Security
In this cyber security glossary, we will clarify the subject of terms about various types of computer security threats and other words about application security, access control, network intrusion detection, security awareness training and computer forensics.
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Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)
active man-in-the-middle attack (MitM)
adaptive security
Android WebView
app wrapping (application wrapping)
application blacklisting
application firewall
application security
application whitelisting
attack surface analysis
Automatic Identification and Data …
behavior blacklisting
behavior whitelisting
BitLocker
blacklist
bot worm
bug bounty program
bug convergence
Centre for the Protection of National …
CERT-In (the Indian Computer Emergency …
CGI scanner
chief risk officer (CRO)
Class C2
clickjacking (user-interface or UI …
clipboard hijack attack
Clonezilla
CloudAudit
CloudAV
column-level encryption
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Conduit browser hijacker
Conficker
content spoofing
control framework
covert redirect
cross-site request forgery (XSRF or CSRF)
cross-site tracing (XST)
Cybercrime
cybersecurity
cyberwarfare
data breach
data masking
DCPromo (Domain Controller Promoter)
digital wallet security
disposable email
DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC)
eavesdropping
encryption key management
endpoint fingerprinting
engine-level encryption
Fennec
FFIEC compliance (Federal Financial …
Firefox 3.5
Firesheep
Flexible Mandatory Access Control (FMAC)
fuzz testing (fuzzing)
geolocation
Google Docs
hackerazzi
health informatics
Higgins Trust Framework (HTF)
honey monkey
IFrame (Inline Frame)
initialization vector (IV)
intelligent video
Internet Storm Center
iris recognition
ISO 27001
ISO/IEC 38500
Java Authentication and Authorization …
JavaScript hijacking
key-value pair (KVP)
keystroke dynamics
keyword stuffing
kill switch
knowledge process outsourcing (KPO)
LDAP injection
load testing
malvertizement
man in the browser
managed file transfer (MFT)
Massachusetts data protection law
meet-in-the-middle attack
metamorphic malware
micropayment
Microsoft System Center Mobile Device …
MIEL e-Security
mobile app security
multifactor authentication (MFA)
mutual authentication
MyDiamo
National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
NBAR (Network Based Application Recognition)
next-generation firewall (NGFW)
one-time password (OTP)
OneID
open redirect
open security
Open Source Hardening Project
OS commanding
out-of-band patch
OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project)
partner portal
password hardening
pastebin
personal health record (PHR)
pharma hack
polymorphic malware
pretexting
Pretty Easy Privacy (pEp)
principle of least privilege (POLP)
private cloud (internal cloud or …
privilege bracketing
proxy hacking
pseudo-anonymity
pseudonymity
Pwn2Own
Qualified Security Assessor (QSA)
ransomware
RAT (remote access Trojan)
real-time location system (RTLS)
remote deposit capture (RDC)
remote desktop
Report on Compliance (ROC)
Rock Phish
runtime application self-protection (RASP)
scareware
Security as a Service (SaaS)
security by design
security event
security information management (SIM)
shadow app
shrink wrap license
single-factor authentication (SFA)
SmartScreen
soft token
software attack surface
software-defined perimeter (SDP)
SSI injection
static verification
streaming application
TailsOS
TDL-4 (TDSS or Alureon)
Tilded platform
tokenization
variable manipulation
virtual appliance
virtual machine escape
virtual patching
VMware Identity Manager
VOIPSA (Voice over IP Security Alliance)
Weave
Web application firewall (WAF)
Web Application Proxy
Web Application Security Consortium (WASC)
Web Services Trust Language (WS-Trust)
WikiScanner
wildcard certificate
Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA)
wiretap Trojan
X.509 certificate
XML bomb
zero-day vulnerability
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