Acronyms (Page 6)

Question 1

FIM

Answer 1

File Integrity Management

A technology that monitors and reports changes in files, often used in IT security.

Question 2

FPGA

Answer 2

Field Programmable Gate Array

An integrated circuit designed to be configured by a customer or a designer after manufacturing - hence “field-programmable”.

Question 3

FRR

Answer 3

False Rejection Rate

In biometric security systems, the measure of the likelihood that the biometric security system will incorrectly reject an access attempt by an authorized user.

Question 4

FTP

Answer 4

File Transfer Protocol

A standard network protocol used for the transfer of computer files between a client and server on a computer network.

Question 5

FTPS

Answer 5

Secured File Transfer Protocol

An extension of FTP that adds support for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) cryptographic protocols.

Question 6

GCM

Answer 6

Galois Counter Mode

A mode of operation for symmetric key cryptographic block ciphers that has been widely adopted because of its efficiency and performance.

Question 7

GDPR

Answer 7

General Data Protection Regulation

A regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy in the European Union and the European Economic Area.

Question 8

GPG

Answer 8

GNU Privacy Guard

A free software re-implementation of the OpenPGP standard as defined by RFC4880, which allows you to encrypt and sign your data and communications.

Question 9

GPO

Answer 9

Group Policy Object

A feature of Windows that provides centralized management and configuration of operating systems, applications, and users’ settings in an Active Directory environment.

Question 10

GPS

Answer 10

Global Positioning System

A satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force.

Question 11

GPU

Answer 11

Graphics Processing Unit

A specialized electronic circuit designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display device.

Question 12

GRE

Answer 12

Generic Routing Encapsulation

A tunneling protocol developed by Cisco Systems that can encapsulate a wide variety of network layer protocols inside virtual point-to-point links or point-to-multipoint links over an Internet Protocol network.

Question 13

HA

Answer 13

High Availability

Refers to systems that are durable and likely to operate continuously without failure for a long time.

Question 14

HDD

Answer 14

Hard Disk Drive

A data storage device that uses magnetic storage to store and retrieve digital information using one or more rigid rapidly rotating disks coated with magnetic material.

Question 15

HIDS

Answer 15

Host-based Intrusion Detection System

A system that monitors important operating system files.

Question 16

HIPS

Answer 16

Host-based Intrusion Prevention System

An installed software package which monitors a single host for suspicious activity by analyzing events occuring within that host.

Question 17

HMAC

Answer 17

Hashed Message Authentication Code

A specific type of message authentication code involving a cryptographic hash function and a secret cryptographic key.