Blue Team

Cybersecurity

The practice of protecting systems, networks, and programs from digital attacks, unauthorised access, and data breaches.

Threat Intelligence

Evidence-based knowledge about existing or emerging threats to an organisation's digital assets and infrastructure.

Vulnerability Assessment

The process of identifying, quantifying, and prioritising security vulnerabilities in systems and applications.

Penetration Testing

A simulated cyberattack against a system to evaluate the security of its defences and identify exploitable vulnerabilities.

Red Team

A group of security professionals who simulate real-world attacks to test an organisation's defensive capabilities.

Purple Team

A collaborative security approach combining red team attack knowledge with blue team defensive capabilities.

Intrusion Prevention System

A network security technology that examines network traffic to detect and prevent vulnerability exploits.

Ransomware

Malicious software that encrypts a victim's files and demands payment for the decryption key.

Malware

Malicious software designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorised access to computer systems.

Phishing

A social engineering attack that uses fraudulent communications to trick recipients into revealing sensitive information.

Spear Phishing

A targeted phishing attack directed at specific individuals or organisations using personalised deceptive content.

Zero-Day Vulnerability

A software security flaw unknown to the vendor that can be exploited before a patch is available.

A web security vulnerability allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users.

A network security device that monitors and filters incoming and outgoing network traffic based on security rules.

A unified security platform that integrates multiple security tools and data sources for comprehensive threat detection.

A decoy system designed to attract attackers and study their methods while protecting real systems.

An auditing framework that evaluates the security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy of service organisations.

The process of collecting, preserving, and analysing electronic evidence for investigating security incidents.

The discipline of protecting AI systems from adversarial attacks, data poisoning, model theft, and prompt injection while ensuring the secure deployment of AI in production environments.

A programming error where data written to a buffer exceeds its capacity, potentially allowing code execution.