Acronyms "W, X, Y, Z"

Question 1

WAP

Answer 1

Wireless Access Point

Question 2

WEP

Answer 2

Wired Equivalent Privacy

• Wireless protocol no longer good for use

Question 3

WIDS

Answer 3

Wireless Intrusion Detection System

• Can detect the presence of unauthorized access points and create alerts
• They can also identify network break-in attempts

Question 4

WIPS

Answer 4

Wireless Intrusion Prevention System

• Can detect the presence of unauthorized access points and automatically take action such as quarantining devices or kicking them off networks

Question 5

WORM

Answer 5

Write Once Read Many

• Data storage device where information, once written, can’t be modified
• Great to ensure the data doesn’t get tampered with

Question 6

WPA

Answer 6

WiFi Protected Access

• Designed to be more secure than WEP
• WPA vs WPA2
  
  • WPA uses TKIP, while WPA2 can use TKIP or AES (which is usually preferred)

Question 7

WPS

Answer 7

WiFi Protected Setup

• Flawed security mechanism used for routers - can be brute forced

Question 8

WTLS

Answer 8

Wireless TLS (Transport Layer Security)

• Security level for WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) apps

Question 9

XaaS

Answer 9

Anything as a Service

Question 10

XML

Answer 10

Extensible Markup Language

Question 11

XOR

Answer 11

Exclusive OR

• Logical operator that returns true if (and only if) its arguments are different (ie: one is true and the other false)

Question 12

XSRF

Answer 12

Cross-Site Request Forgery

• Same as CSRF

Question 13

XSS

Answer 13

Cross-Site Scripting