SYO-701 Acronyms Flashcards
AAA
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
ACL
Access Control List
AES
Advanced Encryption Standard
AES-256
Advanced Encryption Standards 256-bit
AH
Authentication Header
AI
Artificial Intelligence
AIS
Automated Indicator Sharing
ALE
Annualized Loss Expectancy
AP
Access Point
API
Application Programming Interface
APT
Advanced Persistent Threat
ARO
Annualized Rate of Occurrence
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol
ASLR
Address Space Layout Randomization
ATT&CK
Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge
AUP
Acceptable Use Policy
AV
Antivirus
BASH
Bourne Again Shell
BCP
Business Continuity Planning
BGP
Border Gateway Protocol
BIA
Business Impact Analysis
BIOS
Basic Input/Output System
BPA
Business Partners Agreement
BPDU
Bridge Protocol Data Unit
BYOD
Bring Your Own Device
CA
Certificate Authority
CAPTCHA
Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart
CAR
Corrective Action Report
CASB
Cloud Access Security Broker
CBC
Cipher Block Chaining
CCMP
Counter Mode/CBC-MAC Protocol
CCTV
Closed-circuit Television
CERT
Computer Emergency Response Team
CFB
Cipher Feedback
CHAP
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
CIA
Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability
CIO
Chief Information Officer
CIRT
Computer Incident Response Team
CMS
Content Management System
COOP
Continuity of Operation Planning
COPE
Corporate Owned, Personally Enabled
CP
Contingency Planning
CRC
Cyclical Redundancy Check
CRL
Certificate Revocation List
CSO
Chief Security Officer
CSP
Cloud Service Provider
CSR
Certificate Signing Request
CSRF
Cross-site Request Forgery
CSU
Channel Service Unit
CTM
Counter Mode
CTO
Chief Technology Officer
CVE
Common Vulnerability Enumeration
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
CYOD
Choose Your Own Device
DAC
Discretionary Access Control
DBA
Database Administrator
DDoS
Distributed Denial of Service
DEP
Data Execution Prevention
DES
Digital Encryption Standard
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHE
Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral
DKIM
DomainKeys Identified Mail
DLL
Dynamic Link Library
DLP
Data Loss Prevention
DMARC
Domain Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance
DNAT
Destination Network Address Translation
DNS
Domain Name System
DoS
Denial of Service
DPO
Data Privacy Officer
DRP
Disaster Recovery Plan
DSA
Digital Signature Algorithm
DSL
Digital Subscriber Line
EAP
Extensible Authentication Protocol
ECB
Electronic Code Book
ECDHE
Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral
ECC
Elliptic Curve Cryptography
ECDSA
Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm
EDR
Endpoint Detection and Response
EFS
Encrypted File System
ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning
ESN
Electronic Serial Number
ESP
Encapsulated Security Payload
FACL
File System Access Control List
FDE
Full Disk Encryption
FIM
File Integrity Management
FPGA
Field Programmable Gate Array
FRR
False Rejection Rate
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
FTPS
Secured File Transfer Protocol
GCM
Galois Counter Mode
GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
GPG
Gnu Privacy Guard
GPO
Group Policy Object
GPS
Global Positioning System
GPU
Graphics Processing Unit
GRE
Generic Routing Encapsulation
HA
High Availability
HDD
Hard Disk Drive
HIDS
Host-based Intrusion Detection System
HIPS
Host-based Intrusion Prevention System
HMAC
Hashed Message Authentication Code
HOTP
HMAC-based One-time Password
HSM
Hardware Security Module
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPS
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
IaC
Infrastructure as Code
IAM
Identity and Access Management
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
ICS
Industrial Control Systems
IDEA
International Data Encryption Algorithm
IDF
Intermediate Distribution Frame
IdP
Identity Provider
IDS
Intrusion Detection System
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IKE
Internet Key Exchange
IM
Instant Messaging
IMAP
Internet Message Access Protocol
IoC
Indicators of Compromise
IoT
Internet of Things
IP
Internet Protocol
IPS
Intrusion Prevent System
IPSec
Internet Protocol Security
IR
Incident Response
IRC
Internet Relay Chat
IRP
Incident Response Plan
ISO
International Standards Organization
ISP
Internet Service Provider
ISSO
Information Systems Security Officer
IV
Initialization Vector
KDC
Key Distribution Center
KEK
Key Encryption Key
L2TP
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
LAN
Local Area Network
LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LEAP
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol
MaaS
Monitoring as a Service
MAC (3 potential acronyms)
- Mandatory Access Control
- Media Access Control
- Message Authentication Code
MAN
Metropolitan Area Network
MBR
Master Boot Record
MD5
Message Digest 5
MDF
Main Distribution Frame
MDM
Mobile Device Management
MFA
Multifactor Authentication
MFD
Multifunction Device
MFP
Multifunction Printer
ML
Machine Learning
MMS
Multimedia Message Service
MOA
Memorandum of Agreement
MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
MPLS
Multi-protocol Label Switching
MSA
Master Service Agreement
MSCHAP
Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
MSP
Managed Service Provider
MSSP
Managed Security Service Provider
MTBF
Mean Time Between Failures
MTTF
Mean Time to Failure
MTTR
Mean Time to Recover
MTU
Maximum Transmission Unit
NAC
Network Access Control
NAT
