Acronyms Flashcards
AIDA
Artificial Intelligence Driven Agent
API
Application Program Interface
CARA
Compliance Audit Readiness Assessment
DST
Domain Spoof Test
Checks a domain name to see if it can be spoofed.
EEC
Email Exposure Check
Identifies at risk users who have publicly available profile info, or profile info that has been breached.
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
MASA
Multi-factor Authentication Security Assessment
Tool that checks the vulnerability of an organization’s current MFA (Multi Factor Authentication) solution.
MSA
Mailserver Security Assessment
Tests a user’s mailserver configuration to check the effectiveness of email filtering rules.
PET
Password Exposure Test
Checks if an organization’s users have exposed emails publicly available or due to known data breaches.
PCI
Payment Card Industry
PCI-DSS
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
PHI
Protected Health Information
All recorded information about an individual’s health status
SEI
Social Engineering Indicators
SKU
Stock Keeping Unit
SMS
Short Message Service
SPT
Social media Phishing Test
Simulated phishing attack that focuses on social media (LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter)
USB
Universal Serial Bus
WPT
Weak Password Test
Checks an organization’s active directory for weak password related threats. Does not repeat the actual passwords.
PST
Phishing Security Test
A simulated phishing attack by KnowBe4.
PRT
Phishing reply Test
Simulated phishing attack without links, tests if employees will reply to the email.
ASAP
Automated Security Awareness Program
Tool that simplifies the process of creating customized Security Awareness Programs.
BPT
Breached Password Test
Free tool that checks to see if an organization’s users are currently using passwords that are in publicly available breaches associated with the organization’s domain.
PAB
Phish Alert Button
Email plugin, forwards suspect email to organization’s security team.
BPI
Browser Password Inspector
Checks user passwords saved in the web browser against your Active Directory.
GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
A regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for all individuals in the EU.
PII
Personally Identifiable Information
Any info that can be used on its own or with other info to identify, contact or locate a person.
