Vulnerability Assessment

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.

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.

Zero-Day Vulnerability

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

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

An authentication method requiring two or more verification factors to gain access to a resource.

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

Advanced red team exercises that replicate the tactics, techniques, and procedures of specific threat actors to evaluate an organisation's detection and response capabilities.

A communication system where only the communicating users can read the messages, with encryption at both endpoints.

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

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

Using unique biological characteristics like fingerprints, facial features, or iris patterns to verify identity.