PCI ISA Exam 2023/2024 Questions and Answers

AAA - ️️Acronym for "authentication, authorization, and accounting." Protocol for authenticating a user based on their verifiable identity, authorizing a user based on their user rights, and accounting for a user's consumption of network resources Access Control - ️️Mechanisms that limit availability of information or informationprocessing resources only to authorized persons or applications Account Data - ️️consists of cardholder data and/or sensitive authentication data Acquirer - ️️Also referred to as "merchant bank," "acquiring bank," or "acquiring financial institution". Entity, typically a financial institution, that processes payment card transactions for merchants and is defined by a payment brand as an acquirer. Acquirers are subject to payment brand rules and procedures regarding merchant compliance Administrative Access - ️️Elevated or increased privileges granted to an account in order for that account ot manage systems, networks and/or applications. Adware - ️️Type of malicious software that, when installed, forces a computer to automatically display or download advertisements AES - ️️Abbreviation for "Advanced Encryption Standard." Block cipher used in symmetric cryptography adopted by NIST in November 2001 ANSI - ️️Acronym for "American National Standards Institute" Private, non-profit organization that administers and coordinates the US voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system