Operations Technology Terms

Question 1

What is OT

Answer 1

Operational Technology

Question 2

What 4 areas encompass OT?

Answer 2

ICS, 
PLC, 
SCADA, 
DPC 
(Industrial Control Systems, Programmable Logic Controllers, Discrete Process Control Systems, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition)

Question 3

What is SCADA

Answer 3

Display unit that shows process under management in graphic display

Question 4

What is an RTU?

Answer 4

Remote Terminal Unit

Question 5

What are the main components of a SCADA?

Answer 5

Control Unit, Fieldbus Communication link (Ethernet, WAN link, or telemetry link for equipment), and Remote Terminal Unit

Question 6

SIS

Answer 6

Safety Instrumented Systems

Question 7

What is RTO?

Answer 7

Recovery Time Objective - measure of how much downtime is acceptable, or how quickly must the data be made accessible again

Question 8

What is RPO?

Answer 8

Recovery Point Objective - measure of how much data or work it’s acceptable to lose

Question 9

List 5 examples of Controls Systems

Answer 9

Building Automation System, Closed Circuit TV, Surveillance System, Digital Signature System, Emergency Management System, Fire Alarm System

Question 10

What 2 documents/publications did you read to prep?

Answer 10

NIST Guide to Industrial Control Systems Special Publication 800-82
ICS Cert Recommend Practices by

Question 11

What is a RMF (risk)?

Answer 11

Risk Management Framework

Question 12

OSI stands for

Answer 12

Open Systems Interconnection

Question 13

MAC stands for

Answer 13

Media Access Control

Question 14

UDP stands for

Answer 14

User Datagram Protocol

Question 15

DNS stands for

Answer 15

Domain Name System

Question 16

ADS stands for

Answer 16

Active Directory Services

Question 17

TFTP stands for

Answer 17

Trivial File Transfer Protocol

Question 18

DHCP stands for

Answer 18

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Question 19

ARP stands for

Answer 19

Address Resolution Protocol

Question 20

SOAP stands for

Answer 20

Simple Object Access Protocol ( XML based format syntax to exchange messages)

Question 21

SMTP

Answer 21

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

Question 22

SNMP

Answer 22

Simple Network Management Protocol

Question 23

DCOM

Answer 23

Distributed Component Object Model

Question 24

RPC

Answer 24

Remote Procedure Call

Question 25

NAT

Answer 25

Network Address Translation

Question 26

SIS

Answer 26

Safety Instrumented System

Question 27

What is End-To-End Ecryption

Answer 27

encryption keys must only be known to the communicating parties. E2EE systems can encrypt data using a pre-arranged string of symbols, called a pre-shared secret (PGP, Pretty Good Privacy), or a one-time secret derived from such a pre-shared secret (DUKPT, Derived Unique Key Per Transaction). They can also negotiate a secret key on the spot using Diffie-Hellman key exchange (OTR).[3]

Question 28

CJIS

Answer 28

Criminal Justice Information Services | Recommendations by FBi for Law Enforcement.

Question 29

What is TDE

Answer 29

Transparent Data Encryption - encrypts the data within the physical files of the database, the 'data at rest'. Without the original encryption certificate and master key, the data cannot be read when the drive is accessed or the physical media is stolen

Question 30

HMI

Answer 30

Human Machine Interface

Question 31

Define ePO

Answer 31

ePolicy Orchestrator

Question 32

What is theMcAfee SuperAgent

Answer 32

distributed repository designed to reduce load on McAfee ePO