Acronyms Flashcards
3DES
Triple Data Encryption Standard
AAA
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
ABAC
Attribute-based Access Control
ACL
Access Control List
AD
Active Directory
AES
Advanced Encryption Standard
AH
Authentication Header
AIS
Automated Indicator Sharing
ALE
Annualized Loss Expectancy
AP
Access Point
API
API Application Programming Interface
APT
APT Advanced Persistent Threat
ARO
ARO Annualized Rate of Occurrence
ARP
ARP Address Resolution Protocol
ASLR
ASLR Address Space Layout Randomization
ASP
ASP Active Server Pages
ATT&CK
Adversarial Tactics, Techniques,
and Common Knowledge
AUP
AUP Acceptable Use Policy
BCP
BCP Business Continuity Planning
BGP
BGP Border Gateway Protocol
BIA
BIA Business Impact Analysis
BIOS
BIOS Basic Input/Output System
BPA
BPA Business Partnership Agreement
BPDU
BPDU Bridge Protocol Data Unit
BSSID
BSSID Basic Service Set Identifier
CA
CA Certificate Authority
CAPTCHA
Completely Automated Public Turing
Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart
CAR
CAR Corrective Action Report
CASB
CASB Cloud Access Security Broker
CBC
CBC Cipher Block Chaining
CBT
CBT Computer-based Training
CCMP
CCMP Counter-Mode/CBC-MAC Protocol
CERT
CERT Computer Emergency Response Team
CFB
CFB Cipher Feedback
CHAP
CHAP Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
CIO
CIO Chief Information Officer
CIRT
CIRT Computer Incident Response Team
CIS
CIS Center for Internet Security
CMS
CMS Content Management System
CN
Common Name
COOP
COOP Continuity of Operations Planning
COPE
COPE Corporate-owned Personally Enabled
CP
CP Contingency Planning
CRC
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
CRL
CRL Certificate Revocation List
CSA
CSA Cloud Security Alliance
CSIRT
CSIRT Computer Security Incident Response Team
CSO
CSO Chief Security Officer
CSP
CSP Cloud Service Provider
CSR
CSR Certificate Signing Request
CSRF
CSRF Cross-Site Request Forgery
CSU
CSU Channel Service Unit
CTM
CTM Counter-Mode
CTO
CTO Chief Technology Officer
CVE
CVE Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
CVSS
CVSS Common Vulnerability Scoring System
CYOD
CYOD Choose Your Own Device
DAC
DAC Discretionary Access Control
DBA
DBA Database Administrator
DDoS
DDoS Distributed Denial-of-Service
DEP
DEP Data Execution Prevention
DER
DER Distinguished Encoding Rules
DES
DES Data Encryption Standard
DHCP
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHE
DHE Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral
DKIM
DKIM Domain Keys Identified Mail
DLL
DLL Dynamic-link Library
DLP
DLP Data Loss Prevention
DMARC
DMARC Domain Message Authentication
Reporting and Conformance
DNAT
DNAT Destination Network Address Transaction
DNS
DNS Domain Name System
DNSSEC
DNSSEC Domain Name System Security Extensions
DoS
DoS Denial-of-Service
DPO
DPO Data Protection Officer
DRP
DRP Disaster Recovery Plan
DSA
DSA Digital Signature Algorithm
DSL
DSL Digital Subscriber Line
EAP
EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol
ECB
ECB Electronic Code Book
ECC
ECC Elliptic-curve Cryptography
ECDHE
ECDHE Elliptic-curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral
ECDSA
ECDSA Elliptic-curve Digital Signature Algorithm
EDR
EDR Endpoint Detection and Response
EFS
EFS Encrypted File System
EIP
EIP Extended Instruction Pointer
EOL
EOL End of Life
EOS
EOS End of Service
ERP
ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
ESN
ESN Electronic Serial Number
ESP
ESP Encapsulating Security Payload
ESSID
ESSID Extended Service Set Identifier
FACL
FACL File System Access Control List
FDE
FDE Full Disk Encryption
FIM
FIM File Integrity Monitoring
FPGA
FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array
FRR
FRR False Rejection Rate
FTP
FTP File Transfer Protocol
FTPS
FTPS Secured File Transfer Protocol
GCM
GCM Galois/Counter Mode
GDPR
GDPR General Data Protection Regulation
GPG
GPG GNU Privacy Guard
GPO
GPO Group Policy Object
GPU
GPU Graphics Processing Unit
GRE
GRE Generic Routing Encapsulation
HA
HA High Availability
HIDS
HIDS Host-based Intrusion Detection System
HIPS
HIPS Host-based Intrusion Prevention System
HMAC
HMAC Hash-based Message Authentication Code
HOTP
HOTP HMAC-based One-time Password
HSM
HSM Hardware Security Module
HSMaaS
HSMaaS Hardware Security Module as a Service
HTML
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPS
HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
HVAC
HVAC Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning
IAM
IAM Identity and Access Management
ICMP
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
ICS
ICS Industrial Control Systems
IDEA
IDEA International Data Encryption Algorithm
IDF
IDF Intermediate Distribution Frame
IdP
IdP Identity Provider
IDS
IDS Intrusion Detection System
IEEE
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IKE
IKE Internet Key Exchange
IM
IM Instant Messaging
IMAP4
IMAP4 Internet Message Access Protocol v4
IoC
IoC Indicators of Compromise
IPS
IPS Intrusion Prevention System
IP
IP Internet Protocol
IPSec
IPSec Internet Protocol Security
IR
IR Incident Response