MITRE ATT&CK
MITRE ATT&CK maps observed attacker behaviors into tactics and techniques to support detection and defense.
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NDR
NDR is a concept or mechanism used in cybersecurity to detect abnormal behaviors from network traffic
View definitionPAM
A solution that controls and tracks the use of high privilege accounts.
View definitionPatch Management
The process that organizes the testing and deployment of security and stability updates.
View definitionPenetration Test
A penetration test is an authorized security assessment that attempts to demonstrate exploitable weaknesses.
View definitionPersistence
Persistence refers to techniques attackers use to maintain access to a compromised environment across restarts or changes.
View definitionPhishing
A fraud technique that imitates an interlocutor or service in order to steal information or provoke action.
View definitionPrivilege Escalation
Privilege escalation is gaining permissions beyond those initially granted to a user or process.
View definitionProof of Concept (PoC)
A proof of concept demonstrates whether a proposed technique or vulnerability can work under defined conditions.
View definitionPurple Team
Purple teaming combines offensive testing and defensive expertise to improve attack detection and response.
View definitionRainbow Table
A rainbow table contains precomputed hash chains used in some attacks against insufficiently protected password hashes.
View definitionRansomware
A malicious software that encrypts or blocks data to demand a ransom.
View definitionRed Team
A red team emulates realistic adversaries to evaluate an organization's detection, prevention, and response capabilities.
View definitionRemote Code Execution (RCE)
Remote code execution is a vulnerability allowing an attacker to run commands or code on a target system over a network.
View definitionRisk-Based Vulnerability Management (RBVM)
RBVM prioritizes vulnerability remediation using exploitability, exposure, asset importance, and business impact.
View definitionRootkit
A rootkit hides malicious activity or maintains privileged access by modifying operating system components.
View definitionSandboxing
Run a file or program in an isolated environment to limit its effects.
View definitionSASE
SASE is a concept or mechanism used in cybersecurity to combine network and security functions provided from the cloud
View definitionSBOM
The SBOM is a concept or mechanism used in cybersecurity for the software components of a product
View definitionSCA
SCA is a concept or mechanism used in cybersecurity to analyze software dependencies and their known vulnerabilities
View definitionSecure Supply Chain
Software supply-chain security protects dependencies, build systems, artifacts, and delivery processes against tampering.
View definitionSecurity Baseline
A set of reference safety settings applied consistently.
View definitionSecurity Context Kubernetes
A Kubernetes security context defines pod or container privileges, user IDs, capabilities, and filesystem restrictions.
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Security Service Edge delivers cloud-based security services such as secure web gateways, CASB, and zero-trust access.
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