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Cyber Security & Identity Glossary

This cyber glossary demystifies infosec concepts and terms, providing a comprehensive guide for seasoned professionals and beginners interested in detailed security definitions.

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Glossary Terms
A
AAA Cyber Security Definition
Access Control List Definition
Account Sharing Definition
Active Directory Certificate Services Definition
Active Directory Federation Services Definition
Adaptive Authentication Definition
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Definition
Adware Definition
AiTM Definition
API Definition
ARP Cache Poisoning Attack Definition
Asymmetric Encryption Definition
Attack Surface Analysis Definition
Attack Vectors Definition
Authentication
Authentication Protocols Definition
Automated Compliance Definition
B
Beaconing Definition
Behavioral Biometrics Definition
Biometric Authentication Definition
Bitcoin
Blockchain
Blockchain Authentication Definition
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Definition
Bot Definition
Botnet Definition
Brute Force Attack Definition
BYOD Definition
C
CA Certs Definition
Canary Cyber Security Definition
Catfishing Definition
Central Logging Definition
Certificate Authority Definition
Challenge handshake authentication protocol
CHAP Authentication Definition
CIA Triad Definition
Cipher Definition
Cipher Suite Definition
Ciphertext Definition
CIS
Click Fraud Definition
Cloud Data Security Definition
Cloud Security Risks Definition
Computer Viruses Definition
Continuous Authentication Definition
Corporate Account Takeover Definition
Credential Stuffing Definition
Cross-site Scripting Definition
CRUD Definition
Crypto
Cryptographic Hash Definition
Cryptojacking Definition
Cyber insurance
Cyber Kill Chain Definition
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity Analytics Definition
Cybersecurity Honeypot Definition
Cyberwarfare Definition
D
Dark Web Definition
Data Breach Definition
Data Exfiltration Definition
Data Integrity Definition
Data Obfuscation
Ddos Definition
Deep Packet Inspection Definition
Deep Web vs Dark Web Definition
Demilitarized Zone / DMZ Network Definition
Denial-of-Service (DoS) Definition
DevOps Security Definition
Dictionary Attacks Definition
DID (Decentralized Identity)
Diffie Hellman Algorithm Definition
Digest Access Authentication
Digital Forensics Definition
Digital ID
Digital Signature
Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA)
Digital Signature Standard (DSS)
Distributed Key
DMARC Definition
DNS Leak Protection Definition
Domain Name Service (DNS) Definition
Doxxed Definition
DRM Definition
E
Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) Definition
Email Hijacking Definition
Encryption Definition
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Definition
Endpoint Management Definition
Endpoint Security Definition
Equifax Security Breach
Ethereum
Ethernet Switch Definition
Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) Method Definition
Eye Authentication
F
Face Authentication
Facial Recognition Definition
Fake Hacking Definition
Fault Tolerance Definition
Federated Authentication Definition
FIDO Alliance
FIDO Biometrics
FIDO Client Software SDK
FIDO Cloud Authentication
FIDO IoT Security
FIDO Server
FIDO U2F Authentication
FIDO UAF
Fido2 Definition
Fileless Malware Definition
Fingerprint Biometrics Definition
Firewall Definition
Firewall Rule Definition
Firmware Definition
Forensic Analysis Definition
G
Golden Ticket Attack Definition
Google Authenticator
Google Authenticator Definition
Google Authenticator Push Notification
H
Hacking Definition
Hacktivism Definition
Hash Functions Definition
Heap Spraying Definition
HOTP Definition
How Does a VPN Work
Hybrid Cloud Definition
Hyperscale Definition
I
IAM Definition
ICMP Definition
ID Ransomware Definition
Identity Authentication Definition
Identity Governance
Identity Proofing
Identity Verification Definition
Identity-Based Encryption
IDP Definition
IKE Definition
Incident Response Definition
Ingress Vs. Egress Definition
