Acronyms

Question 1

AAA

Answer 1

Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting

Question 2

ACL

Answer 2

Access control list

Question 3

AES

Answer 3

Advanced Encryption Standard

Question 4

AES-CCMP

Answer 4

The strongest available Wi-Fi encryption, supported by WPA2 and most WPA devices

Question 5

ALE

Answer 5

Annual Loss Expectancy

Question 6

ARO

Answer 6

Annual Rate of Occurrence

Question 7

ARP

Answer 7

Address Resolution Protocol

Question 8

ARP Poisoning

Answer 8

A spoofing attack that targets the Layer 2 ARP

Question 9

AUP

Answer 9

Acceptable Use Policy

Question 10

bcrypt

Answer 10

A hashing algorithm designed for password storage, key derivation, and key stretching. Combines passwords with a 128-bit salt to create a 184-bit hash

Question 11

BYOD

Answer 11

Bring your own device

Question 12

CA

Answer 12

Certificate Authority

Question 13

CHAP

Answer 13

Challenge-handshake authentication protocol

Question 14

CRC

Answer 14

Cyclic redundancy check

Question 15

CSRF or XSRF

Answer 15

cross-site request forgery

Question 16

XSS

Answer 16

cross-site scripting

Question 17

CSR

Answer 17

certificate signing request

Question 18

DAC

Answer 18

Discretionary Access Control

Question 19

DES

Answer 19

Data Encryption Standard. Uses 56-bit key, too weak for modern use

Question 20

DHE

Answer 20

Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral. Protocol used to securely exchange temporary keys used for bulk encryption.

Question 21

DLP

Answer 21

Data loss prevention

Question 22

DMZ

Answer 22

Demilitarized zone

Question 23

DOM

Answer 23

Document Object Model, The application programming interface used by HTML and XML documents

Question 24

DPI

Answer 24

Deep Packet Inspection

Question 25

DSA

Answer 25

Digital Signature Algorithm

Question 26

EAP

Answer 26

Extensible Authentication Protocol