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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. Registration authority






2. Public data network






3. Biometric Information Management and Security






4. Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission






5. Object-oriented






6. Frame relay assembler/disassembler






7. Binary digit






8. Just in time






9. Recovery point objective






10. Terminal Access Control Access Control System






11. Microsoft's Transaction Server






12. Point-to-point Protocol






13. Work breakdown structure






14. Total cost of ownership






15. Data Definition Language






16. Request for proposal






17. Internet Engineering Task Force






18. Electromagnetic interference






19. Object-oriented system development






20. Database management system






21. Configuration management database






22. Technical report






23. Distributed computing environment






24. Component Object Model/Distributed Component Object Model






25. Failure-to-enroll rate






26. Transport layer security






27. Object Breakdown Structure






28. Private branch (business) exchange






29. Generalized audit software






30. Source lines of code






31. Atomicity - consistency - isolation and durability






32. Computer Incident Advisory Capability






33. Direct-sequence spread spectrum (DSSS)






34. Securities and Exchange Commission (USA)






35. Annual loss expectancy






36. Projects in Controlled Environments 2






37. Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol






38. Extensible Business Reporting Language






39. Initial program load






40. Manufacturing accounting and production






41. Computer-assisted design






42. Wireless local area network






43. Physical layer






44. Quality assurance testing






45. Occupant emergency plan






46. Earned value analysis






47. Hypertext Transmission Protocol






48. Business intelligence






49. Chief information officer






50. Embedded audit module