Network Address Translation
NDA
Non-disclosure Agreement
NFC
Near Field Communication
NGFW
Next-generation Firewall
NIDS
Network-based Intrusion Detection System
NIPS
Network-based Intrusion Prevention System
NIST
National Institute of Standards & Technology
NTFS
New Technology File System
NTLM
New Technology LAN Manager
NTP
Network Time Protocol
OAUTH
Open Authorization
OCSP
Online Certificate Status Protocol
OID
Object Identifier
OS
Operating System
OSINT
Open-source Intelligence
OSPF
Open Shortest Path First
OT
Operation Technology
OTA
Over the Air
OVAL
Open Vulnerability Assessment Language
P12
PKCS #12
P2P
Peer to Peer
PaaS
Platform as a Service
PAC
Proxy Auto Configuration
PAM (2 possible acronyms)
- Privileged Access Management
- Pluggable Authentication Protocol
PAP
Password Authentication Protocol
PAT
Port Address Translation
PBKDF2
Password-based Key Derivation Function 2
PBX
Private Branch Exchange
PCAP
Packet Capture
PCI DSS
Payment Card Industry Data Security
PDU
Power Distribution Unit
PEAP
Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol
PED
Personal Electronic Device
PEM
Privacy Enhanced Mail
PFS
Perfect Forward Secrecy
PGP
Pretty Good Privacy
PHI
Personal Health Information
PII
Personally Identifiable Information
PIV
Personal Identity Verification
PKCS
Public Key Cryptography Standards
PKI
Public Key Infrastructure
POP
Post Office Protocol
POTS
Plain Old Telephone Service
PPP
Point-to-Point Protocol
PPTP
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
PSK
Pre-shared Key
PTZ
Pan-tilt-zoom
PUP
Potentially Unwanted Program
RA (2 possible acronyms)
- Recovery Agent
- Registration Authority
RACE
Research and Development in Advanced Communications Technologies in Europe
RAD
Rapid Application Development
RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service
RAID
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
RAS
Remote Access Server
RAT
Remote Access Trojan
RBAC
Rule/Role-based Access Control
RC4
Rivest Cipher version 4
RDP
Remote Desktop Protocol
RFID
Radio Frequency Identifier
RIPEMD
RACE Integrity Primitives Evaluation Message Digest
ROI
Rate on Investment
RPO
Recovery Point Objective
RSA
Rivest, Shamir, & Adleman
RTBH
Remotely Triggered Black Hole
RTO
Recovery Time Objective
RTOS
Real-time Operating System
RTP
Real-time Transport Protocol
S-MIME
Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
SaaS
Software as a Service
SAE
Simultaneous Authentication of Equals
SAML
Security Assertions Markup Language
SAN (2 possible acronyms)
- Storage Area Network
- Subject Alternative Name
SASE
Secure Access Service Edge
SCADA
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
SCAP
Security Content Automation Protocol
SCEP
Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol
SD-WAN
Software-defined Wide Area Network
SDK
Software Development Kit
SDLC
Software Development Lifecycle
SDLM
Software Development Lifecycle Methodology
SDN
Software-defined Networking
SE Linux
Security-enhanced Linux
SED
Self-encrypting Drives
SEH
Structured Exception Handler
SFTP
Secured File Transfer Protocol
SHA
Secure Hashing Algorithm
SHTTP
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol
SIEM
Security Information and Event Management
SIM
Subscriber Identity Module
SLA
Service-level Agreement
SLE
Single Loss Expectancy
SMS
Short Message Service
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SMTPS
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Secure
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
SOAP
Simple Object Access Protocol
SOAR
Security Orchestration, Automation, Response
SoC
System on Chip
SOC
Security Operations Center
SOW
Statement of Work
SPF
Sender Policy Framework
SPIM
Spam over Internet Messaging
SQL
Structured Query Language
SQLi
SQL Injection
SRTP
Secure Real-Time Protocol
SSD
Solid State Drive
SSH
Secure Shell
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer
SSO
Single Sign-on
STIX
Structured Threat Information eXchange
SWG
Secure Web Gateway
TACACS+
Terminal Access Controller Access Control System
TAXII
Trusted Automated eXchange of Indicator Information
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TGT
Ticket Granting Ticket
TKIP
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
TLS
Transport Layer Security
TOC
Time-of-check
TOTP
Time-based One-time Password
TOU
Time-of-use
TPM
Trusted Platform Module
TTP
Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
TSIG
Transaction Signature
UAT
User Acceptance Testing
UAV
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
UEFI
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
UEM
Unified Endpoint Management
UPS
Uninterruptible Power Supply
URI
Uniform Resource Identifier
URL
Universal Resource Locator
USB
Universal Serial Bus
USB OTG
USB On the Go
UTM
Unified Threat Management
UTP
Unshielded Twisted Pair
VBA
Visual Basic
VDE
Virtual Desktop Environment
VDI
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network
VLSM
Variable Length Subnet Masking
VM
Virtual Machine
VoIP
Voice over IP
VPC
Virtual Private Cloud
VPN
Virtual Private Network
VTC
Video-Teleconferencing
WAF
Web Application Firewall
WAP
Wireless Access Point
WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy
WIDS
Wireless Intrusion Detection System
WIPS
Wireless Intrusion Prevention System
WO
Work Order
WPA
Wi-Fi Protected Access
WPS
Wi-Fi Protected Setup
WTLS
Wireless TLS
XDR
Extended Detection and Response
XML
Extensible Markup Language
XOR
Exclusive Or
XSRF
Cross-site Request Forgery
XSS
Cross-site Scripting