Day 2

Question 1

Firmware based initialization code for booting a system.

The now deprecated initial program sets for computer.

Answer 1

BIOS

Basic Input/Output System

Question 2

Technology commonly used to communicate with small devices at modest speeds over a short range with low security requirements.

Answer 2

Bluetooth

802.15

Question 3

The orderly planning for and management of threats and incidents to an organization.

Answer 3

BCP

Business Continuity Plan

Question 4

Routing protocol for routing exterior traffic between autonomous systems/organizations.

Answer 4

BGP

Border Gateway Protocol

Question 5

The insertion of malicious computer instructions into the RAM of a host to accomplish denial of service or injecting shellcode.

Answer 5

BO

Buffer overflow

Question 6

This outlines the goals and responsibilities between entities pursuing a common work product.

Answer 6

BPA

Business Partners Agreement

Question 7

This protocol is used to identify efficient paths and loops in a switched network.

Answer 7

BPDU

Bridge Protocol Data Unit

Question 8

This is the MAC address that a wireless device is attached to.

Answer 8

BSSID

Basic Service Set IDentifier

Question 9

Discovers a hash or encrypted secret by attempting all combinations and permutations.

Answer 9

Brute force

Brute force attack

Question 10

The organization compensates the individual for use of their phone in organizational activities.

Answer 10

BYOD

Bring Your Own Device

Question 11

Servers that are centrally placed the hold control instructions for illicitly managed hosts.

Answer 11

C2

Command and control

Question 12

This entity issues certificates. After verifying them, and is the center of trust in PKI.

Answer 12

CA

Certificate Authority

Question 13

A form of identification with photograph, barcode, RFID and cryptographic storage of private key information.

Answer 13

CAC

Common Access Card

Question 14

This is intended to prevent rogue automated attempts at access.

Answer 14

CAPTCHA

Completely Automated
Public Turing to Tell
Computers and Humans
Apart

Question 15

A document generated when the defect or error has been detected that has the goal of eliminating a reoccurrence.

Answer 15

CAR

Corrective Action Report

Question 16

A software resource place between users and cloud applications that monitors and enforces policy-based access to cloud resources.

Answer 16

CASB

Cloud Access Security Broker

Question 17

Each plaintext block is XORed (see XOR) with the immediately previous ciphertext block.

Answer 17

CBC

Cipher Block Chaining

Question 18

Courseware or lessons that are delivered via a computer, commonly used for at home and corporate training.

Answer 18

CBT

Computer-Based Training

Question 19

Each plaintext block is XORed (see XOR) with the immediately previous ciphertext block that includes a message authentication code.

Answer 19

CCMP

Counter-Mode/CBC-Mac Protocol

Question 20

Allows monitoring and recording of activities in an area.

Answer 20

CCTV

Closed-circuit Television

Question 21

The point at which false acceptances are equal to false rejection.

Answer 21

CER

Cross-over Error Rate

Question 22

A generic term for a document that facilitates authentication.

Answer 22

CER

Certificate

Question 23

A multi-discipline group designated to handle IT incidents.

Answer 23

CERT

Computer Emergency Response Team

Question 24

A mode of operation for a block cipher.

Answer 24

CFB

Cipher Feedback

Question 25

The documentation of handling and protection of evidence.

Answer 25

Chain of custody

Evidence control and management