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Acronyms Flashcards

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3DES

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Triple Data Encryption Standard

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AAA

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Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting

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ABAC

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Attribute Based Access Control

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ACL

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Access Control List

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AD

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Active Directory

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AES / AES256

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Advanced Encryption Standard / 256 bit

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AH

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Authentication Header; supports authentication and integrity only.

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AI

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Artificial Intelligence

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AIS

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Automated Indicator Sharing -
enables organizations to share and receive machine-readable cyber threat indicators (CTIs)

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ALE

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Annualized Loss Expectancy

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AP

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Access Point

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API

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Application Programming Interface

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APT

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Advanced Persistent Threat

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ARO

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Annualized Rate of Occurence

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ARP

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Address Resolution Protocol

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ASLR

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Address Space Layout Randomization

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ASP

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Active Server Pages - is Microsoft’s first server-side scripting language and engine for dynamic web pages

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ATT&K

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Adversarial Tactics and Techniques

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AUP

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Acceptable Use Policy

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AV

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Antivirus

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BASH

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Bourne Again Shell

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BCP

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Business Continuity Planning

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BGP

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Border Gateway Protocol

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BIA

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Business Impact Analysis

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BIOS

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Basic Input Output System

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BPA

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Business Partnership Agreement

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BPDU

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Bridge Protocol Data Unit

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BSSID

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Basic Service Set Identifier

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BYOD

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Bring Your Own Device

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CA

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Certificate Authority

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CAPTCHA

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Completely Automated Public Turing - test to tell humans and computers apart

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CAR

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Corrective Action Report

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33
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CASB

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Cloud Access Security Broker

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34
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CBC

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Cipher Block Chaining

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35
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CBT

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Computer Based Training

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CCMP

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Counter-mode CBC-MAC Protocol - an enhanced data cryptographic encapsulation mechanism designed for data confidentiality

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37
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CCTV

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Closed Circuit Television

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CERT

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Computer Emergency Response Team

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CFB

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Cipher Feedback

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CHAP

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Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

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41
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CIO

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Chief Information Officer

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CIRT

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Computer Incident Response Team

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43
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CIS

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Center for Internet Security

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CMS

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Content Management System

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CN

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Common Name

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46
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COPE

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Corporate Owned, Personally Enabled

47
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CP

A

Contingency Planning

48
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CRC

A

Cyclic Redundancy Check

49
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CRL

A

Certificate Revocation List

50
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CSA- (not certif sign authority)

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Cloud Security Alliance

51
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CSIRT

A

Computer Security Incident response Team

52
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CSO

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Chief Security Officer

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CSR

A

Certificate Signing Request

54
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CSRF/xsrf

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Cross-Site Request Forgery
1: Exploits the trust a website has in the user’s web browser, 2: User submits an unauthorized request to the server, and 3: The website executes the attacker’s request

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CSU

A

Channel Service Unit

56
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CTM

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Counter-Mode

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CTO

A

Chief Technology Officer

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CVE

A

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures - open source list (database) of computer security flaws.

59
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CVSS

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Common Vulnerability Scoring System: 0 to 10, with 10 being the most severe.

60
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CYOD

A

Choose Your Own Device

61
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DAC

A

Discretionary Access Control

62
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DBA

A

Database Administrator

63
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DDoS

A

Distributed Denial of Service

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DEP

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Data Execution Prevention: Microsoft technology that prevent buffer overflow attacks and executable code from launching; systems level memory protection

65
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DER

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Distinguished Encoding Rules -encoding for x.509 certificates and private keys; .der and .cer file extensions.

66
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DES, not digital

A

Data Encryption Standard

67
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DHCP

A

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

68
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DHE

A

Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral

69
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DKIM

A

Domain Keys Identified Mail

70
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DLL

A

Dynamic Link Library

71
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DLP

A

Data Loss Prevention

72
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DMARC

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Domain Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance - DNS text record

73
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DNAT

A

Destination Network Address Transaction

74
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DNS

A

Domain Name System

75
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DNSSEC

A

Domain Name System Security Extensions

76
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DoS

A

Denial of Service

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DPO

A

Data Protection Officer

78
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DRP

A

Disaster Recovery Plan

79
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DSA

A

Digital Signature Algorithm

80
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DSL

A

Digital Subscriber Line

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EAP

A

Extensible Authentication Protocol

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ECB

A

Electronic Code Book

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ECC

A

Elliptic-Curve Cryptography

84
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ECDHE

A

Elliptic-Curve Diffie Hellman Ephemeral

85
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ECDSA

A

Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm

86
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EDR

A

Endpoint Detection and Response

87
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EFS

A

Encrypted File System

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EIP

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Extended Instruction Pointer -tells the computer where to go next to execute the next command and controls the flow of a program.

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EOL

A

End of Life

90
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EOS

A

End of Service

91
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ERP

A

Enterprise Resource Planning

92
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ESN

A

Electronic Serial Number

93
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ESP

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Encapsulating Security Payload; supports CIA, Confidentiality, Integrity, and authentication

94
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ESSID

A

Extended Service-Set Identifier

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FACL

A

File system Access Control List

96
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FDE

A

Full Disk Encryption

97
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FIM

A

File Integrity Monitoring

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FPGA

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Field Programmable Gate Array- A processor that can be programmed for a specific function by the customer, not manufacturer.

99
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FRR

A

False Rejection Rate

100
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FTP

A

File Transfer Protocol

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CAC

A

Common Access Card

102
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CA

A

Certificate Authority

103
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CER

A

Crossover Error Rate

104
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COOP

A

Continuity of Operations Plan

105
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CSP

A

Cloud Service Provider

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DFIR

A

Digital Forensics and Investigation Report

108
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BCRYPT

109
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EAP-FAST

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Extensible Authentication Protocol - Flexible Authentication via Secure Tunneling: wireless authentication protocol using a tls tunnel

110
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FAR

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False Acceptance Rate

111
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CER

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Crossover Error Rate: The rate where the biometric FAR and FRR are equal.

112
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FAT

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File Allocation Table: time stamps are local to the device.

113
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CSF

A

Cybersecurity Framework :nist guidlines, standards, and framework to improve posture

Comptia Security+ (10 decks)

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