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Comptia Security +: Vocab

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1. Also civil law






2. The user






3. A specialized form of software authentication that enables a user to authenticate once and gain access to the resources of multiple software systems.






4. Technical are IT implemented. Administrative items are things that HR implements. Physical things are things that are tangible.






5. Object Linking and Embedding. The ability of an object to be embedded into another object.






6. An AAA (Authentication - Authorization - and Accounting) protocol for applications such as network access or IP mobility. It is intended to work in both local and roaming situations.






7. A mechanism by which connections to TCP services on a system are allowed or disallowed






8. In cryptanalysis - this attack is a method of defeating a cryptographic scheme by trying a large number of possibilities; for example - exhaustively working through all possible keys in order to decrypt a message. In most schemes - the theoretical po






9. Be at least 8 foot tall and have three strands of barbed wire.






10. An arrangement in which the keys needed to decrypt encrypted data are held in escrow by a third party - so that someone else (typically government agencies) can obtain them to decrypt messages which they suspect to be relevant to national security.






11. Continuation of Operations Plan






12. Demilitarized Zone. A part of the network that is neither part of the internal network nor directly part of the Internet. Basically a network sitting between two networks.






13. Basic Input/Output System






14. A collection of updates - fixes and/or enhancements to a software program delivered in the form of a single installable package.






15. Entails planning and system actions to ensure that a project is following good quality management practices






16. A computer program (or set of programs) that translates text written in a computer language (the source language) into another computer language (the target language).






17. Countermeasure to put fake stuff into a database so if someone is reading it they will get the wrong info.






18. The threshold is a baseline for violation activities that may be normal for a user to commit before alarms are raised.






19. Data storage formats and equipment that allow the stored data to be accessed in any order






20. These can be used to verify that public keys belong to certain individuals.






21. In risk assessment - the average monetary value of losses per year. SLE x ARO = ALE






22. In cryptanalysis - a brute force attack is a method of defeating a cryptographic scheme by trying a large number of possibilities. In most schemes - the theoretical possibility of a brute force attack is recognised - but it is set up in such a way th






23. The art of breaking code. Testing the strength of an algorithm.






24. Packet sniffers (also known as network or protocol analyzers or Ethernet sniffers) are computer software (usually) or computer hardware that can intercept and log traffic passing over a digital network or part of a network. As data streams travel bac






25. Someone who hacks






26. The frequency with which a threat is expected to occur.






27. Disclosure - Alteration - Destruction. These things break the CIA triad






28. A formula - practice - process - design - instrument - pattern - or compilation of information used by a business to obtain an advantage over competitors within the same industry or profession.






29. A form of network attack in which a valid data transmission is maliciously or fraudulently repeated or delayed. This is carried out either by the originator or by an adversary who intercepts the data and retransmits it - possibly as part of a masquer






30. Procedures for when an employee is terminated to ensure that they are aware of their responsibilities and turn in all company property.






31. These cryptographic protocols provide secure communications on the Internet. SSL provides endpoint authentication and communications privacy over the Internet using cryptography. In typical use - only the server is authenticated while the client rema






32. The effort made by an ordinarily prudent or reasonable party to avoid harm to another party or himself. Deals with liability.






33. Component Object Model.






34. An instance of a scripting language






35. False Acceptance Rate - False Rejection Rate - Crossover Error Rate






36. A spoofing attack - a kind of attack in data communication - in which a third party tries to mislead the communication participants using forged information.






37. The practice of following someone with a security code or keycard through a security door - generally in workplaces.






38. A form of binary to text encoding that originated as a Unix program for encoding binary data for transmission over the uucp mail system. The name 'uuencode' is derived from 'Unix-to-Unix encoding'. Since uucp converted characters between various comp






39. Random Number Base






40. A set of rules applied by many transit networks which restrict the ways in which the network may be used.






41. Grabs an image of the finger which is then stored in a database and then works in a one-to-many database






42. In computer networking - this is the method for finding a host's hardware address when only its IP address is known. Due to the overwhelming prevalence of IPv4 and ethernet - ARP is primarily used to translate ethernet MAC addresses from IP addresses






43. The process of certifying a system that has been built to ensure that it meets the security standards that you have said you will use.






44. The amount of users that the system can process in a given amount of time. A typical acceptable amount is 10/minute






45. Base 64 is a positional numeral system using a base of 64. It is the largest power of two base that can be represented using only printable ASCII characters. This has led to its use as a transfer encoding for e-mail among other things.






46. A network that uses proprietary protocols






47. A distinctive sign of some kind which is used by a business to uniquely identify itself and its products and services to consumers - and to distinguish the business and its products and / or services from those of other businesses.






48. Network device that operates at layer 1. Concentrator.






49. Differs from ordinary composition in that it does not imply ownership. In composition - when the owning object is destroyed - so are the contained objects. In aggregation - this is not necessarily true.






50. Enticing people to hit your honeypot to see how they try to access your system.