CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 Acronym List

AIS

Automated Indicator Sharing

ARP

Address Resolution Protocol

ASLR

Address Space Layout Randomization

ATT&CK

Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge

AV

Antivirus

BGP

Border Gateway Protocol

BIA

Business Impact Analysis

BPA

Business Partners Agreement

BPDU

Bridge Protocol Data Unit

CAR

Corrective Action Report

CASB

Cloud Access Security Broker

CBC

Cipher Block Chaining

CCMP

Counter Mode/CBC-MAC Protocol

CERT

Computer Emergency Response Team

CFB

Cipher Feedback

CHAP

Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

CIRT

Computer Incident Response Team

CMS

Content Management System

COOP

Continuity of Operation Planning

CP

Contingency Planning

CRC

Cyclical Redundancy Check

CRL

Certificate Revocation List

CSP

Cloud Service Provider

CSR

Certificate Signing Request

CSRF

Cross-site Request Forgery

CSU

Channel Service Unit

CTM

Counter Mode

CTO

Chief Technology Officer

DBA

Database Administrator

DEP

Data Execution Prevention

DKIM

DomainKeys Identified Mail

DLP

Data Loss Prevention

DMARC

Domain Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance

DNAT

Destination Network Address Translation

DPO

Data Privacy Officer

DRP

Disaster Recovery Plan

DSL

Digital Subscriber Line

ECB

Electronic Code Book

ECDHE

Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral

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

GCM

Galois Counter Mode

GPG

Gnu Privacy Guard

GPO

Group Policy Object

GPS

Global Positioning System

GPU

Graphics Processing Unit

GRE

Generic Routing Encapsulation

HDD

Hard Disk Drive

HOTP

HMAC-based One-time Password

IaaS

Infrastructure as a Service

IAM

Identity and Access Management

IDEA

International Data Encryption Algorithm

IDF

Intermediate Distribution Frame

IdP

Identity Provider

IKE

Internet Key Exchange

IM

Instant Messaging

IMAP

Internet Message Access Protocol

IoC

Indicators of Compromise

IR

Incident Response

IRC

Internet Relay Chat

IRP

Incident Response Plan

ISO

International Standards Organization

ISSO

Information Systems Security Officer

KDC

Key Distribution Center

KEK

Key Encryption Key

L2TP

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

MaaS

Monitoring as a Service

MAC

Media Access Control

MBR

Master Boot Record

MDF

Main Distribution Frame

MDM

Mobile Device Management

MFD

Multifunction Device

MFP

Multifunction Printer

ML

Machine Learning

MMS

Multimedia Message Service

MPLS

Multi-protocol Label Switching

MSCHAP

Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

MSP

Managed Service Provider

MSSP

Managed Security Service Provider

MTTR

Mean Time to Recover

MTU

Maximum Transmission Unit

NFC

Near Field Communication

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

OSPF

Open Shortest Path First

OTA

Over the Air

OVAL

Open Vulnerability Assessment Language