Malware
Ransomware
Malware used to deny access to data or systems and demand payment or another concession.
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Malware
Ransomware as a Service
Ransomware as a service is a criminal operating model in which a ransomware developer or operator supplies tools and infrastructure to affiliates who conduct attacks.
Business Cybersecurity
Recovery Point Objective
Recovery point objective is the target point in time to which data must be recoverable after a disruption, expressing acceptable potential data loss.
Business Cybersecurity
Recovery Time Objective
Recovery time objective is the target maximum time to restore a service or process after a disruption before the outage causes unacceptable impact.
AI Security
Retrieval Augmented Generation Risk
Retrieval augmented generation risk is the possibility that retrieved documents or embeddings mislead an AI answer, cross access boundaries, or expose sensitive data.
Network Security
Reverse Proxy
A reverse proxy is an intermediary that receives client requests as the public-facing endpoint and forwards them to one or more backend services.
Core Cybersecurity
Risk Assessment
A structured evaluation of possible harm, likelihood, and existing safeguards.
Incident Response
Root Cause Analysis
Root cause analysis is the structured effort to identify the conditions that allowed an incident to occur and to prevent similar failures.
Malware
Rootkit
A rootkit is software or a set of techniques used to conceal malicious presence or activity by changing what a system reports to defenders.