security + acronyms

What does AAA stand for?

Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting

What does ACL stand for?

Access Control List

What does AES stand for?

Advanced Encryption Standard

What does AES-256 stand for?

Advanced Encryption Standards 256-bit

What does AH stand for?

Authentication Header

What does AI stand for?

Artificial Intelligence

What does AIS stand for?

Automated Indicator Sharing

What does ALE stand for?

Annualized Loss Expectancy

What does AP stand for?

Access Point

What does API stand for?

Application Programming Interface

What does APT stand for?

Advanced Persistent Threat

What does ARO stand for?

Annualized Rate of Occurrence

What does ARP stand for?

Address Resolution Protocol

What does ASLR stand for?

Address Space Layout Randomization

What does ATT&CK stand for?

Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge

What does AUP stand for?

Acceptable Use Policy

What does AV stand for?

Antivirus

What does BASH stand for?

Bourne Again Shell

What does BCP stand for?

Business Continuity Planning

What does BGP stand for?

Border Gateway Protocol

What does BIA stand for?

Business Impact Analysis

What does BIOS stand for?

Basic Input/Output System

What does BPA stand for?

Business Partners Agreement

What does BPDU stand for?

Bridge Protocol Data Unit

What does BYOD stand for?

Bring Your Own Device

What does CA stand for?

Certificate Authority

What does CAPTCHA stand for?

Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart

What does CAR stand for?

Corrective Action Report

What does CASB stand for?

Cloud Access Security Broker

What does CBC stand for?

Cipher Block Chaining

What does CCMP stand for?

Counter Mode/CBC-MAC Protocol

What does CCTV stand for?

Closed-circuit Television

What does CERT stand for?

Computer Emergency Response Team

What does CFB stand for?

Cipher Feedback

What does CHAP stand for?

Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

What does CIA stand for?

Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability

What does CIO stand for?

Chief Information Officer

What does CIRT stand for?

Computer Incident Response Team

What does CMS stand for?

Content Management System

What does COOP stand for?

Continuity of Operation Planning

What does COPE stand for?

Corporate Owned, Personally Enabled

What does CP stand for?

Contingency Planning

What does CRC stand for?

Cyclical Redundancy Check

What does CRL stand for?

Certificate Revocation List

What does CSO stand for?

Chief Security Officer

What does CSP stand for?

Cloud Service Provider

What does CSR stand for?

Certificate Signing Request

What does CSRF stand for?

Cross-site Request Forgery

What does CSU stand for?

Channel Service Unit

What does CTM stand for?

Counter Mode

What does CTO stand for?

Chief Technology Officer

What does CVE stand for?

Common Vulnerability Enumeration

What does CVSS stand for?

Common Vulnerability Scoring System

What does CYOD stand for?

Choose Your Own Device

What does DAC stand for?

Discretionary Access Control

What does DBA stand for?

Database Administrator

What does DDoS stand for?

Distributed Denial of Service

What does DEP stand for?

Data Execution Prevention

What does DES stand for?

Digital Encryption Standard

What does DHCP stand for?

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

What does DHE stand for?

Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral

What does DKIM stand for?

DomainKeys Identified Mail

What does DLL stand for?

Dynamic Link Library

What does DLP stand for?

Data Loss Prevention

What does DMARC stand for?

Domain Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance

What does DNAT stand for?

Destination Network Address Translation

What does DNS stand for?

Domain Name System

What does DoS stand for?

Denial of Service

What does DPO stand for?

Data Privacy Officer

What does DRP stand for?

Disaster Recovery Plan

What does DSA stand for?

Digital Signature Algorithm

What does DSL stand for?

Digital Subscriber Line

What does EAP stand for?

Extensible Authentication Protocol

What does ECB stand for?

Electronic Code Book

What does ECC stand for?

Elliptic Curve Cryptography

What does ECDHE stand for?

Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral

What does ECDSA stand for?

Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm

What does EDR stand for?

Endpoint Detection and Response

What does EFS stand for?

Encrypted File System

What does ERP stand for?

Enterprise Resource Planning

What does ESN stand for?

Electronic Serial Number

What does ESP stand for?

Encapsulated Security Payload

What does FACL stand for?

File System Access Control List

What does FDE stand for?

Full Disk Encryption

What does FIM stand for?

File Integrity Management

What does FPGA stand for?

Field Programmable Gate Array

What does FRR stand for?

False Rejection Rate

What does FTP stand for?

File Transfer Protocol

What does FTPS stand for?

Secured File Transfer Protocol

What does GCM stand for?

Galois Counter Mode

What does GDPR stand for?

General Data Protection Regulation

What does GPG stand for?

Gnu Privacy Guard

What does GPO stand for?

Group Policy Object

What does GPS stand for?

Global Positioning System

What does GPU stand for?

Graphics Processing Unit

What does GRE stand for?

Generic Routing Encapsulation

What does HA stand for?

High Availability

What does HDD stand for?

Hard Disk Drive

What does HIDS stand for?

Host-based Intrusion Detection System

What does HIPS stand for?

Host-based Intrusion Prevention System