Glossary of Cyber Security Terms
Unleash your cybersecurity lexicon. Explore the definitions of frequently used cybersecurity terms in our glossary below.
A
- Access Control List (ACL)
- Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)
- Adware
- Ammyy Admin
- Antivirus?
- Authentication
- Authorization
- Attack Surface
- Asset
- Application Security
- Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
- Application Programming Interface (API)
- Access Point
- Attack Vector
- Air Gap
- Authentication Factor
- Adversary
- Audit Trail
- APT Framework
- Application Whitelisting
- Access Management
- Authorization Token
- Attack Tree
- Attack Map
- Anonymity
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Algorithm
- Aircrack-ng
- Anti-spyware
- Asset Management
- Asymmetric Encryption
- Application Security Testing
- Attribute-based Access Control (ABAC)
- Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
- Access Point Name (APN)
B
- Botnet
- Brute Force Attack
- Backup
- Browser Hijacking
- Bot
- Black-Hat Hacker
- Bricking
- Bluetooth Hacking
- Biometric Authentication
- Binary Code
- Business Continuity Planning (BCP)
- Bot Herder
- Backdoor
- Banner Grabbing
- Bluejacking
- Blacklist
- Behavioral Analytics
- Block Cipher
- Blockchain Security
- Boot Sector Virus
- Branded Spear Phishing
- Browser Extension Security
- Business Email Compromise (BEC)
- Binary Exploitation
- Beaconing
- Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
- Blind SQL Injection
- Binary Tree
- Browser Isolation
- Bot Imitation
- Big Data Analytics
- Behavioral Biometrics
- Bootkit
- Blind Spot
- Botmaster
- Browser Sandbox
- Blockchain Mining
- Beacon Frequency
- Behavioral Detection
- Bit
- Business Process Compromise (BPC)
- Blacklist Filter
- Binary Analysis
- Bitlocker
- Bloatware
- Bot Controller
- Blockchain Node
- Browser Fingerprinting
- Biometric Authentication
- Bypass Attack
- Block Cipher
- Bluejacking
- Blackout Attack
- Buffer Overflow
- Bot Traffic
- Backup and Recovery Plan
- Baseline Security
- Behavior-based Detection
- Bug Bounty Program
- BIOS Password
- Browser Extension
C
- Cybercop
- Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Cybersecurity
- Criticality Analysis
- Cyber Warfare
- Chief Security Officer
- Checksum
- Category
- Cleartext
- Common Attack Pattern Enumeration And Classification (CAPEC)
- Certification Revocation List
- Cryptography
- Cryptosystem
- Compliance
- Chain of Custody
- Challenge-Response Protocol
- Critical Infrastructure
- Criticality
- Compliance Documents
- Consumerization
- Configuration Management
- Control 2
- Cold Site
- Cyber Espionage
- Central Services Node
- Certificate Authority (CA)
- Chief Information Security Officer
- Confidentiality
- Ciphony
- Content Filtering
- Countermeasure
- Common Access Card
- Cybersecurity Architecture
- Control
- Compartmentalization
- Certification Management
- Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)
- Chain of Evidence
- Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996
- Cipher
- Cloud Computing
- Computer Forensics
- Collision
- Cipher Text
- Claimant
- Containment
D
- Data Processor
- Data Controller
- Disruption
- Database
- Digital Certificate
- Disaster Recovery Plan
- Digital Evidence
- Data Flow Control
- Data Leakage
- Duplicate Digital Evidence
- Data Custodian
- Data Classification
- Digital Signature
- Disaster
- Data Owner
- Digital Forensics
- Data Transfer Device (DTD)
- Dual Use Certificate
- Decryption
- Data Retention
- Data Element
- Data Encryption Standard
- Data Protection Impact Assessment
- Defense In Depth
- Decryption Key
- Data Asset
- Distributed Denial Of Service (DDoS)
- Denial Of Service Attack
- Dynamic Ports
- Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
- Disk Imaging
- Discretionary Access Control
- Due Care
- Decentralization
- Domain Name System (DNS) Exfiltration
- Domain Name System (DNS)
- Due Diligence
E
- Embedded Cryptography
- Electronic Key Entry
