The CyberGuard field guide

Cybersecurity,
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AI Security

AI Agent Permissions

AI agent permissions are the actions and data access granted to an AI driven workflow through its accounts, tools, and connected services.

AI Security

AI Assisted Phishing

AI assisted phishing uses generative tools to draft, personalize, translate, or scale deceptive messages intended to steal information or prompt harmful action.

AI Security

AI Red Teaming

AI red teaming is an authorized, structured effort to find harmful or unsafe behavior in an AI system before or during deployment.

Web Application Security

API Security

API security protects application interfaces, their data, and operations from unauthorized use and abuse.

Fraud Online Safety

Account Takeover

Unauthorized control of another person’s online account.

AI Security

Adversarial Machine Learning

Adversarial machine learning studies attacks that manipulate an AI system or its data to change behavior, reveal information, or degrade performance.

Malware

Adware

Adware is software that displays advertising, sometimes in intrusive or deceptive ways, and may also collect browsing or device information.

Identity Access

Authentication

The process of verifying a claimed identity.

Web Application Security

Authentication Bypass

Authentication bypass is a flaw that lets someone reach a protected function without completing the required identity check.

Identity Access

Authorization

The decision about which actions an authenticated identity is allowed to perform.

Core Cybersecurity

Availability

The ability of authorized users to access information or services when needed.