PCCSA Latest Version | 2024/2025 | Rated A+

PCCSA Latest Version | 2024/2025 | Rated A+ classless inter-domain routing (CIDR) A method for allocating IP addresses and IP routing that replaces classful IP addressing (for example, Class A, B, and C networks) with classless IP addressing. collision domain A network segment on which data packets may collide with each other during transmission. consumerization A computing trend that describes the process that occurs as end users increasingly find personal technology and apps that are more powerful or capable, more convenient, less expensive, quicker to install, and easier to use, than enterprise IT solutions. convergence The time required for all routers in a network to update their routing tables with the most current routing information about the network. covered entity Defined by HIPAA as a healthcare provider that electronically transmits PHI (such as doctors, clinics, psychologists, dentists, chiropractors, nursing homes, and pharmacies), a health plan (such as a health insurance company, health maintenance organization, company health plan, or government program including Medicare, Medicaid, military and veterans' healthcare), or a healthcare clearinghouse. Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Cybersecurity standards defined by NERC to protect the physical and cyber assets necessary to operate the bulk electric system (BES). Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 A U.S. regulation that provides an ongoing, voluntary public-private partnership to improve cybersecurity and to strengthen cybersecurity research and development, workforce development and education, and public awareness and preparedness. Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) A U.S. regulation that enhances information sharing about cybersecurity threats by allowing internet traffic information to be shared between the U.S. government and technology and manufacturing companies. cyclic redundancy check (CRC) A checksum used to create a message profile. The CRC is recalculated by the receiving device. If the recalculated CRC does not match the received CRC, the packet is dropped and a request to resend the packet is transmitted back to the device that sent the packet. data encapsulation A process in which protocol information from the OSI