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1
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AES

Cryptography

A

Advanced Encryption Standard

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AH

A

Authentication Header

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Wireless Technology

ATIM

A

Announcement Traffic Indication Messages

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ALE

A

Annual Loss Expectancy

SLE times ARO

SLE times ARO

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APT

A

Advanced Persistant Threat

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ARO

GRC

A

Annual rate of Occurance

number of times a loss can occur within an year

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ARP

A

Address Resolution Protocol

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C2

A

Command to Control

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CASB

A

Cloud Access Security Broker

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CCM

A

Cloud Controls Matrix

CSA CCM - Cloud Security Aliance CCM - to assess the security posture of an organisation

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CCMP

A

Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol

Counter Mode Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol (Counter Mode CBC-MAC Protocol) or CCM mode Protocol (CCMP)

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CER

A

Cross Error Rate

used to determine the effectiveness of a control

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CHAP

A

Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

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CIS-RAM

A

Center for Internet Security - Risk Assessment Method

to evaluate the overall security posture

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CRL

issued by Certificate Authority(CA)

A

Certificate Revocation List

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CSF

A

Cybersecurity Framework

NIST CSF - security policy to assess and improve the ability to prevent, detect and respond to cybersecurity attacks

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17
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CVE

A

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

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18
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CVSS

A

Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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19
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DDoS

A

Distributed Denial of Service

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20
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DES

A

Data Encryption Standard

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21
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DLP

A

Data Loss Prevention

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DNS

A

Domain Name System

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EAP

A

Extensible Authentication Protocol

802.1x - allows multiple authentication methods to permit users access LAN &WLAN

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EAP-AKA

A

EAP Authentication and Key Agreement

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EAP-EKE

A

EAP Encrypted Key Exchange

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EAP-FAST

A

EAP Flexible Authentication via Secure Tunneling

Cisco Proprietory - designed to replace LEAP

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27
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EAP-GTC

A

EAP Generic Token Card

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28
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EAP-IKEv2

A

EAP Internet Key Exchange v2

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29
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EAP-NOOB

A

Nible out-of-band Authentication for EAP

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30
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EAP-PSK

A

EAP Pre-Shared Key

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31
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EAP-SIM

A

EAP Subscriber Identity Module

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32
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EAP-TLS

A

EAP Transport Layer Security

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33
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EAP-TTLS

A

EAP Tunneled Transport Layer Security

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34
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ECDHE

A

Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral

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35
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EF

A

Exposure Factor

This is the percentage of the asset value that would be lost as a result of a threat. This is used to calculate SLE. SLE = Asset Value X EF

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36
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ESP

A

Encapsulation Security Payload

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37
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FAR

A

False Acceptance Rate

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38
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FRR

A

False Rejection Rate

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39
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FTPES

A

Explicit FTP over SSL

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40
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FTPS

A

FTP over SSL

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41
Q

GDPR

A

General Data Protection Regulation

Regulation in EU

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42
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GRC

A

Governance, risk and compliance

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43
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HIPAA

A

Health Insurence Portability & Accountability Act

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44
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HIPS

A

Host based Intrusion Prevention System

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45
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HMAC

A

Hash-based message authentication code

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46
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HOTP

A

HMAC-Based One-Time Password Algorithm

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47
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HPKP

A

HTTP Public Key Pinning

an obsolete Internet security mechanism delivered via an HTTP header

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48
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HSM

A

Hardware Security Module

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49
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HVAC

A

Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning

50
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IA

A

Information Assurance

51
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IaaS

A

Infrastructure as a Service

52
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IAM

A

Identity & Access Management

53
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ICMP

A

Internet Control Message Protocol

Supporting protocol in the Internet protocol suite.

It is used by network devices, including routers, to send error messages and operational information

54
Q

ICV

A

Integrity Check Value

55
Q

IDS

A

Intrusion Detection System

56
Q

IPS

A

Intrusion Prevention System

57
Q

ISFW

A

Internal Segmentation Firewall

58
Q

LEAP

A

Lightweight EAP

59
Q

MDA

A

Message Digest Algorithm

Also known as md5

The MD5 hashing algorithm is a one-way cryptographic function that accepts a message of any length as input and returns as output a fixed-length digest value to be used for authenticating the original message.

60
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MitM

A

Man-in-the-Middle

61
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MoU

Done before any engagement.

