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What is an insider threat inside a trusted organization?
An insider threat is the risk that a person with legitimate access misuses it through malice, fraud, or …
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WikiWhat is an Internet Protocol address?
An Internet Protocol address is a numeric label for a device on a network so that routers can deliver packets …
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WikiWhat is an intrusion detection system that alerts without blocking?
An intrusion detection system watches activity and raises alerts about suspicious events without itself …
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WikiWhat is an intrusion prevention system that blocks dangerous traffic?
An intrusion prevention system blocks or drops traffic that matches dangerous patterns before that traffic …
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WikiWhat is an MX record in a company's domain name system?
An MX record names the mail servers that accept email for a domain and the preference order among those …
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WikiWhat is an OTP bot?
An OTP bot automates requests for one time passwords or the entry of those codes in order to abuse a login …
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WikiWhat is anti botnet defense?
Anti botnet defense is the set of controls that detect coordinated fleets of automated clients and limit what …
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WikiWhat is anti malware software?
Anti malware tools search a device for many kinds of harmful programs, including worms and spyware, not only …
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WikiWhat is anti phishing protection?
Anti phishing controls detect deceptive messages and lookalike sites that try to steal passwords, payment …
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WikiWhat is anti virus scanning?
Anti virus scanning is the practice of checking files for code that latches onto a host program and tries to …
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WikiWhat is antivirus software?
Antivirus software is an endpoint product that watches a laptop or server and blocks programs it classifies …
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WikiWhat is a password?
A password is a secret string that a person presents to a service so the service can decide whether that …
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WikiWhat is a password attack against the secret of an account?
A password attack seeks to learn or guess a secret so the attacker can sign in as the rightful account holder …
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WikiWhat is a phishing simulation?
A phishing simulation is an authorized exercise that sends harmless lookalike messages and records how people …
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WikiWhat is API security?
API security is the protection of programmatic interfaces so only the right clients, with the right …
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WikiWhat is application security?
Application security is the discipline of building and running software so that logins, sessions, and data …
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WikiWhat is a privacy policy?
A privacy policy is a public notice that explains what personal data a service collects, why it collects it …
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WikiWhat is a proxy server?
A proxy server is an intermediary that receives a client request and forwards it, which can hide the client …
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WikiWhat is a red team?
A red team is an authorized group that imitates an adversary so defenders can practice detection, response …
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WikiWhat is a residential proxy?
A residential proxy routes traffic through a household internet address so the source looks like a home user …
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