MOD 3 Acronyms Flashcards
WSUS
Microsoft Windows Server Update Service
(Designed to automatically deploy patches, feature updates, drive updates, and security patches)
SCCM
Microsoft Systems Center Configuration Manager
(Patches applications like WSUS does for the OS)
SIEM
Security Information and Event Management
(SNMP systems, monitors systems with ICMP pings and TCP/IP checks; can send alerts and notifications for network administrators to intervene)
NMS
Network Management Stations
(SNMP monitors, use SNMP Gets and SNMP Traps; Get = request for an Object ID, Traps = info bits sent from device to NMS alerting something has happened.)
MIB
Management Information Base
(Database of OIDs[Object IDs] in a SIEM system)
PDV
Packet Delay Variation
(Aka jitter; variance between the latency of the packets received)
CRC errors
Cyclic Redundancy Check
(Counter that determines if a FCS[Frame Chrck Sequence] has failed; Layer 2)
Use “show interface” to see CRC counter
MTU
Maximum Transmission Unit
(Giants = 1600 bytes, Baby Giants = 1501-1599 bytes, Runts = <64bytes)
QMS
Quality Management System
CAB
Change Advisory Board
(Evaluates the changes to reduce the impact of the changes on day to day operations; comprised of people from the entire organization, not just IT)
IDF/MDF
Intermediate Distribution Frame, Main Distribution Frame
(MDF:typically the demarcation point; IDF: typically switching closets that give access to client computers)
AUP
Acceptable Use Policy
BYOD
Bring Your Own Device
MDM
Mobile Device Management
DLP
Data Loss Prevention
(System used to ensure that end users do not send sensitive/critical information outside of the organization. Common DLP system is an outgoing email filter.)
NPS
Network Policy Server
(Can control who gets a VPN based on items such as time of day, connection type, security group, etc; hard controls) Default NPS configurations deny everything.
CIRT
Computer Incident Response Team
IRP
Incident Response Plan
COBO
Company Owned Business Only
COPE
Company Owned Personally Enabled
CYOD
Choose Your Own Device
NDA
Non Disclosure Agreement
(Legal document)
SLA
Service Level Agreement
(Expected level of service that a provider will adhere to for uptime; often called the Nines)
SOW
Statement Of Work
(Document that provides entire scope of work involved, all deliverables and due dates, resources needed, costs and deadlines for payments, QA procedures)
MoU
Memorandum of Understanding
(Document of intent to work together, not legally binding)
NLB
Network Load Balancing
MPIO
Multipath IO
(To create multiple paths to a SAN device via multiple connections)
HBA
Host Bus Adapter
(Network controller card which allows for 2 network connections)
HSRP
Hot Standby Router Protocol
VRRP
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
MSCS
Microsoft Cluster Services
(Example of clustering multiple servers together to provide failover, load balancing, and high availability for services running on a cluster)
FHRP
First Hop Redundancy Protocol
GLBP
Gateway Load Balancing Protocol
(Active/active model)
UPS
Uninterruptible Power Supply
PDU
Power Distribution Units
(Power strips connected to circuits, provide redundant circuits)
BCaaS
Business Continuity as a Service
(Recovery site option in the cloud, expensive)
MTTR
Mean Time To Repair
(Average time to repair a system)
MTBF
Mean Time Between Failure
(Expected lifetime of a component, how long before something fails)
RPO
Recovery Point Objective
(Point in time that you can restore to in the event of a disaster, when the last backup took place)
RTO
Recovery Time Objective
(How fast you can restore the last backup/recover)
