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What is a cyber attack?

A cyber attack is a deliberate hostile action against a chosen system, meant to disrupt that system or to …

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What is a cyberattack?

Teams record a cyberattack when hostile activity against their systems produces concrete harm such as …

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What is a cybersecurity framework?

A cybersecurity framework is a shared structure of outcomes that helps an organization plan and assess its …

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What is a cybersecurity incident?

A cybersecurity incident is an event that threatens the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of …

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What is a data archive?

A data archive is a stored collection of older records kept for retention, audit, or recovery rather than for …

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What is a data breach?

A data breach occurs when an unauthorized party obtains information that an organization meant to keep …

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What is a data leak?

A data leak is an exposure of information through a mistake or a weak setting, even when no intruder planned …

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What is a denial of service attack?

A denial of service attack is a deliberate hostile attempt to make an online system unavailable to its …

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What is a denylist in security?

A denylist is a maintained set of indicators to refuse, such as addresses, domains, or file fingerprints, and …

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What is ad fraud?

Ad fraud is the fabrication of clicks, impressions, or conversions so an advertiser pays for publicity that …

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What is a digital identity inside an access system?

An identity is the set of attributes and authenticators that distinguish a person, device, or service in a …

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What is a distributed denial of service attack?

A distributed denial of service attack draws unwanted traffic from many places so blocking one host does not …

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What is a drive by download attack?

A drive by download delivers unwanted software while someone merely views a page, without a deliberate choice …

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What is advanced threat protection?

Advanced threat protection is a defensive layer that inspects files, links, and behavior beyond a simple list …

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What is adware?

Adware is software that shows unwanted advertising on a device, often after someone installed a free program …

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What is a fake Googlebot?

A fake Googlebot is a crawler that presents itself as the search robot so a site will grant access reserved …

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What is a fake review?

A fake review is a rating written to boost or damage a product or place even though the writer had no genuine …

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What is a firewall?

A firewall is a network control that allows or blocks traffic according to a written policy between different …

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What is a fraudulent transaction in electronic payment systems?

A fraudulent transaction is a payment or transfer that moves value through deception, unauthorized use, or a …

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What is a fullz bundle of stolen identity details?

A fullz bundle is a packaged set of stolen identity details that criminals use to impersonate a person and …

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