Glossary of Essential Terms and Components

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Access control list (ACL) A list that defines access privileges to a network resource by defining rules in terms of IP address, ports, source, destination, and/or protocol.

Access key ID An IAM credential that you can use to authenticate to a cloud resource.

Active logging A common intelligence gathering tool used during the forensics process.

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) A protocol that allows the resolution of a device’s assigned IP address into its MAC hardware address.

Administrative control A control based on business and organizational processes and procedures.

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) A symmetrical 128-bit fixed-block encryption system that has a key size of 128, 192, or 256 ...

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