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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. Total cost of ownership






2. Distributed denial of service






3. Quality assurance testing






4. Proof of concept






5. Encapsulating security payload






6. Operating system






7. Computer-aided software engineering






8. American Institute of Certified Public Accountants






9. Computer-assisted audit technique






10. Asynchronous Transfer Mode or automated teller machine






11. Hardware/software






12. Frame relay assembler/disassembler






13. Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing






14. Platform for Internet content selection






15. Extensible Stylesheet Language






16. Private branch exchange






17. Security parameter index






18. File allocation table






19. Personal computer/microcomputer






20. Internetwork Packet Exchange






21. Network access server or Network attached storage






22. Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants






23. Systems network architecture






24. Computerized Numeric Control






25. Reset






26. Service level agreement






27. Frequency-hopping spread spectrum






28. Asynchronous time division multiplexing






29. Quality assurance






30. National Fire Protection Agency (USA)






31. Occupant emergency plan






32. Compact disk-rewritable






33. Integrated services digital network






34. Cyclic redundancy check






35. Indexed Sequential Access Method






36. Wireless local area network






37. Common gateway interface






38. Extended Binary-coded for Decimal Interchange Code






39. Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions






40. Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol






41. Application-specific integrated circuit






42. Point-to-point Protocol






43. Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol






44. Unified Modeling Language






45. Secured Hypertext Transmission Protocol






46. Proof of possession






47. Virtual local area network






48. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (USA)






49. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (USA)






50. Source lines of code