Phishing

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.

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 set of voluntary guidelines for managing and reducing cybersecurity risk developed by the US National Institute of Standards.

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

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

An international standard for information security management systems specifying requirements for establishing and maintaining security.

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

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

Security solutions that deploy decoy assets such as fake servers, credentials, and data to detect, misdirect, and analyse attackers who have breached perimeter defences.

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