Purple 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.

Blue Team

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

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.

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

The secure storage, distribution, rotation, and auditing of sensitive credentials such as API keys, tokens, passwords, and certificates used by applications and services.

A systematic evaluation of an organisation's information system security by measuring compliance with established criteria.

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

A security model that requires strict identity verification for every person and device accessing resources regardless of location.

Insurance coverage protecting organisations against financial losses from cyberattacks, data breaches, and related incidents.

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

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