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Highlighted Solutions

AI Cybersecurity

Biometric Authentication

Cloud DLP

Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR)

Passive Authentication

Passwordless

User Behavior Analytics (UBA or UEBA)

Highlighted Threats

Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)

AI Data Leaks

Alert Fatigue

Data Exfiltration

Ransomware

Remote Access Trojan (RAT)

Highlighted Incidents

Airbus Data Leaks

Atlas VPN Data Breach

Callaway Data Breach

CNA Data Breach

Coffee Meets Bagel Data Breach

Freecycle Data Breach

Latitude Data Breach

Rollbar Data Breach

Targeted Satellite Hacking

University of Sydney Data Breach

US-Canada Water Commission Cyberattack

Topic Deep Dives

Account Takeover (ATO)

Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)

Advanced Authentication

Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)

Alert Fatigue

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)

Attack Surface

Attribution

Behavioral Biometrics

Biometric Authentication

Botnet

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)

Brute Force Attack (BFA)

CIS Critical Security Controls (CIS CSC)

Continuous Authentication

Credential Sharing

Credential Stuffing

Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Data Breach

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

Denial-of-Service (DoS) Attack

Device-free MFA

Dictionary Attack

Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR)

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)

Domain Spoofing

Doxing

Dwell Time

Electronic Health or Medical Records (EHR or EMR)

Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI or PHI)

Employee Substitution

Endpoint

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

Extended Detection and Response (XDR)

Face ID or Facial Recognition

False Acceptance Rate (FAR)

False Rejection Rate (FRR)

Federal Identity or Identity Federation

Fingerprint Scan

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Identity and Access Management (IAM or IdM)

Identity Assurance

Identity Factor

Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR)

Inadequate Training

Indicators of Compromise (IoC)

Information Security

Insider Threat

Internet of Things (IoT)

Invisible Authentication

Keystroke Dynamics

Knowledge-Based Authentication (KBA)

Lateral Movement

License Sharing

Machine Learning

Malware

Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR)

Mouse Dynamics

Multi-factor Authentication (MFA)

Outdated Software

Passive Authentication

Password Hygiene

Password Security

Penetration Test (Pen Test)

Phishing

Ransomware

Remote Access Trojan (RAT)

Social Engineering

Spear Phishing

Trojan Horse

Unauthorized Credential Use

User Carelessness

How Do I

How do I reduce the number of passwords my employees have to manage?

How do I stop ChatGPT from learning from my data?

How do I stop my users from sharing company data?

Cybersecurity Glossary / Quick Reference

Plurilock Terms

ADAPT

Adaptive Factor Stack (AFS)

DEFEND

Endpoint Agent

Enrollment

Identity Score

Impossible Travel

JavaScript Agent

Location Data

Master Profile

Network Context

Plurilock™ Application Programming Interface (Plurilock API)

Profile

Threshold

Threat and Attack Terms

Account Takeover (ATO)

Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)

Botnet

Brute Force Attack (BFA)

Credential Sharing

Credential Stuffing

Data Breach

Dictionary Attack

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)

Employee Substitution

Insider Threat

Lateral Movement

License Sharing

Phishing

Ransomware

Remote Access Trojan (RAT)

Rubber Ducky Attack

Social Engineering

Spear Phishing

Trojan Horse

Unauthorized Credential Use

User Carelessness

General Cybersecurity Terms

Alert Fatigue

Attack Surface

Attack Surface

Attribution

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)

Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR)

Dwell Time

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

Extended Detection and Response (XDR)

False Acceptance Rate (FAR)

False Rejection Rate (FRR)

Identity and Access Management (IAM or IdM)

Identity Assurance

Identity Factor

Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR)

Identity-as-a-signal

In-Band

In-session detection

Indicators of Compromise (IOC)

Information Security

Invisible Authentication

Kerberos

Knowledge-Based Authentication (KBA)

Malware

Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR)

Multi-factor Authentication

Non-repudiation

Out-of-Band (OOB)

Passive Authentication

Password Complexity

Password Hygiene

Password Manager

Passwordless Authentication

Penetration Test (Pen Test)

Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

Point-in-time Detection (PiTD)

Principle of Least Privilege (PoLP)

Privileged Access Management (PAM)

Proof of Presence (PoP)

Pwned

Remote Desktop Protocol

Risk-based Authentication

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Shared Secret

Single Sign-on (SSO)

Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP)

Two-factor Authentication (2FA)

User Behavior Analytics (UBA or UEBA)

Virtual CISO (vCISO)

Vulnerability

Woot

Work From Home (WFH)

Zero Trust

Zombie

Technology Terms

Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)

Advanced Authentication

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)

Behavioral Biometrics

Biometrics

Continuous Authentication

Device-free MFA

Endpoint

Face ID or Facial Recognition

Federated Identity or Identity Federation

Fingerprint Scan

Identity Signal

Internet of Things (IoT)

Keystroke Dynamics

Machine Learning

Mouse Dynamics

Retina Scanner or Iris Scanner

Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

SMS Authentication

Step-up Authentication

User Friction

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

Virtual Private Network (VPN)

Compliance Terms

23 NYCRR 500

CIS Critical Security Controls (CIS CSC)

Dodd-Frank Act

Electronic Health or Medical Records (EHR or EMR)

Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI or PHI)

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

FFIEC Infosec Booklet

FIPS Publication 200

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)

Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH)

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

ISO 27001

National Futures Association Rulebook (NFA Rulebook)

National Institute of Standards and Technology Publication 800-171 (NIST 800-171)

National Institute of Standards and Technology Publication 800-53

North American Electric Reliability Corporation Critical Infrastructure Protection (NERC CIP v5)

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)

Regulatory Compliance

Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX Act)

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