IT Security Acronyms Quiz
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AAA stands for Authentication, Authorization, and ______

Accounting

ACL stands for Access Control ______

List

API stands for Application Programming ______

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BYOD stands for Bring Your Own ______

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IV - Initialization Vector 37. KPI - Key Performance Indicator 38. LAN - Local Area Network 39. LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol 40. MAC - Media Access Control / 41. MAC - Mandatory Access Control 42. MFA - Multi-Factor Authentication 43. MITRE ATT&CK Framework 44. NAC - Network Access Control 45. NAT - Network Address Translation 46. NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology 47. OCSP - Online Certificate Status Protocol 48. OAuth 49. OSI - Open Systems Interconnection (Model) 50. PaaS - Platform as a Service 51. PAM - Privileged Access Management 52. PBKDF2 - Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2 53. PCI DSS - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard 54. PHI - Personal Health Information 55. PII - Personally Identifiable Information 56. PPTP - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol 57. RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks 58. RA - Registration Authority 59. RAS - Remote Access Service 60. RBAC - Role-Based Access Control 61. RDP - Remote Desktop Protocol 62. RSA - Asymmetric Encryption (Prime Numbers) 63. SaaS - Software as a Service 64. SCAP - Security Content Automation Protocol 65. SAML - Security Assertation Markup Language 66. SIEM - Security Information and Event Management 67. SOAR - Security Orchestration Automation and Response 68. SLA - Service-Level Agreement 69. SMB - Server Message Block 70. SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol 71. SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol 72. SQL - Structured Query Language 73. SSH - Secure Shell 74. SSO - Single Sign-On 75. SSL - Secure Sockets Layer 76. SWG - Secure Web Gateway 77. TLS - Transport Layer Security 78. TTP - Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures 79. UDP - User Datagram Protocol 80. UEFI - Unified Extensible Firmware Interface 81. VLAN - Virtual Local Area Network 82. VM - Virtual Machine 83. VPN - Virtual Private Network 84. WAF - Web Application Firewall 85. WAP - Wireless Access Point 86. WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy 87. WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access 88. XML - Extensible Markup Language

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Study Notes

Acronyms in Cybersecurity

  • AAA stands for Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
  • ACL stands for Access Control List
  • API stands for Application Programming Interface
  • BYOD stands for Bring Your Own Device

Networking and Protocols

  • LAN stands for Local Area Network
  • LDAP stands for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
  • MAC stands for Media Access Control and also Mandatory Access Control
  • OSI stands for Open Systems Interconnection (Model)

Security Frameworks and Standards

  • MITRE ATT&CK Framework is a knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques
  • NIST stands for National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • PCI DSS stands for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
  • SCAP stands for Security Content Automation Protocol

Access Control and Authentication

  • MFA stands for Multi-Factor Authentication
  • NAC stands for Network Access Control
  • RBAC stands for Role-Based Access Control
  • SSO stands for Single Sign-On

Cryptography and Encryption

  • PBKDF2 stands for Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2
  • RSA is a type of Asymmetric Encryption using Prime Numbers
  • SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer
  • TLS stands for Transport Layer Security

Storage and Virtualization

  • RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks
  • UEFI stands for Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
  • VLAN stands for Virtual Local Area Network
  • VM stands for Virtual Machine
  • VPN stands for Virtual Private Network

Web and Email Security

  • SWG stands for Secure Web Gateway
  • WAF stands for Web Application Firewall
  • SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

Miscellaneous

  • IV stands for Initialization Vector
  • KPI stands for Key Performance Indicator
  • PAM stands for Privileged Access Management
  • PII stands for Personally Identifiable Information
  • PHI stands for Personal Health Information

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