CompTIA Pentest+ Acronyms Flashcards

1
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What is an ACL?

A

Access Control List

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2
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What is ADFS?

A

Active Directory Federation Services

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3
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What is an AP?

A

Access Point

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4
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What is an API?

A

Application Programming Interface

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5
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What is an APNS?

A

Apple Push Notification System

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What is an APT?

A

Advance Persistent Threat

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7
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What is an ASLR?

A

Address Space Layout Randomization

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What is a BPA?

A

Business Partner Agreement

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9
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What is a CA?

A

Certificate Authority

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10
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What is CAPEC?

A

Common Attack Patterns Enumeration Classification

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11
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What is CERT?

A

Computer Emergency Response Team

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12
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What is CGI?

A

Common Gateway Interface

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13
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What is CIFS?

A

Common Internet File System

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14
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What is CIRT?

A

Computer Incident Response Team

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15
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What is CORS?

A

Cross-Origin Request Scripting

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16
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What is COTS?

A

Commercial Off-the-Shelf

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17
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What is CRL?

A

Certificate Revocation List

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18
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What is CSRF?

A

Cross-Site Request Forgery

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19
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What is CVE?

A

Common Vulnerabilities and Enumeration

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20
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What is CVSS?

A

Common Vulnerability Scoring Systems

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21
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What is CWE?

A

Common Weaknesses Enumeration

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22
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What is DAST?

A

Dynamic Application Security Testing

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23
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What is DCOM?

A

Distributed Component Object Model

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24
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What is DFD?

A

Data Flow Diagram

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25
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What is DLL?

A

Dynamic Link Library

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26
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What is DNS?

A

Domain Name System

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27
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What is DOM?

A

Document Object Model

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28
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What is DoS?

A

Denial of Service

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29
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What is DTP?

A

Dynamic Trunking Protocol

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30
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What is ECDSA?

A

Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm

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31
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What is EULA?

A

End User License Agreement

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32
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What is FTP?

A

File Transfer Protocol

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33
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What is GPO?

A

Group Policy Object

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34
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What is GPP?

A

Generic Packetized Protocol

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35
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What is GRE?

A

Generic Routing Encapsulation

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36
Q

What is HSTS?

A

HTTP Strict Transport Security

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37
Q

What is HTML?

A

Hyper Text Markup Language

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38
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What is I/O?

A

Input/Output

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39
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What is ICMP?

A

Internet Control Message Protocol

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40
Q

What is ICS?

A

Industrial Control Systems

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41
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What is IDOR?

A

Indirect Object Reference

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42
Q

What is IoT?

A

Internet of Things

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43
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What is IPS?

A

Intrusion Prevention System

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44
Q

What is IV?

A

Initialization Vector

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45
Q

What is JPCERT?

A

Japanese Computer Emergency Response Team

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46
Q

What is JTAG?

A

Joint Test Action Group

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47
Q

What is LAPS?

A

Local Administrator Password Solution

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48
Q

What is LFI?

A

Local File Inclusion

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49
Q

What is LLMNR?

A

Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution

50
Q

What is LSASS?

A

Local Security Authority Subsystem Service

51
Q

What is MDM?

A

Mobile Device Management

52
Q

What is MFA?

A

Multifactor authentication

53
Q

What is MiTM?

A

Man-in-the-Middle

54
Q

What is MSA?

A

Master Service Agreement

55
Q

What is NAC?

A

Network Access Control

56
Q

What is NBNS?

A

Net Bios Name Service

57
Q

What is NDA?

A

Non-disclosure Agreement

58
Q

What is NFC?

A

Near Field Communication

59
Q

What is NIST?

A

National Institute of Standards and Technology

60
Q

What is NOP?

A

No Operation

61
Q

What is NSE?

A

Network Service Engine

62
Q

What is OS?

A

Operating System

63
Q

What is OSINT?

A

Open Source Intelligence

64
Q

What is OWASP?

A

Open Web Application Security Project

65
Q

What is PII?

A

Personally Identifiable Information

66
Q

What is POS?

A

Point of Sale

67
Q

What is PS?

A

PowerShell

68
Q

What is RCE?

A

Remote Code Execution

69
Q

What is RDP?

A

Remote Desktop Protocol

70
Q

What is RFI?

A

Remote File Inclusion

71
Q

What is RFID?

A

Remote Frequency Identification

72
Q

What is RFP?

A

Request for Proposal

73
Q

What is RoE?

A

Rules of Engagement

74
Q

What is RPC?

A

Remote Procedure Call

75
Q

What is RSH?

A

Remote Shell

76
Q

What is RTOS?

A

Real Time Operating System

77
Q

What is SAM?

A

Security Account Manager

78
Q

What is SAN?

A

Subject Alternative Name

79
Q

What is SAST?

A

Static Application Security Testing

80
Q

What is SCADA?

A

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

81
Q

What is SCEP?

A

Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol

82
Q

What is SCP?

A

Secure Copy

83
Q

What is SDK?

A

Software Development Kit

84
Q

What is SGID?

A

Set Group ID

85
Q

What is SID?

A

Secure Identifier

86
Q

What is SIEM?

A

System Information and Event Manager

87
Q

What is SLA?

A

Service License Agreement

88
Q

What is SMB?

A

Server Message Block

89
Q

What is SMTP?

A

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

90
Q

What is SNMP?

A

Simple Network Message Protocol

91
Q

What is SOAP?

A

Simple Object Access Protocol

92
Q

What is SOC?

A

Security Operations Center

93
Q

What is SOW?

A

Statement of work

94
Q

What is SPN?

A

Service Principal Name

95
Q

What is SQL?

A

Structured Query Language

96
Q

What is SSH?

A

Secure Shell

97
Q

What is SSL?

A

Secure Sockets Layer

98
Q

What is STP?

A

Spanning Tree Protocol

99
Q

What is SUID?

A

Set User ID

100
Q

What is TCP?

A

Transmission Control Protocol

101
Q

What is TLS?

A

Transport Layer Security

102
Q

What is TOTP?

A

Time-Based One-Time Password

103
Q

What is TPM?

A

Trusted Platform Module

104
Q

What is TTP?

A

Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures

105
Q

What is UDP?

A

User Diagram Protocol

106
Q

What is VLAN?

A

Virtual Local Arena Network

107
Q

What is VM?

A

Virtual Machine

108
Q

What is VNC?

A

Virtual Network Computing

109
Q

What is VPN?

A

Virtual Private Network

110
Q

What is WADL?

A

Web Application Description Language

111
Q

What is WAF?

A

Web Application Firewall

112
Q

What is WAR?

A

Web Application Archive

113
Q

What is WEP?

A

Wired Equivalent Protocol

114
Q

What is WinRM?

A

Windows Remote Management

115
Q

What is WMI?

A

Windows Management Instrumentation

116
Q

What is WPAD?

A

Web Proxy Auto Discovery

117
Q

What is WPS?

A

WiFi Protected Setup

118
Q

What is WSDL?

A

Web Service Description Language

119
Q

What is XSD?

A

XML Schema Document

120
Q

What is XSS?

A

Cross Site Scripting

121
Q

What is XST?

A

Cross Site Tracing

122
Q

What is XXE?

A

External Entity