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What does the acronym AAA stand for in security?

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Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting

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True or False: AES stands for Advanced Encryption Standard.

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True

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Fill in the blank: DDoS stands for _____ Denial of Service.

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Distributed

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What does the acronym IPS stand for?

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Intrusion Prevention System

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Which of the following is a type of malware? (A) IPS (B) Ransomware (C) VPN

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B

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What does the acronym VPN stand for?

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Virtual Private Network

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True or False: CIA in cybersecurity refers to Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability.

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True

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What does the acronym SIEM stand for?

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Security Information and Event Management

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Fill in the blank: SSL stands for _____ Sockets Layer.

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Secure

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What does the acronym IDS stand for?

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Intrusion Detection System

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Which of the following does not belong? (A) MFA (B) PKI (C) BIOS

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C

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What does the acronym PKI stand for?

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Public Key Infrastructure

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True or False: RDP stands for Remote Desktop Protocol.

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True

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What does the acronym NIST stand for?

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National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Fill in the blank: WAF stands for _____ Application Firewall.

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Web

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What does the acronym BYOD stand for?

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Bring Your Own Device

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Which of the following is an example of a hash function? (A) MD5 (B) AES (C) RSA

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A

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What does the acronym FIM stand for?

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File Integrity Monitoring

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True or False: SOC stands for Security Operations Center.

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True

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What does the acronym MFA stand for?

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Multi-Factor Authentication

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Fill in the blank: XSS stands for _____ Script.

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Cross-Site

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What does the acronym SSO stand for?

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Single Sign-On

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Which of the following is a type of attack? (A) DDoS (B) VPN (C) SSL

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A

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What does the acronym TTP stand for?

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Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures

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True or False: GDPR stands for General Data Protection Regulation.
True
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What does the acronym CISO stand for?
Chief Information Security Officer
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Fill in the blank: IAM stands for _____ Access Management.
Identity
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What does the acronym EDR stand for?
Endpoint Detection and Response
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Which of the following is not a type of phishing? (A) Spear Phishing (B) Whaling (C) Scanning
C
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What does the acronym RPO stand for?
Recovery Point Objective
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True or False: RTO stands for Recovery Time Objective.
True
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What does the acronym VLAN stand for?
Virtual Local Area Network
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Fill in the blank: APT stands for _____ Persistent Threat.
Advanced
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What does the acronym SOC stand for?
Security Operations Center
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Which of the following is a network security device? (A) IDS (B) RDP (C) VPN
A
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What does the acronym CCPA stand for?
California Consumer Privacy Act
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True or False: DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
True
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What does the acronym SSL/TLS stand for?
Secure Sockets Layer / Transport Layer Security
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Fill in the blank: IoT stands for _____ of Things.
Internet
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What does the acronym OSINT stand for?
Open Source Intelligence
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Which of the following is a common type of attack? (A) SQL Injection (B) VPN (C) SSL
A
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What does the acronym CVE stand for?
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
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True or False: Nmap is a network scanning tool.
True
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What does the acronym RADIUS stand for?
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
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Fill in the blank: SAML stands for _____ Assertion Markup Language.
Security
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What does the acronym DLP stand for?
Data Loss Prevention
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Which of the following is a type of firewall? (A) WAF (B) VPN (C) IDS
A
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What does the acronym BIA stand for?
Business Impact Analysis
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True or False: AUP stands for Acceptable Use Policy.
True
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What does the acronym SAST stand for?
Static Application Security Testing
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Fill in the blank: PII stands for _____ Identifiable Information.
Personally
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What does the acronym AV stand for in security?
Antivirus
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Which of the following is a security framework? (A) COBIT (B) RDP (C) WAF
A
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What does the acronym NDR stand for?
Network Detection and Response
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True or False: MITM stands for Man-In-The-Middle.
True
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What does the acronym CASB stand for?
Cloud Access Security Broker
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Fill in the blank: SSO stands for _____ Sign-On.
Single
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Which of the following is a type of encryption? (A) SHA (B) AES (C) IDS
B
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What does the acronym ZTA stand for?
Zero Trust Architecture
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True or False: IR stands for Incident Response.
True
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Fill in the blank: SIEM stands for Security Information and _____ Management.
Event
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Which of the following is a type of malware? (A) Spyware (B) VPN (C) WAF
A
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What does the acronym GDPR stand for?
General Data Protection Regulation
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True or False: CVSS stands for Common Vulnerability Scoring System.
True
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What does the acronym HIPS stand for?
Host Intrusion Prevention System
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Fill in the blank: IRP stands for Incident Response _____
Plan
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What does the acronym SANS stand for?
SysAdmin, Audit, Network, and Security
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Which of the following is a type of cyber threat? (A) Malware (B) VPN (C) SSL
A
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What does the acronym RAS stand for?
Remote Access Service
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True or False: BCP stands for Business Continuity Plan.
True
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What does the acronym MDM stand for?
Mobile Device Management
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Fill in the blank: CISO stands for Chief Information Security _____
Officer
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What does the acronym EAP stand for?
Extensible Authentication Protocol
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Which of the following is a network protocol? (A) FTP (B) WAF (C) DLP
A
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True or False: APT stands for Advanced Persistent Threat.
True
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What does the acronym CSRF stand for?
Cross-Site Request Forgery
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Fill in the blank: TTP stands for Tactics, Techniques, and _____
Procedures
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What does the acronym WIPS stand for?
Wireless Intrusion Prevention System
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Which of the following is a type of attack? (A) DDoS (B) RDP (C) VPN
A
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True or False: IDS stands for Intrusion Detection System.
True
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What does the acronym CIRT stand for?
Computer Incident Response Team
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Fill in the blank: PGP stands for Pretty Good _____
Privacy
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What does the acronym WAF stand for?
Web Application Firewall
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Which of the following is a type of security control? (A) Preventive (B) VPN (C) RDP
A
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What does the acronym TSL stand for?
Transport Layer Security
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Fill in the blank: AUP stands for Acceptable Use _____
Policy

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