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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. Radio frequency identification






2. Balanced scorecard






3. Group ID






4. Relational database management system






5. Authentication header






6. Transaction processing (TP) monitors






7. Wireless local area network






8. Project request document






9. Mandatory Access Control






10. Carrier-sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection






11. Internet relay chat






12. Computer emergency response team






13. Network Control Protocol






14. Data dictionary/directory system






15. Point of sale or Point-of-sale systems






16. Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (USA)






17. Secure Sockets Layer






18. Data terminal ready






19. Information systems






20. Graphical user interface






21. Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol






22. Plain old telephone service






23. Integrated services digital network






24. Dynamic link library






25. Digital audio tape






26. Component Object Model/Distributed Component Object Model






27. Distributed computing environment






28. Key performance indicator






29. Key goal indicator






30. Fourth-generation language






31. Fibre channels






32. Network address translation






33. Access control list






34. Specific - measurable - achievable - relevant - time-bound






35. Service delivery objective






36. National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA)






37. Entity relationship diagram






38. Manufacturing resources planning






39. Class-of-service






40. Internet Engineering Task Force






41. Chief information officer






42. Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications






43. Asynchronous Transfer Mode or automated teller machine






44. Wireless personal area network






45. Cyclic redundancy check






46. Service-oriented architecture






47. Network access server or Network attached storage






48. Public data network






49. Extensible Markup Language






50. Universal resource locator