Acronyms Flashcards
3DES - I was thinking of using triple DES but went with AES instead.
Triple Digital Encryption Standard
AAA - When setting up a new network my buddy asked about the AAA controls used at my company.
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
ABAC - ABAC has emerged as the next-gen technology for secure access to business-critical data.
Attribute-based Access Control
ACL
Access Control List
AES
Advanced Encryption Standard
AES256
Advanced Encryption Standard 256bit
AH
Authentication Header
AI
Artificial Intelligence
AIS - AIS is a service the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) provides to enable real-time exchange of machine-readable cyber threat indicators and defensive measures between public and private-sector organizations.
Automated Indicator Sharing
ALE - ALE is a total dollar amount that is assigned to a specific threat type, multiplied by the annual rate of expected occurrence.
Annualized Loss Expectancy
AP
Access Point
API
Application Programming Interface
APT
Advanced Persistent Threat
ARO
Annualized Rate of Occurrence
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol
ASLR
Address Space Layout Randomization
ASP - ASP was Microsoft’ alternative to Common Gateway Interface (CGI) scripts and Java Server Pages (JSPs), ASP is now obsolete and replaced with ASP.NET.
Active Server Page
ATT&CK
Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge
AUP
Acceptable Use Policy
AV
Antivirus
BASH
Bourne Again Shell
BCP
Business Continually Planning
BGP
Border Gateway Protocol
BIA
Business Impact Analysis
BIOS
Basic Input/Output System
BPA - Refer to the BPA to verify your responsibility to the partnership.
Business Partnership Agreement
BPDU - A BPDU contains information regarding ports, switches, port priority and addresses.
Bridge Protocol Data Unit
BYOD
Bring Your Own Device
CA
Certificate Authority
CAC
Common Access Card
CAPTCHA
Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart
CAR
Corrective Action Report
CASB - In the Gartner Magic Quadrant for CASB, McAfee was a Leader, their cloud business is now Skyhigh Security.
Cloud Access Security Broker
CBC
Cipher Block Chaining
CBT
Computer-based Training
CCMP
Counter-Mode/CBC-Mac Protocol
CCTV
Closed-Circuit Television
CERT
Computer Emergency Response Team
CFB - An old Federal encryption approach.
Cipher Feedback
CHAP - CHAP is an authentication scheme originally used by Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) servers to validate the identity of remote clients. Outdated
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
CIO
Chief Information Officer
CIRT
Computer Incident Response Team
CIS
Center for Internet Security
CMS
Content Management System
COOP
Continuity of Operation Planning
COPE
Corporate Owned Personal Enabled
CP
Contingency Planning
CRC
Cyclical Redundancy Check
CRL
Certificate Revocation List
CSO
Chief Security Officer
CSP
Cloud Service Provider
CSR
Certificate Signing Request
CSRF
Cross-Site Request Forgery
CSU
Channel Service Unit
CTM
Counter-Mode
CTO
Chief Technology Officer
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
CYOD
Choose Your Own Device
DAC
Discretionary Access Control
DBA
Database Administrator
DDoS - A DDoS attack on the NHL Web site took it off the air for several days.
Distributed Denial of Service
DEP
Data Execution Prevention
DER
Distinguished Encoding Rules
DES
Digital Encryption Standard
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHE
Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral
DKIM
Domain Keys Identified Mail
DDL
Dynamic Link Library
DLP - A well-defined organization-wide DLP approach is likely to work better than ad hoc approaches within individual departments.
Data Loss Prevention
DMARC
Domain Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance
DMZ
Demilitarized Zone
DNAT
Destination Network Address Transaction
DNS
Domain Name Service (Server)
DNSSEC
Domain Name System Security Extensions
DoS
Denial of Service
DPO
Data Privacy Officer
DRP
Disaster Recovery Plan
DSA
Digital Signature Algorithm
DSL
Digital Subscriber Line
EAP
Extensible Authentication Protocol
ECB
Electronic Code Book
ECC
Elliptic Curve Cryptography
ECDHE
Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral
ECDSA
Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm
EDR
Endpoint Detection and Response
EFS
Encrypted File System
EOL
End of Life
EOS
End of Service
ERP - Businesses employ ERP for various reasons, such as expanding, reducing costs, and improving operations.
Enterprise Resource Planning
ESN
Electronic Serial Number
ESP
Encapsulated Security Payload
FAAS
Function As A Service
FACL
File System Access Control List
FDE
Full Disk Encryption
FPGA
Field Programmable Gate Array
FRR
False Rejection Rate
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
FTPS
Secured File Transfer Protocol
GCM
Galois Counter Mode
GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
GPG
Gnu Privacy Guard
GPO
Group Policy Object
GPS
Global Positioning System
GPU
Graphics Processing Unit
GRE
Generic Routing Encapsulation
HA
High Availability
HDD
Hard Disk Drive
HIDS
Host-Based Intrusion Detection System
HIPS
Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System
HMAC
Hashed Message Authentication Code
HOTP
HMAC based One Time Password
HSM
Hardware Security Module
HTML
HyperText Markup Language
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPS
Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL/TLS
HVAC
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning
IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
ICS
Industrial Control Systems
IDEA
International Data Encryption Algorithm
IDF
Intermediate Distribution Frame
IdP
Identity Provider
IDS
Intrusion Detection System
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IKE
Internet Key Exchange
IM
Instant Messaging
IMAP4
Internet Message Access Protocol v4
IoC
Indicators of Compromise
IoT
Internet of Things
IP
Internet Protocol
IPSec
Internet Protocol Security
IR
Incident Response
IRC
Internet Relay Chat
IRP
Incident Response Plan
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
ISP
Internet Service Provider