Network Security
DNS Spoofing
Manipulation of DNS information so a name resolves to an unintended destination.
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Privacy Data Protection
Data Minimization
Collecting and retaining only personal data necessary for a defined purpose.
AI Security
Data Prompt Leakage
Data prompt leakage is unintended disclosure of sensitive material supplied to, retrieved by, or generated within an AI application prompt context.
AI Security
Deepfake
A deepfake is synthetic or altered audio, video, or imagery made to depict a person saying or doing something they did not actually say or do.
Network Security
Denial of Service
An event or attack that prevents legitimate users from accessing a service.
Web Application Security
Dependency Confusion
Dependency confusion is a software supply chain attack in which a build resolves an unintended public package in place of an expected private package.
Web Application Security
Deserialization Vulnerability
A deserialization vulnerability occurs when an application unsafely reconstructs data or objects from untrusted input.
Incident Response
Detection Engineering
Detection engineering is the design, testing, and maintenance of logic that identifies meaningful signs of suspicious activity in security data.
Business Cybersecurity
Disaster Recovery
The restoration of technology systems and data after a major disruptive event.
Business Cybersecurity
Disaster Recovery Exercise
A disaster recovery exercise is a planned test of people, procedures, and systems used to restore technology after a disruptive event.
Network Security
Domain Name System
A distributed system that translates domain names into DNS records such as IP addresses.
Malware
Dropper
A dropper is a program whose main role is to deliver or install another malicious component onto a system.
Network Security
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol automatically supplies network settings such as an IP address, subnet information, gateway, and DNS servers to a device.