Extended Detection and Response

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

The practice of protecting information by mitigating information risks including unauthorised access, use, and disruption.

Automated tools that continuously assess cloud infrastructure configurations against security best practices and compliance requirements, identifying and remediating misconfigurations.

The process of converting plaintext data into ciphertext using an algorithm, making it unreadable without the decryption key.

A globally accessible knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques based on real-world cyber observations.

An entity that issues digital certificates, verifying the identity of organisations and encrypting communications.

The specific path, method, or scenario used by an attacker to gain unauthorised access to a system.

A documented set of procedures for detecting, responding to, and recovering from cybersecurity incidents.