Acronyms "B & C" Flashcards
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- BASH (Bourne Again Shell)
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- Powerful UNIX shell and command language
- Used to issue commands that get executed, which can also be turned into shell scripts
- Often used for automation
2
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- BCP (Business Continuity Planning)
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- Plan used to create processes and systems of both prevention and recovery to deal with threats that a company faces
- This plan outlines how a business can continue delivering products and services if crap hits the fan
3
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- BIA (Business Impact Analysis)
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- Used to predict the consequences a business would face if there were to be a disruption
4
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- BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)
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- The postal service of the Internet
- BGP finds the best route for data to travel to reach its destination
5
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- BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)
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- Firmware that performs hardware initialization when systems are booting up, and to provide runtime services for the OS and programs
- First software to run when you power on a device
6
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- BPA (Business Partnership Agreement)
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- Defines a contract between two or more parties as to how a business should run
7
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- BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)
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- When employees use personal devices to connect to their organization’s networks and access work-related systems
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- CA (Certificate Authority)
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- An organization that validates the identities of entities through cryptographic keys by issuing digital certificates
- If you check the padlock on this website (next to the domain name), you’ll see that it says “Connection is secure” and then you can click on “Certificate is valid”
9
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- CAC (Common Access Card)
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- Smart card for active-duty personnel
10
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- CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart)
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- These are the “problems/puzzles” you have to solve from time to time to make sure that you are not a robot
- Typically used for forms to defend against bots
11
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- CAR (Corrective Action Report)
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- Lists defects that need to be rectified
12
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- CASB (Cloud Access Security Broker)
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- Acts as an intermediary between the cloud and on-premises
- Monitors all activity
- Enforces security policies
13
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- CBC (Cipher Block Chaining)
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- a mode of operation for a block cipher – one in which a sequence of bits are encrypted as a single unit, or block, with a cipher key applied to the entire block.
- uses what is initialization vector (IV)
14
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- CBT (Computer-based Training)
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computer training
15
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- CCMP (Counter-Mode/CBC-Mac Protocol)
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- Encryption protocol designed for Wireless LAN products
16
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- CCTV (Closed-Circuit Television)
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- a television system in which the video signals are transmitted from one or more cameras by cable to a restricted set of monitors.
17
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- CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team)
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a group of experts who respond to cybersecurity incidents
18
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- CHAP (Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol)
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- Authenticates a user or network host to an authenticating entity
- Provides protection against replay attacks
- Requires that both the client and server know the plaintext of the secret, but it’s never sent over the network
19
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- CIO (Chief Information Officer)
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- CIO (Chief Information Officer)
20
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- CIRT (Computer Incident Response Team)
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- CIRT (Computer Incident Response Team)
21
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- CIS (Center for Internet Security)
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- CIS (Center for Internet Security)
22
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- CMS (Content Management System)
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- ie: something like WordPress
23
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- COOP (Continuity of Operation Planning)
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a federal initiative to plan to address how critical operations will continue under a broad range of circumstances.
COOP planning fosters recovery and survival in and after emergency situations.
24
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- COPE (Corporate Owned Personal Enabled)
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- Organization provides its employees with mobile computing devices
25
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- CP (Contingency Planning)
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- CP (Contingency Planning)
26
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- CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Check)
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- Used to detect accidental changes in digital networks and storage devices
27
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- CRL (Certificate Revocation List)
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- List of digital certificates that have been revoked by the issuing certificate authority (CA)
28
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- CSO (Chief Security Officer)
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- CSO (Chief Security Officer)
29
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- CSP (Cloud Service Provider)
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Entity that provides infrastructure for cloud services. AWS, GCP, Azure
30
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- CSR (Certificate Signing Request)
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- Contains information that the Certificate Authority (CA) will use to create your certificate
- Contains the public key for which the certificate should be issued, and other identifying information
31
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- CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)
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- Unauthorized actions are performed on behalf of a legitimate user
32
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- CSU (Channel Service Unit)
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- a digital communication device that is used to connect a digital line to a digital device.
- can be used to link local area networks (LANs) into a wide area network (WAN) using telecommunications carrier services
33
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- CTM (Counter-Mode)
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- Converts a block cipher into a stream cipher
- Combines an IV with a counter and uses the result to encrypt each plaintext block
34
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- CTO (Chief Technology Officer)
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- CTO (Chief Technology Officer)
35
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- CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures)
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- CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures)
- Common cyber security threats and how they occur
36
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- CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System)
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- CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System)
- The threat level scoring system for CVE’s
37
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- CYOD (Choose Your Own Device)
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- Employee can choose a company-assigned device from a limited number of options
