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Acronyms Flashcards

1
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MTD

A

Maximum tolerable downtime

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RPO

A

Recovery point objective

We have to recover to at least this point

The maximum allowed amount of data loss, measured in time

How often backups are performed. More frequent backups = smaller RPO

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3
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MTTR

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Mean time to repair

How long a repair takes

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4
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MTBF

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Mean time between failure

Average time between failures of a device

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5
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MFD

A

Multifunction device
All in one printers

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PKI

A

Public key infrastructure

Processes and procedures for maintaining digital certificates

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MTTF

A

Mean time to failure

Expected life of a NON REPAIRABLE system

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RTO

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Recovery time objectives

We have to be up in this amount of time

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9
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EAP TTLS

A

Extensible authentication protocol - Tunneled transport layer security

Allows the use of multiple authentication protocols

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10
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CASB

A

Cloud access security broker

Used to apply security to cloud

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SED

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Self encrypting drive

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12
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VDI

A

Virtual desktop infrastructure

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13
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CA

A

Certificate authority

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14
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X.509

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Defines the structure of a certificate

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15
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HSM

A

Hardware security module

Cryptographic hardware that stores keys and certificates

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16
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SLE

A

Single loss expectancy

Loss from a single event

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17
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ALE

A

Annual loss expectancy

Loss over a year

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ARO

A

Annualized rate of occurrence

Number of times in a year something will happen

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19
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NTP

A

Network time protocol

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20
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FDE

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Full disk encryption

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21
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PICERL

A

Prepare
Identify
Contain
Eradicate
Recover
Lessons learned

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22
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CMS

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Content management system

Used to make changes to a website for dummies

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23
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SIAM

A

Service integration and management

Combines different services into one management plane
Makes working with different cloud providers easier

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OTA

A

Over the air

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25
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OCSP

A

online certificate status protocol

26
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CSR

A

Certificate signing request

27
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AIS

A

Automated Indicator Sharing
Sharing information between businesses

28
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HIPS

A

Host based IPS

29
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ECC

A

Elliptic Curve Cryptography

Short keys for mobile devices

30
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PGP

A

Pretty Good Privacy
Cryptography

31
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RA

A

Registration Authority
(Request Authority)
Verify the certificate requester

32
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CRL

A

Certificate Revocation List

33
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HA

A

High Availability

34
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ECB

A

Electronic Codebook
Block cipher, each block has the same key
Too simple (bad)

35
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HMAC

A

Hash-based Message Authentication Code

Hash for AH in IPsec

36
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SAML

A

Security Assertion Markup Language

Used to exchange authentication and authorization data between parties

Used for federation

37
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RP

A

Relying Parties

Provide services for members of a federation

38
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IdP

A

Identify Provider

39
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TTPs

A

Tactics Techniques and Procedures that bad guys use

40
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FISMA

A

Federal Information Security Management Act

Government and people who work with them need to comply with their security standards

41
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COPPA

A

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act

42
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PIV

A

Personal Identity Verification

43
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COOP

A

Continuity Of Operations Plan

44
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VPC

A

Virtual private cloud
Private network inside of a cloud

45
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CIS

A

Center for Internet Security

Cybersecurity best practices

46
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ISA

A

Interconnection Security Agreement

A secure connection between two companies

47
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WORM

A

Write once read many

Can’t modify logs

48
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PFX

A

Personal Information Exhange

Certificate file with a password
.pfx file
.p12 for many certificates

49
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OVAL

A

Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language

Is a standard format for sharing vulnerability information between tools

Like a jpg for vulnerability information

50
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SAN

A

Subject alternative name

Allows a certificate to support many different domain names

51
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CVSS

A

Common Vulnerability Scoring System

52
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RFC

A

Request For Comments

Documents that govern how the internet works

53
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SDV

A

Software Defined Visibility

Dashboard for monitoring network

54
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SDK

A

Software Development Kit

55
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OWASP

A

Opens Web App Security Project

56
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PDU

A

Power Distribution Unit

57
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SWG

A

Secure Web Gateway

Cloud gateway

58
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MOU

A

Memorandum Of Understanding

A gentleman’s agreement

59
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BPA

A

Business Partnership Agreement

Business contract

60
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MSA

A

Measurement System Analysis

Don’t make decisions on bad data!

61
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DRP

A

Disaster Recovery Plan

Security+ 601 (4 decks)

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