A

Memorandum of Understanding

used during the priliminary discussions stage between two merging/parterning businesses

62
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MTBF

A

Mean Time Between Failures

provides a measure of a system’s average reliability and is measured in hours. This is used to measure for repairable assets

63
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MTTF

A

Mean Time To Failure

used to measure the non-repairable assets

64
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MTTR

A

Mean Time To Recover

is the average time it takes to restore a system after an outage.

65
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NFC

A

Near Field Communication

NFC doesn’t provide encryption, so eavesdropping and MitM attacks are possible.

66
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NGFW

A

Next Generation Firewall

67
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NIST

A

National Institute of Standards & Technology

68
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OCSP

It is an Internet Protocol (IP) that certificate authorities (CAs) use to determine the status of secure sockets layer/transport layer security (SSL/TLS) certificates

A

Online Certificate Status Protocol

69
Q

OIDC

an authenticaiton protocol

A

Open ID Connect

is an authentication protocol, providing authenticaiton for federated applications

70
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OSINT

A

Open Source Intelligence

71
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PaaS

A

Platform as a Service

72
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PAP

It is a basic authenticaiton mechanism.

A

Password Authentication Protocol

an unsophisticated authentication method used as the basic authentication mechanism in HTTP. It relies on clear-text password exchange.

73
Q

PAT

in layer 3

A

Port Address Translation

Similar to NAT

74
Q

PCI-DSS

GRC

A

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

75
Q

PEAP

A

Protected EAP

76
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PFS

Cryptography

A

Perfect Forward Secrecy

77
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PII

GRC

A

Personally Identifiable Information

78
Q

POP3

A

PostOffice Protocol V3

79
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PPP

A

Point-to-Point Protocol

80
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PUP

A

Potentially Unwanted Program

81
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QoS

A

Quality of Service

802.1p

82
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RADIUS

A

Remote Authentication Dial Up

used primarily for network access control

83
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RASP

Security mechanism

A

Runtime Application Self Protection

84
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RBAC

Technical Control

A

Role Based Access Control

85
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RCE

A

Remote Code Execution

86
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RoR

A

Rate of Return

87
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RPO

A

Recovery Point Objective

identifies a point in time that data loss is acceptable. In the event of a system failure, the company may lose some data, but the RPO is the last seven days.

88
Q

RRset

A

Resource Records set

89
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RSA

Cryptography

A

Rivest, Shamir, Adleman

Widely used, but it’s no more secure

90
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RTO

GRC

A

Recovery Time Objective

identifies the maximum time it takes to recover a system in the event of an outage. for example Eight hours to restore represent the RTO.

91
Q

RTP

A

Real-time Transport Protocol

92
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S/MIME

A

Secure Multipart Internet Message Extensions

to sign & encrypt mail messages using an email certificate

93
Q

SaaS

A

Software as a Service

94
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SECaas

A

Security as a Service

95
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SED

Cryptography

A

Self Encrypting Drive

96
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SFTP

A

Secure Shell FTP

97
Q

In Cryptography

SHA

A

Secure Hash Algorithm

SHA & salt are part of key stretching process

98
Q

SIP

A

Session Initiation Protocol

99
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SLE

GRC

A

Single Loss Expectancy

cost of any single item loss. SLE = AV X EF

100
Q

SOAR

A

Security Orchestration, Automation & Response

101
Q

SoC

A

System on a Chip

102
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SOC

A

Security Operations Center

103
Q

SRTP

A

Secure RTP

Used for Video and VOIP calls

104
Q

SSO

A

Single Sign-On

105
Q

SSRF

A

Server Side Request Forgery

106
Q

SWG

A

Secure Web Gateway

107
Q

TACACS+

A

Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System Plus

specifically designed for network administration of routers. TACACS+ performs authentication, authorization, and accounting functions better than RADIUS

108
Q

TEAP

A

Tunnel Extensible Authentication Protocol

109
Q

TLS

A

Transport Layer Security

110
Q

TOTP

A

Time based One Time Password Algorithm

111
Q

TPM

A

Trusted Platform Module

112
Q

TTP

A

Tactics, Techniques & Procedures

113
Q

UBA

A

User Behaviour Analytics

114
Q

UTM

A

Unified Threat Management

115
Q

WAP

A

Wireless Application Protocol

116
Q

WAS

A

Web Application Security

117
Q

XSS

A

Cross-Site Scripting

118
Q

ZTNA

A

Zero Trust Network Access

119
Q

PMK

Cryptography

A

Pairwise Master Key

120
Q

BSS

A

Basic Service Set

121
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IBSS

A

Independent BSS

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