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9:22

Secure Web Gateway (noun)

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2022/10/11

A layer seven firewall that sits in line at the boundary between the internet and an organization's network perimeter that allows security policy enforcement and can perform certain prevention and detection tasks. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/secure-web-gateway Audio reference link: ‌Vintage Computer Federation (2015). VCF East 9.1 - Ches’ Computer Security Adventures - Bill Cheswick. YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trR1cuBtcPs. Learn more about

6:59

Indicators of Compromise (noun)

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2022/10/04

Digital evidence that a system or network has been breached. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/indicator-of-compromise Audio reference link: ‌”Suicide or Murder? | The Blind Banker | Sherlock,” uploaded by Sherlock, 18 October 2015 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7:47

Intrusion Detection System (noun)

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2022/09/27

A system that monitors for malicious or unwanted activity, and either raises alerts when such activity is detected or blocks the traffic from passing to the target. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/intrusion-detection-system Audio reference link: “Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention - CompTIA Security+ SY0-501 - 2.1,” Professor Messer, uploaded 16 November, 2017 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6:47

MFA prompt bombing (noun)

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2022/09/20

Hackers bypass, multifactor authentication schemes by sending a blizzard of spamming login attempts until the accounts owner accepts the MFA prompt out of desperation to make the spamming stop. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/mfa-prompt-bombing Audio reference link: movieclips. “Sneakers (2/9) Movie Clip - Defeating the Keypad (1992) HD.” YouTube, YouTube, 29 May 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG5vsPJ5Tos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

6:29

Apple Lockdown Mode (noun)

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2022/09/13

An optional security mode for macOS and iOS that reduces the attack surface of the operating system by disabling certain commonly attacked features. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/apple-lockdown-mode Audio reference link: “How NSO Group’s Pegasus Spyware Was Found on Jamal Khashoggi’s Fiancée’s Phone,” FRONTLINE, YouTube, 18 July 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8:05

Simulated Phishing (noun)

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2022/09/06

A security awareness training technique in which authorized, but fake phishing emails are sent to employees in order to measure and improve their resistance to real phishing attacks. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/simulated-phishing Audio reference link: “Blackhat (2014) - Hacking the NSA Scene (4/10) | Movieclips.” YouTube, YouTube, 19 Apr. 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6:59

Sideloading (noun)

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2022/08/30

The process of installing applications on a device without the use of official software distribution channels. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/sideloading Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6:19

Microsegmentation (noun)

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2022/08/23

A zero trust security technique that isolates application workloads from each other, allowing each one to be protected individually. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/microsegmentation Audio reference link: “Micro-Segmentation Masterpieces,” PJ Kirner, Illumio CTO and Co-Founder, Tech Field Day, YouTube, 13 December 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6:08

Homograph phishing (noun)

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2022/08/16

The use of similar-looking characters in a phishing URL to spoof a legitimate site. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/homograph-phishing Audio reference link: “Mission Impossible III 2006 Masking 01,” uploaded by DISGUISE MASK, 28 July 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8:10

Anti-cheat software (noun)

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2022/08/09

Software designed to prevent cheating in video games. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/anti-cheat-software Audio reference link: “The BIG Problem with Anti-Cheat,” by Techquickie, YouTube, 5 June 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7:27

Pseudoransomware (noun)

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2022/08/02

Malware, in the guise of ransomware, that destroys data rather than encrypts. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/pseudoransomware Audio reference link: “Some Men Just Want to Watch the World Burn | the Dark Knight,” by YouTube, 2 November 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6:38

Trusted Platform Module (TPM) (noun)

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2022/07/26

A browser configuration control that prevents accessing resources within a private network. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/trusted-platform-module Audio reference link: “TPM (Trusted Platform Module) - Computerphile,” Computerphile, 23 July 2021 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5:36

Private Network Access (PNA) (noun)

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2022/07/19

A browser configuration control that prevents accessing resources within a private network. CyberWire Glossary link. Audio reference link: “Chrome Limits Access to Private Networks,” by Daniel Lowrie, ITProTV, YouTube, 19 January 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7:00

Web 3.0 (noun)

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2022/07/12

The potential next evolution of the worldwide web that decentralizes interaction between users and content away from the big silicon valley social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, and towards peer-to-peer interaction using blockchain as the underlying technology. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/web-30 Audio reference link: “What Elon Musk Just Said about Metaverse, Web3 and Neuralink,” By Clayton Morris, Crypto News Daily, YouTube. 2 December

9:16

Encore: Log4j vulnerability (noun)

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2022/07/05

An open source Java-based software tool available from the Apache Software Foundation designed to log security and performance information. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/log4j Audio reference link: “CISA Director: The LOG4J Security Flaw Is the ‘Most Serious’ She’s Seen in Her Career,” by Eamon Javers (CNBC) and Jen Easterly (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Director) YouTube, 20 December 20 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

11:55

Identity access management (IAM) (noun)

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2022/06/28

A set of solutions for ensuring that the right users can only access the appropriate resources. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/identity-and-access-management Audio reference link: “The Wrath of Khan (1982) ‘Kirk’s Response,’” by Russell, YouTube, 16 May 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6:23

Policy Orchestration (noun)

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2022/06/21

The deployment of rules to the security stack across all data islands, cloud, SaaS applications, data centers, and mobile devices designed to manifest an organization's cybersecurity first principle strategies of zero trust, intrusion kill chain prevention, resilience, and risk forecasting. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/policy-orchestration Audio reference link: “The Value of Using Security Policy Orchestration and Automation,” by David Monahan, uploaded by EMAResearch,

5:36

Abstraction layer (noun)

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2022/06/14

A process of hiding the complexity of a system by providing an interface that eases its manipulation. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/abstraction-layer Audio reference link: “What Is Abstraction in Computer Science,” by Codexpanse, YouTube, 29 October 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6:45

Identity Fabric (noun)

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2022/06/07

A set of services for managing identity and access management, or IAM across all of an organization's data islands. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/identity-fabric Audio reference link: “Leadership Compass Identity Fabrics - Analyst Chat 126,” by KuppingerCole, YouTube, 30 May 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7:46

Intrusion Kill Chain (noun)

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2022/05/31

A cybersecurity first principle strategy focused on disrupting known adversary activity at one of several phases of an attack sequence. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/intrusion-kill-chain Audio reference link: "Cybersecurity Days: A Network Defender's Future," by Rick Howard, Integrated Cyber Conference, Integrated Adaptive Cyber Defense (IACD), YouTube, 26 October 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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