CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) — Cloze: Acronyms flashcards

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Cloze drills on 40 high-frequency Security+ acronyms in both directions: recall the acronym from its expansion, and the expansion from the acronym plus a one-line clue to what it does.

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Drills deck · part of CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) · written against: Exam SY0-701 objectives; SY0-701 can still be sat in English until 11 June 2027, and SY0-801 launches on 17 November 2026 (as of October 2026). Updated 2026-10-10.

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… stands for Advanced Encryption Standard.

AES stands for Advanced Encryption Standard.
Cryptography
… stands for Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures.

CVE stands for Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures.
Vulnerabilities
… stands for Indicator of Compromise.

IoC stands for Indicator of Compromise.
Indicators of Compromise
… stands for Demilitarized Zone.

DMZ stands for Demilitarized Zone.
Network Architecture
… stands for Access Control List.

ACL stands for Access Control List.
Security Appliances
… stands for Multifactor Authentication.

MFA stands for Multifactor Authentication.
Identity & Access
… stands for Endpoint Detection and Response.

EDR stands for Endpoint Detection and Response.
Endpoint & Data Protection
… stands for Single Loss Expectancy.

SLE stands for Single Loss Expectancy.
Risk Management

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Written for SY0-701, which can still be sat in English until 11 June 2027; its successor, SY0-801, launches on 17 November 2026 (CompTIA's Security+ V7 and V8 pages, as of October 2026).
Checked against the CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 exam objectives and acronym list (expansions only; no text copied).
Checked against NIST SP 800-207 Zero Trust Architecture and NIST SP 800-34 Rev. 1 (public domain) for zero trust and recovery terms, and RFC 7208 (SPF), RFC 6376 (DKIM) and RFC 9989 (DMARC, May 2026, which replaced RFC 7489) for the email authentication names.

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