Day 3 Reversed

Question 1

CHAP

Answer 1

Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

Commonly used by routers and has several derivatives in use by Microsoft for authentication.

Question 2

CIO

Answer 2

Chief Information Officer

The most senior official in an organization responsible for the information technology and systems that support enterprise.

Question 3

CIRT

Answer 3

Computer Incident Response Team

A group that investigates and resolves IT security problems.

Question 4

CIS

Answer 4

Center for Internet Security

Its mission is to identify develop, promote, and lead the world with regard to best practices for cybersecurity solutions.

Question 5

CMP

Answer 5

Change Management Policy

An organizational process designed to facilitate making changes to organizational resources in such a way that they are identifiable, auditable, and orderly.

Question 6

CMS

Answer 6

Content Management System

These are applications that facilitate the creation, editing, publishing and archival of web pages and content.

Question 7

CN

Answer 7

Common Name

An identifying name that may be applied to a directory resource, such as a user, server, or other object.

Question 8

COOP

Answer 8

Continuity of Operations Plan

Ensuring that vital and primary mission essential functions continue to run, even in the face of emergencies.

Question 9

COPE

Answer 9

Corporate Owned, Personally Enabled

Smart phones owned by the organization, but approved for personal use.

Question 10

CP

Answer 10

Contingency Planning

Procedures to follow in the event of a catastrophic incident, even though it may be unlikely.

Question 11

CRC

Answer 11

Cyclical Redundancy Check

An error checking code, used in digital technology primarily to identify accidental changes to data.

Question 12

Crimeware

Answer 12

Cyber Theft

A class of malware that automates malicious activity.

Question 13

CRL

Answer 13

Certificate Revocation List

This is maintained by a certificate authority to identify certificates associated with compromised or lost private keys.

Question 14

CSO

Answer 14

Chief Security Officer

This official is responsible for development, oversight, mitigation and other risk strategies.

Question 15

CSP

Answer 15

Cloud Service Provider

An organization that provides Iaas, PaaS or Iaas to an array of customers.

Question 16

CSA

Answer 16

Cloud Security Alliance

A nonprofit organization that promotes best practices in security for cloud-based computing.

Question 17

CSIRT

Answer 17

Computer Security Incident Response Team

Information technology personnel whose purpose is to prevent, manage and coordinate actions about security incidents.

Question 18

CSO

Answer 18

Chief Security Officer

An executive position in charge of policy and programs to reduce risk in an organization.

Question 19

CSP

Answer 19

Cloud Service Provider

An organization that provides cloud-based access to infrastructure, storage and/or applications.

Question 20

CSR

Answer 20

Certificate Signing Request

Created by an applicant seeking to gain a certificate from an authority.

Question 21

CSRF

Answer 21

Cross-Site Request Forgery

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

Question 22

CSU

Answer 22

Channel Service Unit

A connecting device used to link an organization to telco-based T-services.

Question 23

CTO

Answer 23

Chief Technology Officer

The executive person tasked with identifying useful technology, IT strategies and partnerships.

Question 24

CTOS

Answer 24

Centralized Terminal Operating System

Legacy management.

Question 25

CTR

Answer 25

Counter

This form of encryption is used by AES to perform streaming encryption.

Question 26

CVE

Answer 26

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

A database of known and published software flaws that may impact security that is managed by MITRE.