Intrusion Detection System

Security Operations Centre

A centralised facility where security professionals monitor, detect, analyse, and respond to cybersecurity incidents.

Next-Generation Firewall

An advanced firewall that goes beyond traditional packet filtering to include application awareness and intrusion prevention.

Endpoint Detection and Response

Security technology that monitors endpoint devices to detect, investigate, and respond to cyber threats.

Security Orchestration Automation and Response

Technology that automates security operations by orchestrating tools and processes for incident response.

Incident Response Plan

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

Digital Forensics

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

Honeypot

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

Extended Detection and Response

A unified security platform that integrates data from endpoints, networks, cloud workloads, and email to provide holistic threat detection, investigation, and automated response.

Security Orchestration, Automation and Response

A technology stack that integrates security tools and automates incident response workflows, enabling faster triage, investigation, and remediation of security alerts.

Threat Hunting

The proactive search for cyber threats within an organisation's environment that have evaded automated detection, using hypotheses, threat intelligence, and advanced analytics.

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

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

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

An attack where the attacker secretly relays and potentially alters communication between two parties.

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

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

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