The CyberGuard field guide

Cybersecurity,
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A practical dictionary for the language behind digital safety. Start with a question, follow a topic, or browse the full collection.

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Incident Response

Tabletop Exercise

A tabletop exercise is a guided discussion of a simulated incident in which participants walk through decisions, roles, and communications without disrupting live systems.

Business Cybersecurity

Third Party Risk

Third-party risk is the possibility that an external organization or service affects a business's security, operations, compliance, or customers.

AI Security

Training Data Poisoning

Training data poisoning is manipulation of examples used to train or fine-tune a model to bias, degrade, or redirect its future outputs.

Network Security

Transmission Control Protocol

Transmission Control Protocol is a connection-oriented transport protocol that provides an ordered, reliable byte stream between applications.

Cryptography

Transport Layer Security

A protocol that protects the confidentiality and integrity of data exchanged over a network.

Malware

Trojan Horse

A Trojan horse is software that appears legitimate or desirable but performs an undisclosed malicious action when used.