Cyber Security & Identity Glossary - KZero Passwordless

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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AAA Cyber Security Definition

ARP Cache Poisoning Attack 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

Asymmetric Encryption Definition

Attack Surface Analysis Definition

Attack Vectors Definition

Authentication Protocols Definition

Automated Compliance Definition

BYOD Definition

Beaconing Definition

Behavioral Biometrics Definition

Biometric Authentication Definition

Blockchain Authentication Definition

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Definition

Botnet Definition

Brute Force Attack Definition

CA Certs Definition

CHAP Authentication Definition

CIA Triad Definition

CRUD Definition

Canary Cyber Security Definition

Catfishing Definition

Central Logging Definition

Certificate Authority Definition

Challenge handshake authentication protocol

Cipher Definition

Cipher Suite Definition

Ciphertext Definition

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

Cryptographic Hash Definition

Cryptojacking Definition

Cyber Kill Chain Definition

Cyber insurance

Cybersecurity Analytics Definition

Cybersecurity Honeypot Definition

Cyberwarfare Definition

DID (Decentralized Identity)

DMARC Definition

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

Diffie Hellman Algorithm Definition

Digest Access Authentication

Digital Forensics Definition

Digital Signature

Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA)

Digital Signature Standard (DSS)

Distributed Key

Domain Name Service (DNS) Definition

Doxxed Definition

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

Ethernet Switch Definition

Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) Method Definition

Eye Authentication

FIDO Biometrics

FIDO Client Software SDK

FIDO Cloud Authentication

FIDO IoT Security

FIDO U2F Authentication

Face Authentication

Facial Recognition Definition

Fake Hacking Definition

Fault Tolerance Definition

Federated Authentication Definition

Fido2 Definition

Fileless Malware Definition

Fingerprint Biometrics Definition

Firewall Definition

Firewall Rule Definition

Firmware Definition

Forensic Analysis Definition

Golden Ticket Attack Definition

Google Authenticator

Google Authenticator Push Notification

HOTP Definition

Hacking Definition

Hacktivism Definition

Hash Functions Definition

Heap Spraying Definition

How Does a VPN Work

Hybrid Cloud Definition

Hyperscale Definition

ICMP Definition

ID Ransomware Definition

Identity Authentication Definition

Identity Governance

Identity Proofing

Identity Verification Definition

Identity-Based Encryption

Incident Response Definition

Ingress Vs. Egress Definition

Insider Threat Definition

Intrusion Detection System Definition

IoT Edge Definition

JWT Authentication Definition

Key Agreement vs. Key Exchange Definition

Key Distribution Center Definition

LDAP Definition

Latency Definition

Lateral Movement Meaning

Log Formats Definition

Log Management Definition

MDM Protocol Definition

MFA Push Notification

MITC Definition

MITRE ATT&CK Framework Definition

MS-DOS Definition

Machine Learning Cyber Security Definition

Magic Links Definition

Malvertising Definition

Malware Definition

Man in the Middle (MITM) Attack

Meterpreter Definition

Mobile Authentication Definition

Multi-factor Authentication Definition

NTLM Authentication

NTLM Authentication Definition

NTLM Definition

Network Edge Definition

Network Security Definition

OAuth 2.0 Definition

OAuth Definition

OCSP Definition

OPSEC Definition

On-Path Attack Definition

One-Factor Authentication Definition

One-Time Password Definition

OpenID Connect Flow Definition

Out-of-band authentication

PAM Tools Definition

PKI Architecture Definition

PKI Authentication Definition

PKI Certificates Definition

PSD1 Definition

PSD2 Definition

Parse Logs Definition

Password Complexity

Password Hashing

Password Spraying Definition

Passwordless Authentication

Penetration Testing Definition

Personally identifiable information (PII)

Phishing Definition

Port Scanning Definition

Pretexting Definition

Privileged Access Management Definition

Protected health information (PHI)

Proxy Server Definition

Public Key Encryption Definition

Push Authentication

QR Code Authentication

Quantum Computing

Quantum Cryptography

Quantum Encryption

RADIUS Protocol Definition

REST API Definition

REST Protocols Definition

Random Number Generator

Remote Access Trojan Definition

Reverse Engineering

Risk-Based Authentication

Rootkit Definition

SAML Definition

SAML Handshake Definition

SASE Definition

SCIM Definition

SCRAM Definition

SIEM Definition

SOAP Protocol Definition

SOAP Secure Definition

SQRL Definition

SSL Stripping Attack

Salted Hash Definition

Scareware Definition

Security Keys Definition

Security Tokens Definition

Security as a Service

Session Hijacking Definition

Shoulder Surfing Definition

Sidejacking Definition

Single Sign-On Definition

Single-Factor Authentication

Site-to-Site VPN

Smart Card Authentication

Social Engineering

Software Patch Definition

Spoofing Definition

Spoofing IP Address

Spraying Attack

Spyeye Definition

Stateful Firewall Definition

Step-Up Authentication

Symmetric Encryption

Symmetric Key Cryptography

Symmetric vs Asymmetric Encryption

TOTP Definition

Tailgating Attack

Thin Client Definition

Threat Intelligence

Threat Modeling

Ticket-Granting Ticket (TGT) Definition

Tiny Banker Trojan

Tokenization Definition

Tokenized Authentication

Traceroute Definition

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Definition

Trojan Virus Definition

Two-factor authentication

U2F (Universal 2nd Factor) Definition

UDP (User Datagram Protocol)

UEBA (User and Entity Behavior Analytics)

Unified Threat Management (UTM)

VPN Blocker Definition

WAF vs Firewall

WAN Aggregation

Wardriving Definition

Watering Hole Attack

What Is A Key Logger

What Is An Exploit

What Is Bricking

What Is Caching

What Is Sandboxes

White Hat Hacking

Wireless Networks

Worm Virus Definition

Zero Knowledge Proof

Zero Trust Definition

Zero-Day Exploit

Zero-Day Vulnerability