- site server
- site
- size of attachment
- slave node
- slice
- slider
- SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol)
- slope
- slot
- smart card
- Smart DHCP
- Smart DNS
- smart rule
- Smart Traffic Filter
- Smart WINS
- SmartLink
- SMDR
- SMF (Standard Message Format)
- SMS
- SMTP
- SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
- SMTP Wizard
- SMTPD
- Smurf DoS attack
- SnapMirror
- snapped file system
- snapped volume
- snapshot file system
- snapshot method
- snapshot mirror
- snapshot source
- snapshot volume
- snapshot
- SND (Scan and Deliver)
- sniffing
- SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
- SNMP Notification
- soft appliance
- soft limit
- soft zoning
- software bulletin
- Software Catalog
- software compliance
- Software Library
- Software Portal
- Software Update Agent
- Software Update Policy Wizard
- Software Update policy
- Software Virtualization Agent
- software
- SOL (Serial-over-LAN)
- SOL/IDE-R (Serial-over-LAN/IDE-Redirection)
- solution plug-in
- solution
- solutions
- source code
- source computer
- source IP address
- source of compromise
- Source Path Update
- source port
- source volume group
- source-routed IP packets
- SPA (storage pool authority)
- Spam Quarantine
- spam scoring
- spam
- spanned volume
- spanning
- SPAR (storage pool authority replication)
- sparse plex
- SpeedSend
- SPF (Sender Policy Framework)
- SPI (Security Parameter Index)
- Split
- splitter
- spoofing
- Spool File
- spyware
- spyware protection
- Spyware Removal
- spyware removal software
- spyware remover
- SRL (Storage Replicator Log)
- SRL overflow protection
- SSE-CMM (Systems Security Engineering Capability Maturity Model)
- SSH (Secure Shell)
- SSIM agent
- SSL (Secure Socket Layer)
- SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
- SSL certificate
- SSO
- SSR (Symantec Security Response)
- stack overflow
- stacker
- stage
- STALE
- stand-alone inventory package
- stand-alone inventory
- standalone
- standard device
- standard event code
- standard rule
- standard
- Startup block
- stateful
- State
- statistics threshold
- status bar
- status code
- status
- Stealth Mode Browsing
- stealth
- storage account
- storage aggregation
- storage area network (SAN)
- storage array
- storage attribute
- Storage Checkpoint
- storage class
- storage device
- Storage entity
- Storage Foundation Management Console
- storage group
- Storage Location
- Storage management stack (or Stack)
- storage migrator
- Storage object
- storage pool - data pool, clone pool
- storage pool policy
- storage pool
- Storage RLINK
- Storage Rollback
- storage server
- Storage Service
- storage space
- Storage System
- storage tier
- storage unit
- storage view
- storage virtualization
- strategic backup plan
- strategic naming conventions
- stream
- Streaming Agent
- Streaming Console
- Streaming Server
- Streamlet Engine
- Streamlet
- strip attachment
- stripe size
- stripe unit size
- stripe unit
- striped volume (RAID-0)
- stripe
- striping
- structural fileset
- subdisk
- subject (malicious code)
- subject of email
- subject
- subnet address
- subnet entity
- subnet mask
- subnet
- subordinate node
- suffix
- summary dashboard
- super-block
- Superantispyware
- superuser
- SUSE
- suspect file search
- Suspect list
- Suspect Virus Quarantine
- Suspected Spammers list
- suspected spam
- SUSPENDED media state
- suspicious attachment
- sv2i
- svchost.exe
- SVS (Software Virtualization Solution)
- SVS command
- SVS File System Filter Driver
- SVS Package
- swap area
- swap volume
- switched line
- switch
- Symantec Enforcement Agent
- Symantec Enforcer
- Symantec ESM Agent
- Symantec ESM Enterprise Console
- Symantec ESM Manager
- Symantec event collector
- Symantec Global Bad Senders
- Symantec Global Good Senders
- Symantec Global Intelligence Network
- Symantec Management Console
- Symantec Management Platform
- Symantec Network Access Control
- Symantec Network Prevent
- Symantec Online Storage folder
- Symantec Online Storage for Backup Exec
- Symantec OpsCenter
- Symantec Personal Firewall
- Symantec Policy Management Console
- Symantec Policy Manager
- Symantec Private Branch Exchange (PBX)
- Symantec Private Branch Exchange
- Symantec Product Authentication Service
- Symantec Product Authorization Service
- Symantec Protection Agent
- Symantec Protection Network
- Symantec Recovery Disk
- Symantec Security Information Manager
- Symantec Security Response
- Symantec Spam Folder Agent for Domino
- Symantec Spam Folder Agent for Exchange
- Symantec Sygate Enterprise Protection
- SYMAPI
- symbolic link
- SYMClean
- SYMCLI
- symmetric encryption
- Symmetrix
- symptoms
- sync/async replication
- Synchronization
- Synchronized snapshot
- synchronize
- Synchronous mode
- Synchronous override
- synchronous transmission
- synchronous writes
- synchronous
- SyncService
- syntax error
- synthetic backup
- syslog
- system administrator
- System Global Area
- system information
- System Library
- System Lockdown
- system partition or volume
- system resources
- System State and Services data selection
- System State backup
- System Tool
- system-defined path
- systems affected
- systems not affected
- system