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CISM Certified Information Security Manager Acronyms

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Network News Transfer Protocol






2. Earned value analysis






3. Internet protocol






4. Internetwork Packet Exchange






5. Recovery time objective






6. Identification and authentication






7. Access control list






8. Gigabyte






9. Direct access storage device






10. Public switched telephone network






11. Systems Control Audit Review File and Embedded Audit Modules






12. Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination






13. Public relations






14. Point-to-point Protocol






15. Wireless personal area network






16. Elliptical curve cryptography






17. Complimentary Code Keying






18. Exchange-to-Exchange






19. Database management system






20. Recovery point objective






21. Single sign-on






22. Name Server Protocol or Network service provider






23. Computer-assisted design






24. Session border controller






25. NT file system






26. Continuity of operations plan






27. Class-of-service






28. Personal area network






29. Total quality management






30. Biometric Information Management and Security






31. Extensible Stylesheet Language






32. Computer-aided manufacturing






33. Technical report






34. Bill of materials






35. Infrared






36. Electromagnetic interference






37. Permanent virtual circuit






38. Switched virtual circuits






39. Business recovery (or resumption) plan






40. High-level data link control






41. Closed-circuit television






42. Component Object Model






43. Certification practice statement






44. Project request document






45. Arithmetic-logic unit






46. Voice-Over IP






47. Remote procedure call






48. Frequency division multiplexing






49. Carrier-sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection






50. False-rejection rate