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G2700 - GIAC Certified ISO-27000 Specialist (certification offered by GIAC at an intermediate level for an understanding of ISO-27000 standards and practices relating to the system auditing area)

GA - General Agent (an insurance agent responsible for insurance agency operations in a particular area, including insurance policy sales, servicing policies already sold, recruiting and training agents, and providing administrative support)

GAMC - General Agents and Managers Conference (association of general agents and managers affiliated with the National Association for Life Underwriting (NALU))

GAO - General Accounting Office (legislative branch agency established in 1921 to assist with congressional oversight of government agencies as well as providing an independent audit function - renamed/replaced by the Government Accountability Office in 2004)

GAO - Government Accountability Office (independent agency that monitors and investigates federal agencies and government operations - formerly the General Accounting Office until its name was changed in 2004)

GAP - Global Academic Program (educational program sponsored by (ISC)(2))

GAWN - GIAC Assessing Wireless Networks Expert (advanced-level security administration credential offered by GIAC in the assessment and administration of wireless networks)

GCFA - GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (certification credential granted by GIAC for an advanced-level understanding of forensic examination and analysis)

GCFE - GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (certification credential granted by GIAC for an intermediate-level understanding of forensic examination and analysis)

GCFW - GIAC Certified Firewall Analyst (advanced-level security administration credential offered by GIAC in firewall analysis and administration)

GCIA - GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (advanced-level security administration credential offered by GIAC in incident response and intrusion analysis)

GCIH - GIAC Certified Incident Handler (advanced-level security administration credential offered by GIAC in security breaches, intrusion analysis, and incident response)

GCPM - GIAC Certified Project Manager certification (advanced-level management certification offered by GIAC in the field of information security project management)

GCUX - GIAC Certified UNIX Security Administrator (advanced-level security administration credential offered by GIAC in the management of security involving UNIX operating systems)

GCWN - GIAC Certified Windows Security Administrator (advanced-level security administration credential offered by GIAC in the management of security for Windows operating systems)

GIAC - Global Information Assurance Certification (global organization that provides certification credentials in a number of security disciplines)

GISF - GIAC Information Security Fundamentals certification (introductory-level credential offered by GIAC in the basics of information security and security administration)

GISP - GIAC Information Security Professional (certification credential granted by GIAC for an intermediate-level understanding of information security management)

GLEG - GIAC Legal Issues certification (certification credential granted by GIAC for an advanced-level understanding of the legal issues involved in information security)

GM - General Manager (term which could be applied to any senior manager in charge of operations, although usually refers to a manager at a manufacturing facility with overall responsibility for maintaining production)

GP - General Partner ( 1) one of two or more partners who are jointly and severally responsible for the debts of a partnership; 2) managing partner of a limited partnership)

GPEN - GIAC Certified Penetration Tester (advanced-level security administration credential offered by GIAC in the vulnerability testing of systems using simulated attack methods)

GREM - GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware Expert (certification credential granted by GIAC for an advanced-level understanding of the forensic analysis of malware programming code)

GSE - GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) Security Expert (certification representing the highest-level information security credential offered by GIAC)

GSEC - GIAC Security Essentials Certification (intermediate-level credential offered by GIAC in the area of information security and security administration)

GSLC - GIAC Security Leadership Certification (advanced-level management certification offered by GIAC in the field of information security)

GSNA - GIAC Systems and Network Auditor (certification credential offered by GIAC for an advanced-level understanding of systems and system network auditing)

GSSP-JAVA - GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java (advanced-level software security credential offered by GIAC in security-oriented Java software programming)

GSSP-NET - GIAC Secure Software Programmer-.NET (advanced-level software security credential offered by GIAC in security-oriented software programming)

GWAPT - GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester (advanced-level security administration credential offered by GIAC in the vulnerability testing of Web applications using simulated attack methods)

GXPN - GIAC Exploit Researcher and Advanced Penetration Tester (advanced-level security administration credential offered by GIAC in system vulnerability assessment and simulated attack testing methods)