Day 16

Question 1

This is a multifunction firewall system, commonly supporting VPN, NAT, antivirus, spam filtering, intrusion detection and content filtering.

Answer 1

UTM

Unified Threat Management

Question 2

Commonly known as four-pair, in ubiquitous use for data networking wired connections.

Answer 2

UTP

Unshielded Twisted Pair

Question 3

An operational defense designed to proactively discover flaws, incorrect configurations and outdated applications.

Answer 3

VA

Vulnerability assessment

Question 4

Hosting a desktop operating system on a centralized server and allowing users to remotely access it.

Answer 4

VDE

Virtual Desktop Environment

Question 5

Hosting a desktop operating system on a centralized server and allowing users to remotely access it.

Answer 5

VDI

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Question 6

A technology for isolating and nodes attached to switches into various groups to enhance performance and create isolation-based security.

Answer 6

VLAN

Virtual Local Area Network

Question 7

An IP network masking technique that does not require full bytes in each position of the mask.

Answer 7

VLSM

Variable-length Subnet Masking

Question 8

The implementation of an operating system within an application running on top of another host.

Answer 8

VM

Virtual Machine

Question 9

Converting analog sound into packet eyes data for efficient transport over the Internet.

Answer 9

VoIP

Voice over IP

Question 10

An implementation of cloud computing where in the cloud service provider reserves resources for particular group or customer, providing isolation.

Answer 10

VPC

Virtual Private Cloud

Question 11

The transmission of information in a protected form over potentially hostile mediums.

Answer 11

VPN

Virtual Private Network

Question 12

Video or audio conductivity between remote sites.

Answer 12

VTC

Video Teleconferencing

Question 13

A filtering device designed to perform deep content inspection to identify application threats.

Answer 13

WAF

Web Application Firewall

Question 14

The hub of communication in a radio-based data network.

Answer 14

WAP

Wireless Access Point

Question 15

The now deprecated authentication and confidentiality measures used by 802.11 networks.

Answer 15

WEP

Wired Equivalent Privacy

Question 16

This is an intrusion sensor that looks for 802.11-related threats.

Answer 16

WIDS

Wireless Intrusion Detection System

Question 17

This is an intrusion sensor that stops 802.11-related threats.

Answer 17

WIPS

Wireless Intrusion Prevention System

Question 18

One-way writing of logs and performance data.

Answer 18

WORM

Write Once Read Many

Question 19

Self-propagating malicious software that floods a network, causing a denial of service.

Answer 19

Worm

Massive propagation messages

Question 20

The predecessor to WPA/2 that implemented TKIP.

Answer 20

WPA

WiFi Protected Access

Question 21

The successor to WPA that incorporates AES-CCMP.

Answer 21

WPA2

WiFi Protected Access 2

Question 22

New clients may gain access by pushing a button.

Answer 22

WPS

WiFi Protected Setup

Question 23

A broad term that refers to accessing any type of service, large or small, via the Internet and it is commonly associated with cloud computing.

Answer 23

XaaS

Anything as a Service

Question 24

Definition and structure for server, host, and personal identification.

Answer 24

x.509v3

Schema of identification document.

Question 25

A text-based language that defines the encoding of documents and data so that it is both human readable and machine readable, commonly associated with web services.

Answer 25

XML

Extensible Markup Language

Question 26

A mathematical bit -wise operation, commonly employed in encryption.

Answer 26

XOR

Exclusive Or

Question 27

An attack wherein a message is spoofed from a user to a trusted site.

Answer 27

XSRF

Cross-site Request Forgery

Question 28

Web application attack that relies on malicious user, script input to steal information from other users.

Answer 28

XSS

Cross-site Scripting