Passkey
A passwordless authentication credential based on a cryptographic key pair.
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Password Hash Synchronization (PHS)
A Microsoft Entra or Microsoft 365 mechanism used to synchronize, authenticate, or govern identities.
View →Password Protection Entra
The Microsoft Entra feature that blocks weak or banned passwords using global and custom banned-password lists.
View →Password Spraying
An attack that tests a small number of common passwords on many accounts.
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Form of NAT which differentiates several connections thanks to port numbers.
View →Patch Management
The process that organizes the testing and deployment of security and stability updates.
View →PATCH Method HTTP
A Web mechanism used in HTTP exchanges, application security, or TLS validation.
View →Penetration Test
A cybersecurity concept used to describe a threat, technique, control, or defensive process.
View →Performance SLA FortiGate
One measure SD-WAN availability and quality of a link.
View →Performance Tier Backup
A backup or recovery mechanism used to protect data and meet recovery objectives.
View →Persistence
A cybersecurity concept used to describe a threat, technique, control, or defensive process.
View →PFS
PFS limits the future impact of a compromise of private keys on previous sessions.
View →Phishing
A fraud technique that imitates an interlocutor or service in order to steal information or provoke action.
View →Phone Extension
An internal number assigned to a user, phone or service in a PBX.
View →PID Namespace
A Linux mechanism from the kernel, systemd, filesystem, or identity-management stack.
View →PIM
A function Entra ID allowing temporary activation of certain administrative roles.
View →PIM Dense Mode
A network mechanism used to route, encapsulate, filter, or make IP traffic resilient.
View →PIM Sparse Mode
A network mechanism used to route, encapsulate, filter, or make IP traffic resilient.
View →Ping
A simple network test to check if a destination is responding and to measure the return time.
View →PKCS#12
PKCS#12 is a format that can combine certificate, string and private key.
View →PKI
An infrastructure for managing certificates, public keys, certificate authorities, and revocation.
View →PMF 802.11w
PMF 802.11w is a concept or mechanism used in & wi‐fi network to protect certain Wi‐Fi management frames.
View →PoE
A technology that supplies electrical equipment directly through its Ethernet cable.
View →Policy Route FortiGate
A routing rule that forces certain streams to use a specific gateway or interface.
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