Important Definitions

Question 1

Obfuscation

Answer 1

The process of deliberately making something unclear or difficult to understand.

Question 2

MAC

Answer 2

mandatory access control (strictest access control)

Question 3

PAM

Answer 3

(Privileged access management)refers to the strategies and technologies used to control, monitor, and secure access to an organization’s critical systems and sensitive information by privileged users

Question 4

PIM

Answer 4

(Privileged identity management) subset of identity management focused on managing, monitoring, and controlling privileged access accounts within an organization.

Question 5

MTBF

Answer 5

measurement used to determine the amount of that a repairable system was operational.

Question 6

MTTF

Answer 6

measurement used to determine how long it will be before an event makes a system un-repairable.

Question 7

GDPR

Answer 7

(General Data Protection Regulation) – The right to be forgotten (gives consumers the power to have data collected by vendors removed)

Question 8

ESP

Answer 8

(encapsulating security payload) -component of the Internet Protcol(IP SEC) suite of protocols.

Question 9

MITRE ATT&CK

Answer 9

(Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge) is a globally accessible knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques based on real-world observations

Question 10

Air gapping

Answer 10

is a security measure that involves isolating a computer or network from external connections, effectively creating a physical separation

Question 11

Blanking panels

Answer 11

also known as filler panels, are used in server racks to cover empty spaces, They help improve cooling efficiency.