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Adaptive Glossary.
Your guide to cybersecurity and security awareness training terminology.
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A
Access Control
Adaptive Security
Adaptive Training
Algorithm
Angler Phishing
Anomaly Detection
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Attack Surface
Authentication
B
Baiting
Business Email Compromise (BEC)
C
Click Rate
Clone Phishing
Cloud Security
Command & Control Server (C&C)
Compliance
Credential Harvesting
Cyber Hygiene
Cybercriminal
Cybersecurity
D
Data Breach
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Deepfake
Denial-of-Service (DoS) / Distributed-Denial-of-Service (DDoS)
Domain Spoofing
E
Email Phishing
Encryption
Endpoint Security
Evil Twin Attack
Exploit
Extended Detection & Response (XDR)
F
Firewall
G
Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)
Generative AI (GenAI)
H
Homograph Attack
Human Firewall
I
Impersonation
Incident Response (IR)
Incident Response Plan (IRP)
Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
J
Just-in-Time Training
K
Knowledge Assessment
L
Large Language Model (LLM)
Learning Management System (LMS)
Least Privilege
M
Machine Learning (ML)
Malicious Payload
Malware
Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) Attack
Microlearning
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
N
Network Security
O
Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)
P
Patch Management
Penetration Testing
Personalized Learning Path
Pharming
Phishing
Phishing Simulation
Policy Awareness
Predictive Analysis
Pretexting
Privacy
Q
Quishing (QR Code Phishing)
R
Ransomware
Remediation
Report Rate
Risk Assessment
Risk Management
Risk Scoring
Role-Based Training
S
Search Engine Phishing
Security Awareness Training
Security Champion
Security Culture
Security Information & Event Management (SIEM)
Security Orchestration, Automation & Response (SOAR)
Security Posture
Sentiment Analysis
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Smishing (SMS Phishing)
Social Engineering
Spear Phishing
Spyware
T
Tactics, Techniques & Procedures (TTPs)
Tailgating
Teachable Moment
Threat Actor
Threat Intelligence
Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP)
Threat Landscape
Threat Vector
Training Modules
Trojan Horse
U
Urgency Tactics
URL Obfuscation
User & Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
V
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Vishing (Voice Phishing)
Vulnerability
Vulnerability Assessment
W
Watering Hole Attack
Whaling
Worm
X
Y
Z
Zero Trust Architecture
Zero-Day Vulnerability
A
Access Control
Adaptive Security
Adaptive Training
Algorithm
Angler Phishing
Anomaly Detection
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Attack Surface
Authentication
B
Baiting
Business Email Compromise (BEC)
C
Click Rate
Clone Phishing
Cloud Security
Command & Control Server (C&C)
Compliance
Credential Harvesting
Cyber Hygiene
Cybercriminal
Cybersecurity
D
Data Breach
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Deepfake
Denial-of-Service (DoS) / Distributed-Denial-of-Service (DDoS)
Domain Spoofing
E
Email Phishing
Encryption
Endpoint Security
Evil Twin Attack
Exploit
Extended Detection & Response (XDR)
F
Firewall
G
Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)
Generative AI (GenAI)
H
Homograph Attack
Human Firewall
I
Impersonation
Incident Response (IR)
Incident Response Plan (IRP)
Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
J
Just-in-Time Training
K
Knowledge Assessment
L
Large Language Model (LLM)
Learning Management System (LMS)
Least Privilege
M
Machine Learning (ML)
Malicious Payload
Malware
Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) Attack
Microlearning
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
N
Network Security
O
Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)
P
Patch Management
Penetration Testing
Personalized Learning Path
Pharming
Phishing
Phishing Simulation
Policy Awareness
Predictive Analysis
Pretexting
Privacy
Q
Quishing (QR Code Phishing)
R
Ransomware
Remediation
Report Rate
Risk Assessment
Risk Management
Risk Scoring
Role-Based Training
S
Search Engine Phishing
Security Awareness Training
Security Champion
Security Culture
Security Information & Event Management (SIEM)
Security Orchestration, Automation & Response (SOAR)
Security Posture
Sentiment Analysis
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Smishing (SMS Phishing)
Social Engineering
Spear Phishing
Spyware
T
Tactics, Techniques & Procedures (TTPs)
Tailgating
Teachable Moment
Threat Actor
Threat Intelligence
Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP)
Threat Landscape
Threat Vector
Training Modules
Trojan Horse
U
Urgency Tactics
URL Obfuscation
User & Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
V
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Vishing (Voice Phishing)
Vulnerability
Vulnerability Assessment
W
Watering Hole Attack
Whaling
Worm
Z
Zero Trust Architecture
Zero-Day Vulnerability