Bastion Host
A hardened server used as a controlled administrative access point to internal resources.
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Cipher Suite
A set of algorithms used to negotiate encryption, integrity, and authentication for a TLS session.
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A platform combining multiple cloud-native application security capabilities from code to runtime.
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A Cloud Security Posture Management approach used to detect cloud misconfigurations and compliance gaps.
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A mechanism that publishes information in DNSSEC to bind a TLS service to a certificate or key.
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A set of strong authentication standards built around WebAuthn and CTAP.
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A one-time code based on a shared counter rather than time.
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The use of LDAP over TLS to encrypt authentication and directory queries.
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A public automated certificate authority providing free TLS certificates.
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A managed detection and response service combining security tooling with human analysts.
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A passwordless authentication credential based on a cryptographic key pair.
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An infrastructure for managing certificates, public keys, certificate authorities, and revocation.
View →TLS 1.3
A modern version of TLS that reduces handshake round trips and removes several obsolete algorithms.
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A one-time code calculated from a shared secret and the current time.
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A web standard API enabling public-key authentication with local or external authenticators.
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A vulnerability unknown to the vendor or without an available fix when exploited.
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