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What can a web application firewall miss?
Logic flaws and ordinary looking abuse by a signed in user can pass a web application firewall because the …
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WikiWhat does HIPAA compliance mean for protected health information?
HIPAA compliance means following the United States health privacy law that governs how protected health …
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WikiWhat does the singular name Secure Socket Layer mean?
The singular name Secure Socket Layer is a historical label for shielding one network socket, coined in the …
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WikiWhat is a backdoor in software?
A backdoor is concealed access that bypasses normal sign in controls, letting someone enter a system while …
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WikiWhat is a banker trojan?
A banker trojan targets online banking by pretending to be useful software, then stealing credentials or …
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WikiWhat is a bot?
A bot is software that repeats an online task on a schedule or after a trigger, for either a helpful or a …
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WikiWhat is a botnet attack?
A botnet attack describes the harmful campaign that puts a coordinated group of devices to work, and it is …
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WikiWhat is a botnet of devices?
A botnet is a group of computers or other devices that one operator can direct together, whether or not the …
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WikiWhat is a brute force attack?
A brute force attack tries many guesses against a secret such as a password or a key until one attempt …
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WikiWhat is a business continuity plan?
Business continuity planning prepares an organization to keep essential work running during an outage and to …
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WikiWhat is a captcha?
A captcha is a challenge that tries to tell a human visitor from an automated script before a website accepts …
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WikiWhat is a captcha bot?
A captcha bot tries to solve or sidestep tests meant for humans so a script can continue into forms …
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WikiWhat is a captcha farm?
A captcha farm pays people to solve human tests on behalf of automated operators, turning a challenge meant …
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WikiWhat is accessibility in technology?
Accessibility in technology is the practice of designing digital tools so people with disabilities can …
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WikiWhat is account fraud?
Account fraud is the misuse of customer accounts, including new accounts opened with stolen or invented …
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WikiWhat is account takeover fraud?
Account takeover fraud happens when someone other than the owner gains control of an existing account and …
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WikiWhat is a cloud access security broker?
Cloud access security brokers sit between people and cloud applications to apply visibility, policy, and data …
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WikiWhat is a computer virus?
A computer virus is harmful code that attaches itself to a host program and spreads that attachment when the …
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WikiWhat is a computer worm?
A worm is malware that copies itself to other systems and spreads without waiting for a person to install a …
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WikiWhat is a content delivery network?
Content delivery networks store copies of web content on many servers so people fetch it from a nearby …
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