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B(s) Flashcards

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Backdoor

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A shortcut in a system that allows a user to bypass security checks

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Background checks

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Verification of a person’s background and experience, also called a pre-employment screening

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Backward chaining

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Expert system mode that starts with begins with a premise, and works backwards

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Baseband

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Network with one channel; can only send one signal at a time

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Baseline

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Uniform ways to implement a safeguard,administrative control

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Baselining

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The process of capturing a point in time understanding of the current system security configuration

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BIOS

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Basic Input Output System, typically stored in firmware

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BRI

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Basic Rate Interface, provides two 64 K digital ISDN channels

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Bastion host

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Any host placed on the internet that is not protected by another device

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Bayesian filtering

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Uses mathematical formulas to assign probabilities to make decisions such as identifying spam

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BCI

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The business continuity Institute

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BCP

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Business Continuity Plan. A long-term plan to ensure the continuity of business operations

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BCP/DRP project manager

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The key point of contact for ensuring that a BCP/DRP is not only completed, but also routinely tested

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Bell-LaPadula

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Security model focused on maintaining the confidentiality of objects

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Best evidence rule

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Requires use of the strongest possible evidence

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Best practice

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A consensus of the best way to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of assets

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BGP

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Border Gateway Protocol, the routing protocol used on the Internet

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Biba

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Security model focused on maintaining the integrity of of objects

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Big Bang testing

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Integration testing that tests all integrated software components

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Binary image

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Bit-level copy of memory

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Black box software testing

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Gives the tester no internal details: the software is treated as a black box that receives inputs

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Black hat

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Unethical hacker or researcher

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Blowfish

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Block cipher using from 32 through 448 bit (the default is 128) keys to encrypt 64 bit of data

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Bluetooth

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802.15 networking, a PAN wireless technology

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Bollard

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A post designed to stop a car, typically deployed in front of building entrances

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Book cipher

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Cryptographic method that uses whole words from a well-known text such as a dictionary as a one-to-one replacement for plaintext

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Boot sector virus

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Virus that infects the boot sector of a PC, which ensures the virus loads upon system startup

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BOOTP

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Bootstrap protocol, used for bootstrapping via a network by diskless systems

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Bot

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A computer system running malware that is controlled via a botnet

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Botnet

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A central bot command and control (C&C) Network, managed by humans called bot herders

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Bottom-Up programming

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Starts with the low-level technical implementation details and works up to the concept of the complete program

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Breach notification

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Notification of persons whose personal data has been, or is like to have been compromised

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Brewer-Nash

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Or (Chinese wall model) model designed to avoid conflicts of interest by prohibiting one person, like a consultant, from accessing multiple conflict of interest categories (CoIs)

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Bridge

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Layer 2 device that has two ports and connects network segments together

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Broadband

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Network with multiple channels; can send multiple signals at a time, like cable TV

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Broadcast

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Traffic that is sent to all stations in a LAN

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BRP

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Business Recovery Plan, details the steps required to restore normal business operations after a recovering from a disruptive event. Also known as the Business Resumption Plan

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Brute force attack

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Attack that attempts every possible key or combination

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BS-25999

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Continuity standard by the British Standards Institute (BSI)

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Buffer overflow

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Condition where an attacker can insert data beyond the end of a buffer variable

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Bus

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Physical network topology that connects network nodes in a string

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Business interruption testing

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Partial or complete failover to an alternate site

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Business Owners

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Also called Mission Owners, members of senior management who create the information security program and ensure that is properly staffed, funded, and has organizational priority

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Bytecode

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Machine-independent code, used by Java

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