Alphabet Soup
AP
A common hacking technique where attackers search through trash to find sensitive information like passwords or credit card numbers.
What is Dumpster Diving?
This type of backup stores data on remote servers accessed via the internet.
What is a Cloud Backup?
This role in Microsoft 365 has full control over all administrative features and settings in Microsoft 365, including managing user accounts, licenses, and organizational settings.
What is a Global Administrator?
DHCP
What is Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol?
A type of cyberattack where scammers use phone calls or voice messages to trick individuals into revealing sensitive information.
What is Vishing?
This type of backup saves only the changes made since the last backup.
What is an Incremental Backup?
This is an emergency account used in scenarios where normal administrative accounts are inaccessible or locked out.
What is a Breakglass Account?
UDP
What is User Datagram Protocol?
This is a type of malicious software that disguises itself as a legitimate file or program to trick users into installing it, allowing attackers to gain unauthorized access to the user’s system.
What is a Trojan?
This type of recovery restores a system from scratch, including the operating system.
What is a Bare Metal Restore?
This Microsoft 365 service allows file sharing and storage amongst teams and is often considered an alternative to a file server.
What is SharePoint?
RAID
What is Redundant Array of Independent (or Inexpensive) Discs?
A hacking method that uses trial and error to crack passwords, login credentials, and encryption keys by systematically trying every possible combination until the correct one is found.
What is a Brute Force Attack?
This type of backup cannot be altered or deleted once created.
What is an Immutable Backup?
A security feature that allows Microsoft Partners to have least-privileged, time-bound access to their customers’ workloads, following the Zero Trust cybersecurity protocol.
What is Granular Delegated Admin Privileges (GDAP)?
FRU
What is Field Replaceable Unit?
This is when a program fails to release unused memory, leading to system slowdowns or crashes that attackers can exploit for malicious activities.
What is a Memory Leak?
This policy defines how long different types of backup data should be kept.
What is a Backup Retention Policy?
This is a measure of an organization’s security posture in Microsoft 365, based on the implementation of recommended security actions.
What is Microsoft Secure Score?