CompTIA Pentest+ Acronyms Flashcards
1
Q
What is an ACL?
A
Access Control List
2
Q
What is ADFS?
A
Active Directory Federation Services
3
Q
What is an AP?
A
Access Point
4
Q
What is an API?
A
Application Programming Interface
5
Q
What is an APNS?
A
Apple Push Notification System
6
Q
What is an APT?
A
Advance Persistent Threat
7
Q
What is an ASLR?
A
Address Space Layout Randomization
8
Q
What is a BPA?
A
Business Partner Agreement
9
Q
What is a CA?
A
Certificate Authority
10
Q
What is CAPEC?
A
Common Attack Patterns Enumeration Classification
11
Q
What is CERT?
A
Computer Emergency Response Team
12
Q
What is CGI?
A
Common Gateway Interface
13
Q
What is CIFS?
A
Common Internet File System
14
Q
What is CIRT?
A
Computer Incident Response Team
15
Q
What is CORS?
A
Cross-Origin Request Scripting
16
Q
What is COTS?
A
Commercial Off-the-Shelf
17
Q
What is CRL?
A
Certificate Revocation List
18
Q
What is CSRF?
A
Cross-Site Request Forgery
19
Q
What is CVE?
A
Common Vulnerabilities and Enumeration
20
Q
What is CVSS?
A
Common Vulnerability Scoring Systems
21
Q
What is CWE?
A
Common Weaknesses Enumeration
22
Q
What is DAST?
A
Dynamic Application Security Testing
23
Q
What is DCOM?
A
Distributed Component Object Model
24
Q
What is DFD?
A
Data Flow Diagram
25
What is DLL?
Dynamic Link Library
26
What is DNS?
Domain Name System
27
What is DOM?
Document Object Model
28
What is DoS?
Denial of Service
29
What is DTP?
Dynamic Trunking Protocol
30
What is ECDSA?
Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm
31
What is EULA?
End User License Agreement
32
What is FTP?
File Transfer Protocol
33
What is GPO?
Group Policy Object
34
What is GPP?
Generic Packetized Protocol
35
What is GRE?
Generic Routing Encapsulation
36
What is HSTS?
HTTP Strict Transport Security
37
What is HTML?
Hyper Text Markup Language
38
What is I/O?
Input/Output
39
What is ICMP?
Internet Control Message Protocol
40
What is ICS?
Industrial Control Systems
41
What is IDOR?
Indirect Object Reference
42
What is IoT?
Internet of Things
43
What is IPS?
Intrusion Prevention System
44
What is IV?
Initialization Vector
45
What is JPCERT?
Japanese Computer Emergency Response Team
46
What is JTAG?
Joint Test Action Group
47
What is LAPS?
Local Administrator Password Solution
48
What is LFI?
Local File Inclusion
49
What is LLMNR?
Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution
50
What is LSASS?
Local Security Authority Subsystem Service
51
What is MDM?
Mobile Device Management
52
What is MFA?
Multifactor authentication
53
What is MiTM?
Man-in-the-Middle
54
What is MSA?
Master Service Agreement
55
What is NAC?
Network Access Control
56
What is NBNS?
Net Bios Name Service
57
What is NDA?
Non-disclosure Agreement
58
What is NFC?
Near Field Communication
59
What is NIST?
National Institute of Standards and Technology
60
What is NOP?
No Operation
61
What is NSE?
Network Service Engine
62
What is OS?
Operating System
63
What is OSINT?
Open Source Intelligence
64
What is OWASP?
Open Web Application Security Project
65
What is PII?
Personally Identifiable Information
66
What is POS?
Point of Sale
67
What is PS?
PowerShell
68
What is RCE?
Remote Code Execution
69
What is RDP?
Remote Desktop Protocol
70
What is RFI?
Remote File Inclusion
71
What is RFID?
Remote Frequency Identification
72
What is RFP?
Request for Proposal
73
What is RoE?
Rules of Engagement
74
What is RPC?
Remote Procedure Call
75
What is RSH?
Remote Shell
76
What is RTOS?
Real Time Operating System
77
What is SAM?
Security Account Manager
78
What is SAN?
Subject Alternative Name
79
What is SAST?
Static Application Security Testing
80
What is SCADA?
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
81
What is SCEP?
Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol
82
What is SCP?
Secure Copy
83
What is SDK?
Software Development Kit
84
What is SGID?
Set Group ID
85
What is SID?
Secure Identifier
86
What is SIEM?
System Information and Event Manager
87
What is SLA?
Service License Agreement
88
What is SMB?
Server Message Block
89
What is SMTP?
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
90
What is SNMP?
Simple Network Message Protocol
91
What is SOAP?
Simple Object Access Protocol
92
What is SOC?
Security Operations Center
93
What is SOW?
Statement of work
94
What is SPN?
Service Principal Name
95
What is SQL?
Structured Query Language
96
What is SSH?
Secure Shell
97
What is SSL?
Secure Sockets Layer
98
What is STP?
Spanning Tree Protocol
99
What is SUID?
Set User ID
100
What is TCP?
Transmission Control Protocol
101
What is TLS?
Transport Layer Security
102
What is TOTP?
Time-Based One-Time Password
103
What is TPM?
Trusted Platform Module
104
What is TTP?
Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
105
What is UDP?
User Diagram Protocol
106
What is VLAN?
Virtual Local Arena Network
107
What is VM?
Virtual Machine
108
What is VNC?
Virtual Network Computing
109
What is VPN?
Virtual Private Network
110
What is WADL?
Web Application Description Language
111
What is WAF?
Web Application Firewall
112
What is WAR?
Web Application Archive
113
What is WEP?
Wired Equivalent Protocol
114
What is WinRM?
Windows Remote Management
115
What is WMI?
Windows Management Instrumentation
116
What is WPAD?
Web Proxy Auto Discovery
117
What is WPS?
WiFi Protected Setup
118
What is WSDL?
Web Service Description Language
119
What is XSD?
XML Schema Document
120
What is XSS?
Cross Site Scripting
121
What is XST?
Cross Site Tracing
122
What is XXE?
External Entity
