Acronyms #1

Question 1

802.1x

Answer 1

A port based authentication protocol

WPA2 Enterprise Mode uses RADIUS as an 802.1x server

PEAP and EAP-TTLS require certifications on the 802.1x server

EAP-TLS uses TLS and requires a certificate on both the server and client

Question 2

3DES

Answer 2

Triple Data Encryption Standard

Question 3

AAA

Answer 3

Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting

Example: TACACS+ uses multiple challenge and responses during a session.

Question 4

ACE

Answer 4

Access Control Entry

Identifies a user or group that is granted permissions to a resource.

ACES are contained with in DACL in NTFS

Question 5

ACK

Answer 5

Acknowledge.

In regards to TCP Handshake

Question 6

ACL

Answer 6

Access Control List

Question 7

AES

Answer 7

Advanced Encryption Standard

More covered under asymmetric encryption cards

Question 8

AH

Answer 8

Authentication Header

Covered under IPSec

Question 9

ALE

Answer 9

Annual Loss Expectancy

The expected annual loss from a system or component. Used to measure risk with ARO (Annual Rate of occurrence) and SLE (Single loss expectancy).

ALE=ARO*SLE

Question 10

AP

Answer 10

Access Point

Short hand of WAP (Wireless Access Point).

Provides access to a wired network for wireless devices.

Question 11

API

Answer 11

Application Programming Interface

A software module or component that identifies inputs and out puts for a program

Question 12

APT

Answer 12

Advanced Persistent Threat

A group that has the capability and intent to launch sophisticated and targeted attacks

Question 13

ARO

Answer 13

Annual Rate of Occurrence

How many times in a year an event is expected to occur

Question 14

ARP

Answer 14

Address Resolution Protocol

Resolves IPv4 Addresses with their MAC addresses

Question 15

AUP

Answer 15

Acceptable Use Policy

Question 16

BAC

Answer 16

Business Availability Center

An application that shows the availability and performance of applications used or provided by a business.

Question 17

BCP

Answer 17

Business Continuity Plan

Covers Disaster Recovery providing steps used to return systems to operation after an outage.

BIA is part of the BCP and drives the decision to create redundancy/failover clusters or alternate sites.(Hot, warm, cold, redundant)

Question 18

ASCII

Answer 18

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

Code used to display characters.

Question 19

ASP

Answer 19

Application Service Provider

Provides application as a server over a network,