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Comptia Security +: Vocab

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1. Personal - Network - and Application






2. Provides for less data leakage. Longer distance. Uses light instead of electrical impulse.






3. A collection of updates - fixes and/or enhancements to a software program delivered in the form of a single installable package.






4. In risk assessment - the average monetary value of losses per year. SLE x ARO = ALE






5. Issued by the United States National Computer Security Center (NCSC - an arm of the NSA) as 'Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria' - a DOD standard 5200.23-STD in December 1985 superseding CSC-STD-001-83 - the TCSEC (frequently referred to as






6. Network Address Translation






7. A simple authentication protocol used to authenticate a user to a remote access server or Internet service provider (ISP). Almost all NOS remote servers support PAP. PAP transmits unencrypted ASCII passwords over the network and is therefore consider






8. Reasonable doubt






9. The process of training end users / employees in the ways and processes of security. This helps to mitigate risk to the company (if the employees know what to do) and also helps the employees to know what is expected of them security-wise - so that t






10. These cryptographic protocols provide secure communications on the Internet. SSL provides endpoint authentication and communications privacy over the Internet using cryptography. In typical use - only the server is authenticated while the client rema






11. Once authenticated - the level of access you have to a system






12. Among the most common types of viruses and the least damaging - these are hidden within applications that must be executed in order to execute the virus.






13. CISSPs subscribe to a code of ethics for building up the security profession






14. An attacker spoofs the source IP in a packet header - to make a ping request appear to have originated from the future victim's network - then the responding network responds in full force to these requests and brings down the victim's network.






15. Threat to physical security.






16. A specialized form of software authentication that enables a user to authenticate once and gain access to the resources of multiple software systems.






17. If an employee is suspected of wrongdoing - sending them away from work for a while so that their actions can be audited.






18. Separation of duties (SoD) is the concept of having more than one person required to complete a task.






19. In computer networking - this is the method for finding a host's hardware address when only its IP address is known. Due to the overwhelming prevalence of IPv4 and ethernet - ARP is primarily used to translate ethernet MAC addresses from IP addresses






20. An instance of a scripting language






21. To not be legal (as far as law is concerned) or ethical






22. A logic bomb is a piece of code intentionally inserted into a software system that will set off a malicious function when specified conditions are met.






23. Methodical process of finding and reducing the number of bugs - or defects - in a computer program or a piece of electronic hardware thus making it behave as expected






24. Network device that operates at layer 1. Concentrator.






25. The process of certifying a system that has been built to ensure that it meets the security standards that you have said you will use.






26. Signal degradation as it moves farther from its source






27. Continuation of Operations Plan






28. These viruses usually infect both boot records and files.






29. Occupant Emergency Plan - Employees are the most important!






30. An automated tool with a database of known vulnerabilities that check systems for those vulnerabilities






31. A class of storage media used in computers and other electronic devices. Because it cannot (easily) be written to - its main uses lie in the distribution of firmware.






32. In computing - the Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol authenticates a user to an Internet access provider. CHAP provides protection against playback attack by the peer through the use of an incrementally changing identifier and of a variable






33. Provides a means to obtain passwords or encryption keys and thus bypass other security measures. This can be accomplished through hardware or software means.






34. Business Impact Analysis. A BIA is a functional analysis in which a team collects data through interviews and documentary sources. It documents business functions - activities - and transactions.






35. Jumping into dumpsters to retrieve information about someone/something/a company






36. Good for distance - longer than 100M






37. The 7 layer model defined by the ISO. Memorized by 'All People Seem To Need Data Processing' and 'Please Do Not Throw Sausage Pizza Away'. Actually - the layers are Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Data Link - Physical






38. Animals with teeth. Not as discriminate as guards






39. Basic Input/Output System






40. A remote authentication protocol that is used to communicate with an authentication server commonly used in UNIX networks. TACACS allows a remote access server to communicate with an authentication server in order to determine if the user has access






41. An arrangement in which the keys needed to decrypt encrypted data are held in escrow by a third party - so that someone else (typically government agencies) can obtain them to decrypt messages which they suspect to be relevant to national security.






42. An attempt to trick the system into believing that something false is real






43. Someone who hacks






44. The key that is used to encrypt a file or message is the same key that is used to decrypt the file or message






45. Chief Executive Officer






46. Transferring your risk to someone else - typically an insurance company






47. Relating to quality or kind. This assigns a level of importance to something.






48. A type of circuit switched telephone network system - designed to allow digital transmission of voice and data over ordinary telephone copper wires - resulting in better quality and higher speeds than available with analog systems.






49. A number of computer software products and specifications from Sun Microsystems that together provide a system for developing and deploying cross-platform applications. Java is used in a wide variety of computing platforms spanning from embedded devi






50. Software designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system - without the owner's consent.