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Cybersecurity Terms You Need to Know
Cybersecurity can feel overwhelming if the terminology is unclear. This guide explains the essential terms you’ll encounter across threat reports, tools, compliance standards, and security conversations.
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A
A
API Security
API Security
Access Control
Access Control
Application Security
Application Security
Asset Inventory
Asset Inventory
Attack Surface
Attack Surface
Authentication
Authentication
Authorization
Authorization
B
B
Backdoor
Backdoor
Baseline Security
Baseline Security
Botnet
Botnet
Breach
Breach
Browser Exploit
Browser Exploit
Brute Force Attack
Brute Force Attack
Bug Bounty
Bug Bounty
C
C
CSPM
CSPM
Cloud Security
Cloud Security
Command Injection
Command Injection
Compliance
Compliance
Credential Stuffing
Credential Stuffing
Cryptography
Cryptography
Cyber Hygiene
Cyber Hygiene
D
D
DDoS Attack
DDoS Attack
DMARC
DMARC
Data Leakage
Data Leakage
Detection Engineering
Detection Engineering
Digital Forensics
Digital Forensics
Directory Traversal
Directory Traversal
Disaster Recovery
Disaster Recovery
E
E
EDR
EDR
Email Spoofing
Email Spoofing
Encryption
Encryption
Endpoint Security
Endpoint Security
Evasion Techniques
Evasion Techniques
Exploitation
Exploitation
Exposure
Exposure
F
F
Federated Identity
Federated Identity
File Integrity Monitoring
File Integrity Monitoring
Firewall
Firewall
Footprinting
Footprinting
Forensics Chain of Custody
Forensics Chain of Custody
Full Stack Assessment
Full Stack Assessment
Fuzz Testing
Fuzz Testing
G
G
GDPR
GDPR
Gap Assessment
Gap Assessment
Gateway Security
Gateway Security
Geofencing
Geofencing
Governance
Governance
Gray Box Testing
Gray Box Testing
Group Policy
Group Policy
H
H
HTTP Header Security
HTTP Header Security
Hacking Lifecycle
Hacking Lifecycle
Hardening
Hardening
Hashing
Hashing
Heuristics
Heuristics
Honeypot
Honeypot
Hybrid Cloud Security
Hybrid Cloud Security
I
I
IPS / IDS
IPS / IDS
Identity Access Management
Identity Access Management
Incident Response
Incident Response
Information Security
Information Security
Injection Attack
Injection Attack
Insider Threat
Insider Threat
IoT Security
IoT Security
J
J
JSON Injection
JSON Injection
JWT Security
JWT Security
Jailbreaking
Jailbreaking
Jamming Attack
Jamming Attack
Java Deserialization Attack
Java Deserialization Attack
Jupyter Exploit
Jupyter Exploit
K
K
Kerberos Authentication
Kerberos Authentication
Key Exchange
Key Exchange
Key Management
Key Management
Keylogger
Keylogger
Kill Chain
Kill Chain
Kubernetes Security
Kubernetes Security
L
L
LDAP Security
LDAP Security
Lateral Movement
Lateral Movement
Least Privilege
Least Privilege
Load Balancer Security
Load Balancer Security
Log Monitoring
Log Monitoring
Logic Flaws
Logic Flaws
M
M
MFA
MFA
MITM Attack
MITM Attack
Macro Malware
Macro Malware
Malware
Malware
Managed Security Services
Managed Security Services
Memory Corruption
Memory Corruption
Misconfiguration
Misconfiguration
N
N
NAC
NAC
NAT Security
NAT Security
NIST
NIST
Network Scanning
Network Scanning
Network Segmentation
Network Segmentation
Non-Repudiation
Non-Repudiation
Null Session
Null Session
O
O
OAuth Security
OAuth Security
OSINT
OSINT
Obfuscation
Obfuscation
Offline Attack
Offline Attack
Orchestration
Orchestration
Overprivileged Access
Overprivileged Access
P
P
Password Policy
Password Policy
Patch Management
Patch Management
Penetration Testing
Penetration Testing
Phishing
Phishing
Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
Proxy Server
Proxy Server
Public Key Infrastructure
Public Key Infrastructure
Q
Q
QOS
QOS
QoE
QoE
Quantum Encryption
Quantum Encryption
Quarantine
Quarantine
Query Injection
Query Injection
Quick Scan
Quick Scan
R
R
Ransomware
Ransomware
Reconnaissance
Reconnaissance
Red Teaming
Red Teaming
Remote Code Execution
Remote Code Execution
Risk Assessment
Risk Assessment
Role-Based Access Control
Role-Based Access Control
Runtime Protection
Runtime Protection
S
S
SIEM
SIEM
SQL Injection
SQL Injection
Secure Coding
Secure Coding
Security Audit
Security Audit
Security Awareness Training
Security Awareness Training
Social Engineering
Social Engineering
Supply Chain Attack
Supply Chain Attack
T
T
Threat Intelligence
Threat Intelligence
Threat Modeling
Threat Modeling
Tokenization
Tokenization
Traffic Analysis
Traffic Analysis
Training
Training
Tunneling
Tunneling
Two-Factor Authentication
Two-Factor Authentication
U
U
URL Filtering
URL Filtering
USB Threats
USB Threats
Unauthorized Access
Unauthorized Access
Uptime Monitoring
Uptime Monitoring
User Behavior Analytics
User Behavior Analytics
User Enumeration
User Enumeration
V
V
VM Escape
VM Escape
VPN
VPN
Virtual CISO
Virtual CISO
Virus
Virus
Vishing
Vishing
Vulnerability
Vulnerability
Vulnerability Scanning
Vulnerability Scanning
W
W
WAF
WAF
Watering Hole Attack
Watering Hole Attack
Weak Cipher
Weak Cipher
Web Shell
Web Shell
Whitelisting
Whitelisting
Wireless Security
Wireless Security
Worm
Worm
X
X
X-Frame-Options
X-Frame-Options
X.509 Certificates
X.509 Certificates
XACML
XACML
XDR
XDR
XML Injection
XML Injection
XOR Encryption
XOR Encryption
XSS
XSS
Y
Y
YAML Security
YAML Security
YARA Rules
YARA Rules
Year 2038 Problem
Year 2038 Problem
Yellow Team
Yellow Team
Yielding Attack
Yielding Attack
YubiKey
YubiKey
Z
Z
Z-Shielding
Z-Shielding
ZTNA
ZTNA
Zero Trust
Zero Trust
Zero-Day Vulnerability
Zero-Day Vulnerability
Zip Bomb
Zip Bomb
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