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Question 1

OVAL

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Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language

XML Schema for describing system security state & querying vulnerability reports

Question 2

OWASP

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Open Web Application Security Project

keep up to date with specific attack methods and new types of attacks

Question 3

P12

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PKCS#12

type of certificate format used to transfer your private key and certificate from one Windows host computer to another

Question 4

PKCS

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(public key cryptography standards)
Series of standards defining the use of certificate authorities and digital certificates

Promote PKI use

Question 5

P2P

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Peer-to-Peer
A point-to-point topology is one where two nodes have a dedicated connection to one another. In a point-to- multipoint topology, a central node mediates links between remote nodes

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PaaS

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Platform as a Service

computing method that uses the cloud to provide any platform-type services (aka Hardware + SW)

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PAC

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Proxy Auto Configuration
A script that allows a client to configure proxy (access) settings without user intervention
i.e. Will the web request go to the destination or a server?

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PAM

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Privileged Access Management

Pluggable Authentication Modules (linux access)

Question 9

PAP

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Password Authentication Protocol

unsophisticated authentication method, HTTP-cleartext

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PBKDF2

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Password-based Key Derivation Function 2

Key stretching algorithm

Question 11

PBX

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Private Branch Exchange

interface between the VoIP network and external telephone and cellular networks

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PCAP

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Packet Capture

file format for tcpdump & tcpreplay

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PCI DSS

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Payment Card Industry

Data Security Standard

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PDU

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Power Distribution Unit

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PE

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Portable Executable

file format for executables

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PEAP

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Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol

EAP implementation that uses a server-side certificate to create a secure tunnel for user authentication

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PED

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Portable Electronic Device

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PEM

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Privacy Enhanced Mail

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PFS

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Perfect Forward Secrecy
ensures if a key is compromised the compromise will only affect a single session, not let data from other session get recovered

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PGP

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Pretty Good Privacy

alt. to PKI

Question 21

PIV

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Personal Identity Verification

Gov’t Smart Card resistant to tampering and provides quick electronic authentication of the card’s owner.

Question 22

PKCS

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Public Key Cryptography Standards

standards defining the use of certificate authorities and digital certificates

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PKI

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Public Key Infrastructure
Framework of certificate authorities, digital certificates, software, services, and other cryptographic components deployed for the purpose of validating subject identities

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PoC

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Proof of Concept

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POP

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Post Office Protocol | mailbox protocol designed to store themessages delivered by SMTP on a server

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POTS

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Plain Old Telephone Service

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PPP

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Point-to-Point Protocol | provides encapsulation for IP traffic plus IP address assignment and authentication via the widely supported (CHAP)

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PPTP (obsolete)

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Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol | Support VPN over PPP & TCP/IP, vulnerable to PW cracking

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PSK

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Pre-shared Key | Passphrase to generate the key that is used to encrypt communications. aka Group Authentication share the same secret

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PTZ

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Pan-Tilt-Zoom

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PUP

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Potentially Unwanted Program | Software that cannot definitively be classed as malicious, but may not have been chosen by or wanted by the user

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QoS

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Quality of Service

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RA

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Registration Authority | In PKI, an authority that accepts requests for digital certificates and authenticates the entities making those requests

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RAD

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Rapid Application Development

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RADIUS

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Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service | manage remote and wireless authentication infrastructures

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RAS

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Remote Access Server allows users to gain access to files and print services on the LAN from a remote location

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RAT

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Remote Access Trojan | Malware that creates a backdoor

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RCS

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Rich Communication Service | platform-independent advanced messaging app for video calling or large file attachments

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RFC

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Request for Comments when a new technology is accepted as a web standard, it is published as an RFC by the W3C

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RFID

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Radio Frequency Identifier

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RIPEMD

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RACE Integrity Primitives Evaluation Message Digest | cryptographic hash functions

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RPO

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Recovery Point Objective | amount of data loss that a system cansustain, measured in time

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RSA

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first successful algorithm for public key encryption | Asymmetric

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RTBH

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Remotely Triggered Black Hole | area of the network that cannot reach any other part of the network

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RTO

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Recovery Time Objective period following a disaster that an individual IT system may remain offline. This represents the amount of time it takes to identify that there is a problem and then perform recovery

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RTOS

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Real-Time Operating System | type of OS that prioritizes deterministic execution of operations to ensure consistent response for time-critical tasks

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RTP

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Real-time Transport Protocol | Opens a data stream for video and voice applications over UDP.

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S/MIME

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Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions | An email encryption standard that adds digital signatures and public key cryptography

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SaaS

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Software as a Service | cloud the app/software needed