- Electronic Key Management System
- Exploit
- Encryption Algorithm
- External Security Testing
- Ethernet
- Exploitable Channel
- Encryption
- End Cryptographic Unit
- End-To-End Encryption
- Elliptical Curve Cryptography (ECC)
- Encipher
- External Network
- Evidence
- Eradication
- Ecommerce
- Enterprise
- Easter Egg
- Embedded Cryptographic System
- Enterprise Risk Management
- Electronic Signature
- Encryption Key
- Electronically Generated Key
- Egress Filtering
- EGovernment
- Encapsulation Security Payload
- Exercise Key
- Enterprise Architecture
- Entrapment
- Encryption Certificate
- Exploit Code
- Event
F
- Focused Testing
- Flaw Hypothesis Methodology
- Forensic Specialist
- Forensically Clean
- Forensics
- Fail Safe
- Fail Soft
- Forensic Examination
- Firmware
- Firewall Control Proxy
- File Name Anomaly
- Forensic Copy
- Federal Public Key Infrastructure Policy Authority (FPKI PA)
- Full Disk Encryption (FDE)
- Freeware
- Forward Cipher
- File Protection
- False Positive
- Fill Device
- Firewall
- Failover
- Federal Information System
- Flooding
- File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
- File Security
- File Encryption
G
H
- Hacker
- Hacking
- Hashing
- Hardware
- Hash
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- Honeypot
- Heartbeat
- Human Machine Interface (HMI)
- HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
- HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)
- Hybrid Cloud
- Hijacking
- Host-based Intrusion Detection System (HIDS)
- Hacker Ethics
- Hash Function
- Home Network Security
- Hacker Group
- Hardening
- Hacker Tools
- HTTP Header
- Hijacking
- Hub
- Hot Site
- Hash Function
- Honeyclient
- HTTP Proxy
- High Assurance Guard Hag
- Hash Total
- Host-Based Intrusion System (HIDS)
- Host
- Honeymonkey
- Hyperlink
- Hard Copy Key
- Hash Value
- Hybrid Encryption
- Hop
- Handshaking Procedures
- Hybrid Attack
- High Impact
- Header
- Hash Functions
- High Availability
- Hash-Based Message Authentication Code
- Hot Wash
- High Impact System
- Hybrid Security Control
- Hijack Attack
- Hardwired Key
I
- Internet Protocol (IP)
- Incremental Backups
- IP Spoofing
- Issue-Specific Policy
- Integrity
- Internet Standard
- Internet Protocol Security (IPSec)
- Identity
- IP Forwarding
- Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
- Information warfare (IW)
- Inference Attack
- Interrupt
- ISO 27000
- ISO/IEC 27001
- Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
- Input Validation Attacks
- Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
- IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service)
- Identity Cloning
- Identity fraud
- IDS (Intrusion Detection System)
- Information Security Policy
- Insider Threat
- IPS (Intrusion Prevention System)
- ISP (Internet Service Provider)
J
K
- Kerberos
- Key
- Keylogger
- Kill Switch
- Kleptography
- Knowledge-based authentication
- Key Recovery
- Key Rotation
- Key Stretching
- Keystore
- Kernel
- Kismet
- Kudos
- KVM switch
- Known-plaintext attack
- knowledge management
- Key exchange
- Keystroke dynamics
- Kill Chain
- Key Escrow
- Kerckhoffs’s Principle
- Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)
- Known Error
- Kryptowars
- K-anonymity
- Keylogger Blocker
- Kernel Patch
- Key Validation
- Key-reuse Attack
- Kernel Rootkit
- Key-size
L
- Log management
- Linux
- Malware
- Logon
- Loot
- Layered security
- Legal compliance
- Least privilege
- Live migration
- Loss prevention
- Latent malware
- Lateral movement
- Logon security
- Lockdown
- Loss of control
- Luring
- Local Area Network (LAN)
- Link Jacking
- Lattice Techniques
- Layer 2 Forwarding Protocol (L2F)
- Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)
- Least Privilege
- Legion
- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
- Link State
- List Based Access Control
- Loadable Kernel Modules (LKM)
- Log Clipping
- Logic bombs
- Logic Gate
- Loopback Address
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