Insider Threat Definition
Intrusion Detection System Definition
IoT Edge Definition
J
JWT Authentication Definition
K
Key Agreement vs. Key Exchange Definition
Key Distribution Center Definition
Key management
Keylogging
L
Latency Definition
Lateral Movement Meaning
LDAP Definition
Log Formats Definition
Log Management Definition
M
Machine Learning Cyber Security Definition
Magic Links Definition
Malvertising Definition
Malware Definition
Man in the Middle (MITM) Attack
MDM Protocol Definition
MDR Definition
Meterpreter Definition
MFA Push Notification
Mimikatz
MITC Definition
MITRE ATT&CK Framework Definition
Mobile Authentication Definition
MS-DOS Definition
MSSP Meaning
Multi-factor Authentication Definition
N
Network Edge Definition
Network Security Definition
Node
NTLM Authentication
NTLM Authentication Definition
NTLM Definition
O
OAuth 2.0 Definition
OAuth Definition
OCSP Definition
On-Path Attack Definition
One-Factor Authentication Definition
One-Time Password Definition
Open banking
OpenID Connect Flow Definition
OPSEC Definition
OTP Definition
Out-of-band authentication
P
PAM Tools Definition
Parse Logs Definition
Passkeys
Password Complexity
Password Hashing
Password Reuse
Password Spraying Definition
Passwordless Authentication
Penetration Testing Definition
Personally identifiable information (PII)
PGP Definition
Phishing Definition
PKI Architecture Definition
PKI Authentication Definition
PKI Certificates Definition
Port Scanning Definition
Pretexting Definition
Privileged Access Management Definition
Protected health information (PHI)
Proxy Server Definition
PSD1 Definition
PSD2 Definition
Public Key Encryption Definition
Push Authentication
Q
QoS Definition
QR Code Authentication
Quantum Computing
Quantum Cryptography
Quantum Encryption
R
RADIUS Protocol Definition
Rainbow Table
Random Number Generator
Ransomware
Red Team
Remote Access Trojan Definition
REST API Definition
REST Protocols Definition
Reverse Engineering
Risk-Based Authentication
Rootkit Definition
S
Salted Hash Definition
SAML Definition
SAML Handshake Definition
SAML MFA
SAML vs OAuth
SASE Definition
Scareware Definition
SCIM Definition
SCRAM Definition
Security as a Service
Security Keys Definition
Security Mesh
Security Tokens Definition
Session Hijacking Definition
Shellcode
Shoulder Surfing Definition
Sidejacking Definition
SIEM Definition
Single Sign-On Definition
Single-Factor Authentication
Site-to-Site VPN
Smart Card Authentication
SOAP Protocol Definition
SOAP Secure Definition
Social Engineering
Software Patch Definition
Spam Filter
Spambot
Spear Phishing
Spoofing Definition
Spoofing IP Address
Spraying Attack
Spyeye Definition
Spyware
SQL Injection
SQRL Definition
SSH Definition
SSL Definition
SSL Stripping Attack
SSO Definition
Stateful Firewall Definition
Step-Up Authentication
Stuxnet
Symmetric Encryption
Symmetric Encryption
Symmetric Key
Symmetric Key Cryptography
Symmetric vs Asymmetric Encryption
System Logging
T
Tailgating Attack
Thin Client Definition
Threat Actor
Threat Hunting
Threat Modeling
Ticket-Granting Ticket (TGT) Definition
Tiny Banker Trojan
Tokenization Definition
Tokenized Authentication
TOTP Definition
Traceroute Definition
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Definition
Transparent Proxy
Trickbot
Trojan horse
Trojan Virus Definition
Trustless
Two-factor authentication
U
U2F (Universal 2nd Factor) Definition
UDP (User Datagram Protocol)
UEBA (User and Entity Behavior Analytics) KZero Staff
Unified Threat Management (UTM)
URL Filtering
V
Virus
Virus vs. Worm
VPN Blocker Definition
VPN Routers
VPN vs Proxy
W
WAF Definition
WAF vs Firewall
WAN Aggregation
WannaCry
Wardriving Definition
Watering Hole Attack
Web3
What Is A Key Logger
What Is An Exploit
What Is Bricking
What Is Caching
What Is Ctap
What Is Fido
What is LDAP
What Is Sandboxes
What Is Snort
What Is Soar
What Is SSH
What Is TGT
White Hat Hacking
Wi-Fi Snooping
Wireless Networks
Worm Virus Definition
X
XDR Definition
Z
Zero Knowledge Proof
Zero Trust Definition
Zero-Day Exploit
Zero-Day Vulnerability
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