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CISM Certified Information Security Manager Acronyms

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Fourth-generation language






2. Trivial File Transport Protocol






3. Securities and Exchange Commission (USA)






4. Business-to-consumer






5. International Project Management Association






6. Secured Hypertext Transmission Protocol






7. Plain old telephone service






8. System management facility






9. Wireless local area network






10. File Transfer Protocol






11. Distributed denial of service






12. Digital subscriber lines






13. Critical Path Methodology






14. Application-specific integrated circuit






15. Capability Maturity Model






16. Extensible Stylesheet Language






17. Remote procedure call






18. Initial program load






19. Projects in Controlled Environments 2






20. Web Services Description Language






21. Simultaneous peripheral operations online






22. Service level agreement






23. Atomicity - consistency - isolation and durability






24. Arithmetic-logic unit






25. False-acceptance rate






26. American National Standards Institute






27. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (USA)






28. Common Object Request Broker Architecture






29. Intrusion detection system






30. Computer-aided system engineering






31. Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol






32. Distributed computing environment






33. Compact disk-recordable






34. Data Definition Language






35. Computer-integrated manufacturing






36. Basic Input/Output System






37. Network file system






38. Electronic commerce






39. Advanced Encryption Standard






40. Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (USA)






41. Terminal emulation software






42. False-rejection rate






43. Bill of materials processor






44. The SANS Institute






45. Program Evaluation Review Technique






46. Supply Chain Operations Reference






47. Compact disk-rewritable






48. Control self-assessment






49. Maintenance out of service






50. Integration Definition for Information Modeling