In computer security, a threat is a potential negative action or event enabled by a vulnerability that results in an unwanted impact to a computer system...
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inside information concerning the organization's security practices, data and computer systems. The threat may involve fraud, the theft of confidential or...
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STRIDE model (redirect from STRIDE (security))
identifying computer security threats developed by Praerit Garg and Loren Kohnfelder at Microsoft. It provides a mnemonic for security threats in six categories...
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In computer security a countermeasure is an action, device, procedure, or technique that reduces a threat, vulnerability, or attack, eliminating or preventing...
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An automated threat is a type of computer security threat to a computer network or web application, characterised by the malicious use of automated tools...
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Computer security software or cybersecurity software is any computer program designed to influence information security. This is often taken in the context...
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persistent threat (APT) is a stealthy threat actor, typically a state or state-sponsored group, which gains unauthorized access to a computer network and...
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within the field of information security. It consists of the protection of computer software, systems and networks from threats that can lead to unauthorized...
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Security information and event management (SIEM) is a field within computer security that combines security information management (SIM) and security...
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integrity and security of computer systems. Exploits can cause unintended or unanticipated behavior in systems, potentially leading to severe security breaches...
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"threat tree" in his book, "Fundamentals of Computer Security Technology." The concept of a threat tree was based on decision tree diagrams. Threat trees...
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Cyberattack (redirect from List of cyber attack threat trends)
(VM) identifies attack patterns, threats, and valuable assets, which can be physical or intangible. It addresses security concerns like confidentiality,...
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of computer viruses is challenging due to inconsistent naming conventions. To combat computer viruses and other malicious software, many security advisory...
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within the field of information security. It consists of the protection of computer software, systems and networks from threats that can lead to unauthorized...
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someone's webmail account, to cracking the security of a bank. The maximum penalty for unauthorized access to a computer is two years in prison and a fine. There...
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part in malicious acts in the cyber realm including: computers, devices, systems, or networks. Threat actors engage in cyber related offenses to exploit...
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Security and Privacy in Computer Systems is a paper by Willis Ware that was first presented to the public at the 1967 Spring Joint Computer Conference...
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DREAD (risk assessment model) (category Computer security)
risk-assessing computer security threats that was formerly used at Microsoft. It provides a mnemonic for risk rating security threats using five categories...
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fields of computer security and information technology, computer security incident management involves the monitoring and detection of security events on...
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In information security, threat hunting is the process of proactively searching for threats against computer systems in order to protect them. This is...
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to face evolving threats. Endpoint security management is a software approach that helps to identify and manage the users' computer and data access over...
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relying on security failures on the target computer to access it. It will use this machine as a host to scan and infect other computers. When these new...
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There are various companies that provide computer security services, develop computer security software or resell software exploits. ADF Solutions Altor...
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A security hacker or security researcher is someone who explores methods for breaching or bypassing defenses and exploiting weaknesses in a computer system...
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the deep and dark web. In recent years, threat intelligence has become a crucial part of companies' cyber security strategy since it allows companies to...
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Open Threat Exchange (OTX) is a crowd-sourced computer-security platform. It has more than 180,000 participants in 140 countries who share more than 19...
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private sector in how to avoid computer security threats. It is the UK's National technical authority for cyber threats and Information Assurance. Based...
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Content Disarm & Reconstruction (category Computer security)
ExeFilter Advanced persistent threat Computer security Cyber threats Deep Content Inspection Internet security Content Threat Removal Santarcangelo, Michael...
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indicators of compromise (IoC) threat intelligence. List of digital forensics tools Vulnerability management White hat (computer security) Red team Sypris Electronics...
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Internet security is a branch of computer security. It encompasses the Internet, browser security, web site security, and network security as it applies...
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