This post lists the SY0-401 differences in acronyms. You’ll see that many acronyms have been added and two items were removed from the list.
This post is a part of a series showing all the SYO-401 differences compared to the SY0-301 exam. Here are links to all the pages in the series:
- SY0-401 Differences in Domains
- SY0-401 Differences in Network Security
- SY0-401 Differences in Compliance and Operational Security
- SY0-401 Differences in Threats and Vulnerabilities
- SY0-401 Differences in Application, Data and Host Security
- SY0-401 Differences in Access Control and Identity Management
- SY0-401 Differences in Cryptography
- SY0-401 Differences in Acronyms
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SY0-301 Available Until December 31, 2014
Remember, you can still take the SY0-301 exam up until December 31, 2014.
Hiring managers rarely care what version of Security+ you have. They only want to know you are Security+ certified. Unless you want to be on the bleeding edge of this certification, you don’t need to pursue the 401 version.
At this writing, there is a limited amount of material available for the 401 version. However, there is plenty of study material available for the 301 version. Many people tell me they take and pass the Security+ exam within 30 days after getting this book: CompTIA Security+: Get Certified Get Ahead: SY0-301 Study Guide.
CompTIA Security+: Get Certified Get Ahead: SY0-401 Study Guide is now available.
New Security+ Acronyms
- API – Application Programming Interface
- ASP – Application Service Provider
- BAC – Business Availability Center
- BIA- Business Impact Analysis
- BPA – Business Partners Agreement
- BYOD – Bring Your Own Device
- CAPTCHA- Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell
Computers and Humans Apart - CAR- Corrective Action Report
- CIO– Chief Information Officer
- COOP – Continuity of Operation Planning
- CP – Contingency Planning
- CSR – Control Status Register
- CSU – Channel Service Unit
- CTO- Chief Technology Officer
- DBA– Database Administrator
- DHE – Data-Handling Electronics
- DHE – Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral
- DNAT – Destination Network Address Transaction
- DSA – Digital Signature Algorithm
- DSL – Digital Subscriber line
- DSU – Data Service Unit
- ECDHE – Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral
- ESN- Electronic Serial Number
- FACL- File System Access Control List
- FDE– Full Disk Encryption
- FTPS – Secured File Transfer Protocol
- GPG – Gnu Privacy Guard
- GPO – Group Policy Object
- GPS – Global Positioning System
- HOTP – HMAC based One Time Password
- IDS – Intrusion Detection System
- IR– Incident Response
- IRP – Incident Response Procedure
- ISA – Interconnection Security Agreement
- ISP – Internet Service Provider
- ISSO- Information Systems Security Officer
- ITCP – IT Contingency Plan
- JBOD– Just a Bunch of Disks
- LAN – Local Area Network
- MaaS- Monitoring as a Service
- MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
- MPLS – Multi-Protocol Layer Switch
- MTBF – Mean Time Between Failures
- MTTR – Mean Time to Recover
- MTTF – Mean Time to Failure
- NDA – Non-Disclosure Agreement
- NFC– Near Field Communication
- OCSP – Online Certificate Status Protocol
- OLA – Open License Agreement
- P2P – Peer to Peer
- PAC– Proxy Auto Configuration
- PAM – Pluggable Authentication Modules
- PBKDF2 – Password Based Key Derivation Function 2
- PCAP – Packet Capture
- PIV – Personal Identity Verification
- RC4 – RSA Variable Key Size Encryption Algorithm
- RIPEMD – RACE Integrity Primitives Evaluation Message Digest
- ROI – Return of Investment
- RPO – Recovery Point Objective
- SAML – Security Assertions Markup Language
- SAN – Storage Area Network
- SCADA – System Control and Data Acquisition
- SCEP- Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol
- SEH – Structured Exception Handler
- SFTP – Secured File Transfer Protocol
- SIEM – Security Information and Event Management
- SQL – Structured Query Language
- SSD – Solid State Drive
- TACACS+ – Terminal Access Controller Access Control System
- TGT– Ticket Granting Ticket
- TOTP – Time-Based One-Time Password
- TSIG – Transaction Signature
- UEFI – Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
- UDP- User Datagram Protocol
- URI- Uniform Resource Identifier
- UTM- Unified Threat Management
- VDI – Virtualization Desktop Infrastructure
- WPA2 – WiFi Protected Access 2
- WPS – WiFi Protected Setup
- WTLS – Wireless TLS
- XML – Extensible Markup Language
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Items Removed from the Acronyms List
- BOTS – Network Robots
- TACACS – Terminal Access Controller Access Control System
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New multiple-choice and performance-based questions added regularly
Pass the first time with quality practice test questions, performance-based questions, flashcards, and audio.Buy The Full Access Study Package Today
60 Days Access
Need more time? You can easily renew for another 60 days at a significantly reduced price.
All materials are available online shortly after making your payment.
Get the Security+ Full Access Study Package Here
Our online Security+ study materials are the perfect complement to the CompTIA Security+: Get Certified Get Ahead: SY0-501 Study Guide. They can also be used to help ensure you’re ready no matter what study guide you’re using.
This exam is expensive.
Make sure you’re ready before exam day.
Here’s what you’ll get:- All of the multiple-choice questions from the best-selling CompTIA Security+: Get Certified Get Ahead: SY0-501 Study Guide. See a demo here. All questions have full explanations so you’ll know why the correct answers are correct and why the incorrect answers are incorrect.
- Over 40 new multiple-choice questions we’ve added after publishing the study guide.
- Over 30 performance-based questions. See a demo here.
- All of the flashcards from the study guide. View them in any Web browser.
- All of the audio from the study guide. Listen to a sample here.
- Access to a free discount code for 10% off your Security+ voucher.
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SY0-401 Differences in Acronyms Summary
Only two items were removed from the acronyms list but many were added. CompTIA has a history of using acronyms in its questions to see if you understand the content so it’s worth your time to master these.
