CompTIA Pentest+ Acronyms Flashcards
What is an ACL?
Access Control List
What is ADFS?
Active Directory Federation Services
What is an AP?
Access Point
What is an API?
Application Programming Interface
What is an APNS?
Apple Push Notification System
What is an APT?
Advance Persistent Threat
What is an ASLR?
Address Space Layout Randomization
What is a BPA?
Business Partner Agreement
What is a CA?
Certificate Authority
What is CAPEC?
Common Attack Patterns Enumeration Classification
What is CERT?
Computer Emergency Response Team
What is CGI?
Common Gateway Interface
What is CIFS?
Common Internet File System
What is CIRT?
Computer Incident Response Team
What is CORS?
Cross-Origin Request Scripting
What is COTS?
Commercial Off-the-Shelf
What is CRL?
Certificate Revocation List
What is CSRF?
Cross-Site Request Forgery
What is CVE?
Common Vulnerabilities and Enumeration
What is CVSS?
Common Vulnerability Scoring Systems
What is CWE?
Common Weaknesses Enumeration
What is DAST?
Dynamic Application Security Testing
What is DCOM?
Distributed Component Object Model
What is DFD?
Data Flow Diagram
What is DLL?
Dynamic Link Library
What is DNS?
Domain Name System
What is DOM?
Document Object Model
What is DoS?
Denial of Service
What is DTP?
Dynamic Trunking Protocol
What is ECDSA?
Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm
What is EULA?
End User License Agreement
What is FTP?
File Transfer Protocol
What is GPO?
Group Policy Object
What is GPP?
Generic Packetized Protocol
What is GRE?
Generic Routing Encapsulation
What is HSTS?
HTTP Strict Transport Security
What is HTML?
Hyper Text Markup Language
What is I/O?
Input/Output
What is ICMP?
Internet Control Message Protocol
What is ICS?
Industrial Control Systems
What is IDOR?
Indirect Object Reference
What is IoT?
Internet of Things
What is IPS?
Intrusion Prevention System
What is IV?
Initialization Vector
What is JPCERT?
Japanese Computer Emergency Response Team
What is JTAG?
Joint Test Action Group
What is LAPS?
Local Administrator Password Solution
What is LFI?
Local File Inclusion
What is LLMNR?
Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution
What is LSASS?
Local Security Authority Subsystem Service
What is MDM?
Mobile Device Management
What is MFA?
Multifactor authentication
What is MiTM?
Man-in-the-Middle
What is MSA?
Master Service Agreement
What is NAC?
Network Access Control
What is NBNS?
Net Bios Name Service
What is NDA?
Non-disclosure Agreement
What is NFC?
Near Field Communication
What is NIST?
National Institute of Standards and Technology
What is NOP?
No Operation
What is NSE?
Network Service Engine
What is OS?
Operating System
What is OSINT?
Open Source Intelligence
What is OWASP?
Open Web Application Security Project
What is PII?
Personally Identifiable Information
What is POS?
Point of Sale
What is PS?
PowerShell
What is RCE?
Remote Code Execution
What is RDP?
Remote Desktop Protocol
What is RFI?
Remote File Inclusion
What is RFID?
Remote Frequency Identification
What is RFP?
Request for Proposal
What is RoE?
Rules of Engagement
What is RPC?
Remote Procedure Call
What is RSH?
Remote Shell
What is RTOS?
Real Time Operating System
What is SAM?
Security Account Manager
What is SAN?
Subject Alternative Name
What is SAST?
Static Application Security Testing
What is SCADA?
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
What is SCEP?
Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol
What is SCP?
Secure Copy
What is SDK?
Software Development Kit
What is SGID?
Set Group ID
What is SID?
Secure Identifier
What is SIEM?
System Information and Event Manager
What is SLA?
Service License Agreement
What is SMB?
Server Message Block
What is SMTP?
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
What is SNMP?
Simple Network Message Protocol
What is SOAP?
Simple Object Access Protocol
What is SOC?
Security Operations Center
What is SOW?
Statement of work
What is SPN?
Service Principal Name
What is SQL?
Structured Query Language
What is SSH?
Secure Shell
What is SSL?
Secure Sockets Layer
What is STP?
Spanning Tree Protocol
What is SUID?
Set User ID
What is TCP?
Transmission Control Protocol
What is TLS?
Transport Layer Security
What is TOTP?
Time-Based One-Time Password
What is TPM?
Trusted Platform Module
What is TTP?
Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
What is UDP?
User Diagram Protocol
What is VLAN?
Virtual Local Arena Network
What is VM?
Virtual Machine
What is VNC?
Virtual Network Computing
What is VPN?
Virtual Private Network
What is WADL?
Web Application Description Language
What is WAF?
Web Application Firewall
What is WAR?
Web Application Archive
What is WEP?
Wired Equivalent Protocol
What is WinRM?
Windows Remote Management
What is WMI?
Windows Management Instrumentation
What is WPAD?
Web Proxy Auto Discovery
What is WPS?
WiFi Protected Setup
What is WSDL?
Web Service Description Language
What is XSD?
XML Schema Document
What is XSS?
Cross Site Scripting
What is XST?
Cross Site Tracing
What is XXE?
External Entity
