Day 6

Question 1

Useful for protecting packet data as it has little latency and minimum operation overhead.

Answer 1

GCM

Galois Counter Mode

Question 2

A law from the European Union that directs protection and privacy of personal information.

Answer 2

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation

Question 3

The free incarnation of a popular cryptosystem, commonly used to secure email.

Answer 3

GPG

Gnu Privacy Guard

Question 4

A feature of Windows that provides centralized management of configuration and settings.

Answer 4

GPO

Group Policy Object

Question 5

A satellite-based protocol that can closely identify the location or asset.

Answer 5

GPS

Global Positioning System

Question 6

These processors have an alternate use in discovering keys and cracking.

Answer 6

GPU

Graphic Processing Unit

Question 7

An old and standard protocol that inserts one packet within another.

Answer 7

GRE

Generic Routing Encapsulation

Question 8

Ensuring that system uptime extends longer than what it normally would.

Answer 8

HA

High Availability

Question 9

A mass storage system, typically implemented with spinning platters and heads that perform reading and writing.

Answer 9

HDD

Hard Disk Drive

Question 10

A defensive application that identifies anomalous or malicious activities within a device.

Answer 10

HIDS

Host-based Intrusion Detection System

Question 11

A defensive application that prevents anomalous or malicious activities within a device.

Answer 11

HIPS

Host-based Intrusion Prevention System

Question 12

Implementing non-repudiation via an exchanged value and hashing.

Answer 12

HMAC

Hashed Message Authentication Code

Question 13

A sophisticated system designed to locate, discover, distract and otherwise observe malicious behavior.

Answer 13

Honeynet

Honeypot network

Question 14

Used to identify and distract hackers.

Answer 14

Honeypot

Fake target

Question 15

The last line of defense for a system against a malicious intranet host.

Answer 15

Host firewall

Software firewall

Question 16

This is a file wherein the system manager may define their own names to resolve IP addresses.

Answer 16

Host File

Local resolver

Question 17

Performs authentication by requiring a user to enter a system generated code into a hashing or calculating algorithm that produces a response.

Answer 17

HOTP

HMAC-based One-Time Password

Question 18

These key management systems are ideally suited for automated private key transactions that require strong security.

Answer 18

HSM

Hardware Security Module

Question 19

A cloud-based service that allows customers to create, manage and implement encryption keys.

Answer 19

HSMaaS

Hardware Security Module as a Service

Question 20

The scripting used by browsers to interpret and display content.

Answer 20

HTML

Hypertext Markup Language

Question 21

The means by which HTML and images are viewed and accessed by browsers.

Answer 21

HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

Question 22

Performing HTTP over an encrypted channel.

Answer 22

HTTPS

Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL/TLS

Question 23

The heating, cooling and other environmental aspects of a building.

Answer 23

HVAC

Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning

Question 24

Implementing cloud-based networks, servers and other infrastructure.

Answer 24

IaaS

Infrastructure as a Service

Question 25

The policies, procedures and technologies that facilitate ensuring that only the appropriate personnel have access to resources in an organization.

Answer 25

IAM

Identity and Access Management

Question 26

A multifunctional protocol designed to perform network testing and report errors.

Answer 26

ICMP

Internet Control Message Protocol

Question 27

Semi-intelligent devices used to control industrial or scientific equipment from central consoles.

Answer 27

ICS

Industrial Control Systems