Cross-Site Scripting

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.

Blue Team

A group of security professionals who defend against both real attackers and simulated attacks from red teams.

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.

A system that monitors network traffic or system activities for malicious activity or policy violations.

The practice of reporting security vulnerabilities to software vendors so they can be fixed before public exploitation.

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

Evidence-based knowledge about adversary capabilities, infrastructure, motives, and tactics that informs security decisions and enables proactive defence against cyber attacks.

An organisation's ability to continuously deliver intended outcomes despite adverse cyber events, encompassing prevention, detection, response, and recovery capabilities.

Authentication methods such as FIDO2 passkeys and hardware security keys that are immune to phishing attacks because credentials are cryptographically bound to the legitimate service.

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.

An attack designed to make a machine or network resource unavailable by overwhelming it with traffic.