Acronyms Flashcards
3DES
Triple Digital Encryption Standard
AAA
Authentication, Authorization, Accounting
ABAC
Attribute-based Access control
AES
Advanced Encryption Standard
AES 256bit
Advances Encryption Standard 256bit
AH
Authentication Header
ALE
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
Application Service Provider
AUP
Acceptable User Policy
AV
Antivirus
AV
Asset Value
BAC
Business Availability Center
BCP
Business Continuity Plan
BIA
Business Impact Analysis
BIOS
Basic Input/ Out put System
BPA
Business Partners Agreement
BPDU
Bridge Protocol Data Unit
BYOD
Bring Your Own Device
CA
Certificate Authority
CAC
Common Access Card
CAN
Control Area Network
CAPTCHA
Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart
CAR
Corrective Action Report
CASB
Cloud Access Security Broker
CBC
Cipher Block Chaining
CCMP
Counter Mode/ CBC MAC Protocol
CCTV
Closed Circuit Television
CER
Certificate
CER
Cross Over Error Rate
CERT
Computer Emergency Response Team
CFB
Cipher Feed Back
CHAP
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
CIO
Chief Information Officer
CIRT
Computer Incident Response Team
CMS
Content Management System
COOP
Continuity of Operations Plan
COPE
Corporate Owned, Personally Enabled
CP
Contingency plan
CRC
Cyclical Redundancy List
CRL
Certificate Revocation List
CIRST
Computer Security Incident Response Team
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 Technical Officer
CTR
Counter
CYOD
Choose Your Own Device
DAC
Discretionary Access Control
DBA
Database Administrator
DDoS
Distributed Denial of Service
DEP
Data Execution Prevention
DER
Distinguished Encoding Rules
DES
Digital Encryption Standard
DFIR
Digital Forensics and Investigation Response
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHE
Data-Handling Electronics
DHE
Diffie-Hellman Ephermeral
DLL
Dynamic Link Library
DLP
Data Loss Prevention
DMZ
Demilitarized Zone
DNAT
Destination Network Address Translation
DNS
Domain Name Service (server)
DoS
Denial of Service
DRP
Discovery Response Plan
DSA
Digital Signature Algorithm
DSL
Digital Subscriber Line
DSU
Data Service Unit
EAP
Extensible Authentication Protocol
ECB
Electronic Code Book
ECC
Elliptic Curve Cryptography
ECDHE
Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral
ECDSA
Elliptic Curve Digital Signature algorithm
EF
Exposure Factor
EFS
Encrypted File System
EMI
Electromagnetic Interference
EMP
Electro Magnetic Pulse
EOL
End of Life
ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning
ESN
Electronic Serial Number
ESP
Encapsulated Security Payload
EULA
End User License Agreement
FACL
File system Access Control List
FAR
False Acceptance Rate
FDE
Full Disk Encryption
FRR
False Rejection Rate
FTP
File Transport Protocol
FTPS
File Transport Protocol over Secure Socket Layer
GCM
Galois Counter Mode
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
HQTP
HMAC based One Time Password
HSM
Hardware Security Module
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP
Hypertext Protocol
HTTPS
Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer/ Transport Layer Security
HVAC
Heating Ventilation and Air conditioning
IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
ICS
Industrial Control System
ID
Identification
IDEA
International Data Encryption Algorithm
IDF
Intermediate Distribution Frame
IdP
Identity Provider
IDS
Intrusion Detection System
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
IIS
Internet Informational System
IKE
Internet Key Exchange
IM
Instant Message
IMAP 4
Internet Message Access Protocol version 4