Acronyms to Learn

Question 1

NIC

Answer 1

Network Interface Card

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ROI

Answer 2

Return on Investment

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VDI

Answer 3

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

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VDE

Answer 4

Virtual Desktop Environment

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MAC

Answer 5

Media Acces Control

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CRL

Answer 6

Certification Revocation List - A list of digital certificates that have been revoked by the issuing Certificate Authority before the scheduled expiration date and should no longer be trusted

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CA

Answer 7

Certificate Authority

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CIA Triad

Answer 8

Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability & Non-Repudiation

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CSO

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Chief Security Officer

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CISO

Answer 10

Chief Information Security Officer

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ISSO

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Information Systems Security Officer

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SOC

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Security Operations Center

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CIRT

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Cyber Incident Response Team

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CSIRT

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Computer Security Incident Response Team

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CERT

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Computer Emergency Response Team

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STIX

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Structured Threat Information Exchange

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TAXII

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Trusted Automated Exchange of Indicator Information

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AIS

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Automated Indicator Sharing

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CASB

Answer 19

Cloud Access Security Brokers

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GDPR

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General Data Protection Regulation

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PCI DSS

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Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

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RMF

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Risk Managemen Framework

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CSF

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Cybersecurity Framework

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ERM

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Enterprise Risk Management

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ISO

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International Organization for Standardization

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HIPAA

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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

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LDAP

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Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

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PAP

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Password Authentication Protocol(Sends passwords in clear text)

Question 29

CHAP

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Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol(uses shared secret)

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AAA

Answer 30

Authentication, Authorization, Accounting

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RADIUS

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Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service

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TACAS+

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Terminal Access Control Access Control Server

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DAC

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Discretionary Access Control

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SAML

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Security Assertion Markup Language

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MOU

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Memorandum of Understanding(intent fo working together)

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BPA

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Business Partnership Agreement

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NDA

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Non-Disclosure Agreement

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SLA

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Service Level Agreement(establishes metrics for service delivery and performance)

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MSA

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Measurement Systems Analysis

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UAC

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User Account Control

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ICMP

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Internet Control MSg Protocol

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ARP

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Address Resolution Protocol(Resolves MAC addresses for IPv4)

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NDP

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Neighbor Discovery Protocol(Resolves MAC addresses for IPv6)

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SSH

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Secure Shell

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SCP

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Secure Copy

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SSL

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Secure Sockets Layer

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TLS

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Transport Layer Security

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IPSec

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Internet Protocol Security(Tunneling protocol used for VPN)

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AH

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Authentication Header

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ESP

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Encapsulating Security Payload

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UTM

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Unified Threat Management

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AES

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Advanced Encryption Standard

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SWG

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Secure Web Gateway