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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

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  • DES (Data Encryption Standard)
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  • Weak encryption algorithm
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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
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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

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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)
18
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  • DPO (Data Privacy Officer)
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  • DPO (Data Privacy Officer)
19
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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
21
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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)
27
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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
31
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  • ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
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  • Software used by orgs to manage day-to-day business activities
32
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  • ESN (Electronic Serial Number)
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  • ESN (Electronic Serial Number)
33
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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

34
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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)
36
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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
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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

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