Chapter 4 Acronyms Flashcards

1
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IDSs

A

Intrusion detection systems

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2
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IPSs

A

Intrusion prevention systems

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3
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HIDS

A

Host-based intrusion detection systems

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4
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NIDS

A

Network-based intrusion detection systems

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5
Q

SYN Flood Attack

A

Common DoS attack

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6
Q

SYN

A

Synchronize

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7
Q

ACK

A

Acknowledge

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8
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TCP

A

Transmission Control Protocol

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9
Q

CVE List

A

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures List

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10
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NOC

A

Network Operations Center

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11
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SCADA

A

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition

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12
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APTs

A

Advance Persistent Threats

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13
Q

RATs

A

Remote Access Tools

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14
Q

WLAN

A

Wireless Local Area Network

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15
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WAP

A

Wireless Access Point

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16
Q

WAN

A

Wide Area Network (internet port)

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17
Q

NAT

A

Network Address Translation

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18
Q

DHCP

A

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

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19
Q

IEEE

A

The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

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20
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WEP

A

Wired Equivalent Privacy

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21
Q

WPA

A

WiFi Protected Access

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22
Q

WPA2

A

WiFi Protected Access II

23
Q

TKIP

A

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol

24
Q

CCMP

A

Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol

25
Q

AES

A

Advance Encryption Standard

Very strong and efficient encryption algorithm

26
Q

EAP

A

Extensible Authentication Protocol

27
Q

SSID

A

Service Set Identifier

28
Q

WPS

A

WiFi Protected Setup

29
Q

PSK

A

Pre-Shared Key

Doesn’t provide Authentication

30
Q

RADIUS

A

Remote Access Dial In User Service

31
Q

WTLS

A

Wireless Transport Layer Security

32
Q

ECC

A

Elliptic Curve Cryptography

33
Q

OSA

A

Open System Authentication (doesn’t use a PSK)

34
Q

SSID

A

Service Set Identifier

The name of a wireless network

35
Q

IV

A

Initialization Vector

36
Q

WPS

A

WiFi Protected Setup

37
Q

PIN

A

Personal Identification Number

38
Q

NFC

A

Near Field Communication

39
Q

PANs

A

Personal Area Networks

40
Q

PDAs

A

Personal Digital Assistants

41
Q

RAS

A

Remote Access Service

42
Q

VPN

A

Virtual Private Network

43
Q

NAC

A

Network Access Control

44
Q

POTS

A

Plain Old Telephone Service

45
Q

VoIP

A

Voice over Internet Protocol

46
Q

PPP

A

Point to Point Protocol

47
Q

VPN

A

Virtual Private Network

48
Q

SAs

A

Security Associations

49
Q

ESP

A

Encapsulating Security Payload

50
Q

L2TP

A

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

51
Q

SSTP

A

Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol

52
Q

PPTP

A

Point to Point Tunneling Protocol

53
Q

HTTPS

A

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

54
Q

NAC

A

Network Access Control