N Glossary Flashcards
1
Q
Nessus
A
A vulnerability scanner
2
Q
Network Intrusion Detection System
(NIDS)
A
A way to identify when an attack is happening based on a set of signatures that target network traffic
3
Q
nmap
A
A utility used to scan ports to identify services
4
Q
NoSQL
A
A type of database that is NOT a relational database
Typically uses a programmatic interface instead of a SQL interface
5
Q
nslookup
A
A utility used to query DNS servers
6
Q
n-tier architecture
A
Multiple tiers of systems / functions used in application delivery
7
Q
Non-Repudiation
A
A guarantee that the sender of a message can’t later deny having sent the message and that the recipient can’t deny having received the message
