IT Security Flashcards

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What is OWASP?

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The Open Web Application Security Project is an online community which creates freely-available articles, methodologies, documentation, tools, and technologies in the field of web application security

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What is OWASP top 10?

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The OWASP Top Ten is a list of the 10 most dangerous current Web application security flaws, along with effective methods of dealing with those flaws. OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) is an organization that provides unbiased and practical, cost-effective information about computer and Internet applications.

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What is CISSP?

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Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) is an independent information security certification governed by the International Information System Security Certification Consortium, also known as (ISC)².

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What is CISA?

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Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) is a globally recognized certification in the field of audit, control and security of information systems.

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What is Cryptography?

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Cryptography is most often associated with scrambling plaintext (ordinary text, sometimes referred to as cleartext) into ciphertext (a process called encryption), then back again (known as decryption).

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