Authorization

The process of determining what resources or actions an authenticated user is permitted to access. While authentication ...

Privilege Escalation

An attack where a user gains elevated access to resources that are normally protected, beyond what their assigned permis...

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

An approach to restricting system access to authorized users based on their role within an organization rather than indi...

VPN (Virtual Private Network)

A technology that creates a secure, encrypted connection (tunnel) over a less secure network such as the internet, allow...

SIEM (Security Information and Event Management)

A software solution that aggregates and analyzes security data from across the organization — including logs from firewa...

Packet Sniffing

The practice of capturing and analyzing network traffic data packets as they travel across a network using tools like Wi...

Port Scanning

A technique used to identify open ports and services available on a networked host by sending connection requests to a r...

Encryption

The process of converting plaintext data into an unreadable format (ciphertext) using a cryptographic algorithm and key,...