Acronyms (Page 3) Flashcards
CHAP
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
A type of authentication protocol used primarily to authenticate a user or network host to an authenticating entity.
CIA
Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability
A model designed to guide policies for information security within an organization.
CIO
Chief Information Officer
A job title commonly given to the most senior executive in an enterprise responsible for the information technology and computer systems that support enterprise goals.
CIRT
Computer Incident Response Team
A service organization that is contacted when a security breach or other computer-related emergency occurs.
CMS
Content Management System
Software that helps users create, manage, and modify content on a website without the need for specialized technical knowledge.
COOP
Continuity of Operation Planning
A process by government agencies to ensure that critical functions continue during a wide range of emergencies, including localized acts of nature, accidents, and technological or attack-related emergencies.
COPE
Corporate Owned, Personally Enabled
A business strategy for managing mobile devices that allows employees to use corporate-owned IT devices for personal use.
CP
Contingency Planning
A course of action designed to help an organization respond effectively to a significant future event or situation that may or may not happen.
CRC
Cyclical Redundancy Check
An error-detecting code commonly used in digital networks and storage devices to detect accidental changes to raw data.
CRL
Certificate Revocation List
A list of digital certificates that have been revoked by the issuing certificate authority before their scheduled expiration date and should no longer be trusted.
CSO
Chief Security Officer
A company executive responsible for the security of personnel, physical assets, and information in both physical and digital form.
CSP
Cloud Service Provider
A company that offers some component of cloud computing - typically Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS) or Platform as a Service (PaaS) - to other businesses or individuals.
CSR
Certificate Signing Request
A message sent from an applicant to a certificate authority in order to apply for a digital identity certificate.
CSRF
Cross-site Request Forgery
A type of malicious exploit of a website where unauthorized commands are transmitted from a user that the web application trusts.
CSU
Channel Service Unit
A device used in digital data transmission for interfacing a digital data terminal with a digital transmission medium.
