Acronyms

Question 1

AIDA

Answer 1

Artificial Intelligence Driven Agent

Question 2

API

Answer 2

Application Program Interface

Question 3

CARA

Answer 3

Compliance Audit Readiness Assessment

Question 4

DST

Answer 4

Domain Spoof Test

Checks a domain name to see if it can be spoofed.

Question 5

EEC

Answer 5

Email Exposure Check

Identifies at risk users who have publicly available profile info, or profile info that has been breached.

Question 6

HIPAA

Answer 6

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Question 7

MASA

Answer 7

Multi-factor Authentication Security Assessment

Tool that checks the vulnerability of an organization’s current MFA (Multi Factor Authentication) solution.

Question 8

MSA

Answer 8

Mailserver Security Assessment

Tests a user’s mailserver configuration to check the effectiveness of email filtering rules.

Question 9

PET

Answer 9

Password Exposure Test

Checks if an organization’s users have exposed emails publicly available or due to known data breaches.

Question 10

PCI

Answer 10

Payment Card Industry

Question 11

PCI-DSS

Answer 11

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

Question 12

PHI

Answer 12

Protected Health Information

All recorded information about an individual’s health status

Question 13

SEI

Answer 13

Social Engineering Indicators

Question 14

SKU

Answer 14

Stock Keeping Unit

Question 15

SMS

Answer 15

Short Message Service

Question 16

SPT

Answer 16

Social media Phishing Test

Simulated phishing attack that focuses on social media (LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter)

Question 17

USB

Answer 17

Universal Serial Bus

Question 18

WPT

Answer 18

Weak Password Test

Checks an organization’s active directory for weak password related threats. Does not repeat the actual passwords.

Question 19

PST

Answer 19

Phishing Security Test

A simulated phishing attack by KnowBe4.

Question 20

PRT

Answer 20

Phishing reply Test

Simulated phishing attack without links, tests if employees will reply to the email.

Question 21

ASAP

Answer 21

Automated Security Awareness Program

Tool that simplifies the process of creating customized Security Awareness Programs.

Question 22

BPT

Answer 22

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.

Question 23

PAB

Answer 23

Phish Alert Button

Email plugin, forwards suspect email to organization’s security team.

Question 24

BPI

Answer 24

Browser Password Inspector

Checks user passwords saved in the web browser against your Active Directory.

Question 25

GDPR

Answer 25

General Data Protection Regulation

A regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for all individuals in the EU.

Question 26

PII

Answer 26

Personally Identifiable Information

Any info that can be used on its own or with other info to identify, contact or locate a person.