Authentication

The process of verifying the identity of a user, device, or system before granting access to resources. Authentication t...

Zero Trust

A security model that requires strict identity verification for every person and device attempting to access resources, ...

Privilege Escalation

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

VPN (Virtual Private Network)

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

IPS (Intrusion Prevention System)

A network security tool that monitors network traffic flows to detect and actively prevent identified threats in real ti...

SIEM (Security Information and Event Management)

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

Port Scanning

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

Hashing

A one-way function that converts input data of any size into a fixed-length string of characters (hash value or digest),...