Acronyms "D, E, F" Flashcards
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- DAC (Discretionary Access Control)
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- Restrict access based on the identity of subjects and/or groups that they belong to
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- DBA (Database Administrator)
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- DBA (Database Administrator)
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- DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service)
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- DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service)
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- DEP (Data Execution Prevention)
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- Microsoft security feature
- Monitor and protects pages or regions of memory
- Prevents data regions from executing (potentially malicious) code
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- DER (Distinguished Encoding Rules)
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variant of BER for digital certificates
6
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- DES (Data Encryption Standard)
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- Weak encryption algorithm
7
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- DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
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- automatically assigns an IP for a newly connected computer
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- DHE (Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral)
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- Way of securely exchanging cryptographic keys over public channels
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- DKIM (Domain Keys Identified Mail)
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- Email authentication technique
- Allows the receiver to make sure that an email was sent by the authorized owner of that domain
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- DLL (Dynamic Link Library)
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- a library that contains code and data that can be used by more than one program at the same time
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- DLP (Data Loss Prevention)
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- detecting and preventing data breaches, exfiltration, or unwanted destruction of sensitive data
12
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- DMARC (Domain Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance)
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- Authenticates emails with SPF and DKIM
- Used to prevent phishing and spoofing
13
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- DMZ (Demilitarized Zone)
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- a physical or logical subnet that separates a local area network (LAN) from other untrusted networks
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- DNAT (Destination Network Address Translation)
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- used when we need to redirect incoming packets with a destination of a public address/port to a private IP address/port inside your network.
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- DNS (Domain Name System)
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- converts domain names into ip addresses
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- DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions)
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- Security features for DNS.
- Provides cryptographic authentication of data, authenticated denial of existence, and data integrity
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- DoS (Denial of Service)
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- DoS (Denial of Service)
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- DPO (Data Privacy Officer)
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- DPO (Data Privacy Officer)
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- DRP (Disaster Recovery Plan)
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- DRP (Disaster Recovery Plan)
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- DSA (Digital Signature Algorithm)
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- Federal Information Processing Standard for digital signatures
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- DSL (Digital Subscriber Line)
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- a family of technologies that are used to transmit digital data over telephone lines.
22
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- EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol)
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- Authentication framework used in LANs
- Widely used
23
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- ECB (Electronic Code Book)
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- Doesn’t hide data patterns well, so it wouldn’t work to encrypt images for example
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- ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography)
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- Good for mobile devices because it can use smaller keys, lower processing power
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- ECDHE (Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral)
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- Key exchange mechanism based on elliptic curves
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- ECDSA (Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm)
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- Digital signature algorithm based on elliptic curve cryptography (ECC)
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- EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response)
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- endpoint security solution that continuously monitors end-user devices to detect and respond to cyber threats like ransomware and malware.
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- EFS (Encrypted File System)
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- encryption system built into Windows since Windows 2000. Cousin of BitLocker, still exists in Win 10.
- EFS can do files, BitLocker can only do entire drives
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- EOL (End of Life)
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- Date set where manufacturer will no longer create the product
30
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- EOS (End of Service)
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- Original manufacturer no longer offers updates, support, or service
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- ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
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- Software used by orgs to manage day-to-day business activities
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- ESN (Electronic Serial Number)
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- ESN (Electronic Serial Number)
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- ESP (Encapsulated Security Payload)
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- Member of IPsec set of protocols
- Encrypts and authenticates packets of data between computers using VPNs
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- FACL (File System Access Control List)
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- File System Access Control List
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- FDE (Full Disk Encryption)
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- FDE (Full Disk Encryption)
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- FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array)
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- Integrated circuit designed to be configured by a customer or designer after manufacturing.
- primarily used in telecommunications and networking.
- now also in consumer, automotive, and industrial applications
37
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- FRR (False Rejection Rate)
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- Likelihood that a biometric security system will incorrectly reject an access attempt by an authorized user
38
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- FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
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- FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
39
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- FTPS (Secured File Transfer Protocol)
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- FTPS (Secured File Transfer Protocol)
- Port: 989, 990 TCP/UDP
