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Comptia Security+ > Acronyms x3 > Flashcards

Acronyms x3 Flashcards

1
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PGP

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Pretty Good Privacy

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PHI

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Personal Health Infromation

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PII

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Personally Identifiable Information

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PIV

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Personal Identity Verification

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PKI

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Public Key Infrastructure

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POODLE

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Padding Oracle on Downgrade Legacy Encryption

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POP

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Post Office Protection

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POTS

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Plain Old Telephone Service

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PPP

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Point to Point Protocol

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PPTP

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Point to Point Tunneling Protocol

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PSK

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Public Shared Key

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PTZ

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Pan Tilt Zoom

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RA - 2 cases

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Recovery Agent, Registration Authority

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RAD

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Rapid Application Development

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RADIUS

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Remote Authentication Dial In User Service

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RAID

A

Redundant Array of Indexpensive Disks

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RAS

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Remote Access Server

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RAT

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Remote Access Trojan

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19
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RBAC - 2 cases

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Role/Rule-Based Access Control

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20
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RC4

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Rivest Cipher 4

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RDP

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Remote Desktop Protocol

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RFID

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Radio Frequency Identifier

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RIPEMD

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RACE Integrity Primitives Evaluation Message Digest

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ROI

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Return On Investment

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RMF

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Risk Management Framework

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RPO

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Recovery Point Objective

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RSA

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Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman

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RTBH

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Remotely Triggered Black Hole

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RTO

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Recovery Time Objective

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30
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RTOS

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Real Time Operating System

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31
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RTP

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Real-Time Transport Protocol

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32
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RTOS

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Real-Time Operating System

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33
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RTP

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Real-Time Transport Protocol

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34
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S/MIME

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Secure/Multi-purpose Internet Mail Exchange

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35
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SaaS

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Software as a Service

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36
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SAML

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Security Assertions Markup Language

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SAN - 2 cases

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Storage Area Network, Subject Alternative Name

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SCADA

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System Controller and Data Acquisition - a type of ICS that manages large scale, multi-site devices and equipment over a region

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SCAP, not access

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Security Content Automation Protocol

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40
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SCEP

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Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol

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41
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SCP

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Secure Copy

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42
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SCSI

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Small Computer System Interface

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43
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SDK

A

Software Development Kit

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44
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SDLC

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Software Development Life Cycle

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45
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SDLM

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Software Development Life-cycle Methodology

46
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SDN

A

Software Defined Network

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SED

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Self Encrypting Device

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SEH

A

Structured Exception Handler

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SFTP

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Secure File Transfer Protocol

50
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SIEM

A

Security Information and Event Management

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SIM

A

Subscriber Identity Module

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SLA

A

Service Level Agreement

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SLE

A

Single Loss Expectency

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SMB

A

Server Message Block

55
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SMS

A

Short Message Service- aka texting.

56
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SMTP(s)

A

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (secure)

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SNMP

A

Simple Network Management Protocol

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SOAP

A

Simple Object Access Protocol

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SoC

A

System on Chip

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SPF

A

Sender Policy Framework

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SPIM

A

Spam over Internet Messaging

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SPIT

A

Spam over Internet Telephone

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SPoF

A

Single Point of Failure

64
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SQL

A

Structured Query Language

65
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SRTP

A

Secure Real Time transport Protocol

66
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SSD

A

Solid State Device

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SSH

A

Secure Shell

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SSID

A

Service Set Identifier

69
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SSL

A

Secure Socket Layer

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SSO

A

Single Sign On

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STP

A

Shielded Twisted Pair

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TACACS+

A

Terminal Access Controller Access Control System

73
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TCP/IP

A

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

74
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TGT

A

Ticket Granting Ticket

75
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TKIP

A

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol; used in WPA to address vulnerabilities associated with WEP.

76
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TLS

A

Transport Layer Security

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TOTP

A

Time-based One Time Password

78
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TPM

A

Trusted Platform Module

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TSIG

A

Transaction Signature

80
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UAT

A

User Acceptance Testing

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UAV

A

Unmanned Aireal Vehicle

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UDP

A

User Datagram Protocol

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UEFI

A

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface

84
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UPS

A

Uninterruptable Power Supply

85
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URI, not indicator

A

Uniform Resource Identifier

86
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URL

A

Universal Resource Locator

87
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USB(otg)

A

Universal Serial Bus (on the go)

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UTM

A

Unified Threat Management

89
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UTP

A

Untwisted Pair

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VDE

A

Virtual Desktop Environment

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VDI

A

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

92
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VLAN

A

Virtual Local Area Network

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VLSM

A

Variable Length Subnet Masking

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VM

A

Virtual Machine

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VTC

A

Video Teleconferencing

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WAF

A

Web Application Firewall

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WAP

A

Wireless Access Point

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WEP

A

Wired Equivalent Privacy

99
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WIDS

A

Wireless Intrusion Detection System

100
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WIPS

A

Wireless Intrusion Prevention System

101
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WORM

A

Write Once, Read Many

102
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WPA(2)

A

Wifi Protected Access(version 2)

103
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WPS

A

Wifi Protected Setup

104
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WTLS

A

Wireless Transport Layer Security

105
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XML

A

Extensible Markup Language

106
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XOR

A

Exclusive or

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XSRF

A

Cross Site Request Forgery

108
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XSS

A

Cross Site Scripting

109
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SOAR

A

Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response; specifically designed to react to security information and perform workflows across a variety of other systems.

110
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TOC/TOU

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Time of Check, Time of Use; timing based attack use to exploit RACE conditions

111
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SWG

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Secure Web Gateway: an on-premise or cloud-delivered network security service/ firewall.

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