The CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP) certification is a step above the CompTIA Security Plus exam. So, I reviewed some notes on this subject and I found a lot of new terms that I needed to know. Here are 25 new terms to help you pass the CASP exam. I hope these study notes help anyone studying for this exam.
- Converged Network Adapter – combines ability of an HBA and a NIC into one connection
- CWE – Common Weakness Enumeration
- DEP – Data Execution Prevention
- DNSKEY – an additional DNS Record Type to hold public keys
- DNSSEC – Domain Name System Security
- FCOE – Fiber Channel Over Ethernet
- HBA – Host Based Adapter, used in data centers to connect a host to a Storage system
- HOPE – a conference, “Hackers On Planet Earth” focus on the ‘hacking’ side of info-security
- ISA – Interconnection security agreement
- jitter – a quality of service issue with VOIP involving the variation in transmission latency
- LUN – Logical Unit, as in Logical Unit Masking
- MSSP – Managed Security Service Provider
- OLA – Operating Level Agreement
- RPN – Risk Priority Number
- RRSIG – An additional DNS Record Type to digital signatures
- SAML – Security Assertion Markup Language
- SIEM – Security Information Event Management
- SOA – Start of Authority, a record in a DNS system
- SOE – Standard Operating Environment
- SPLUNK – a data consolidation tool used to spot trends
- SRTM – Security Requirements Tracability Matrix
- TSIG – Transaction Signature
- UBM – Unsolicited Bulk e-Mail
- VDI – Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
- WS Security – Web Services Security