Terms starting with S

11 terms in Cybersecurity

  • SAST

    Cybersecurity › Security testing

    SAST, static application security testing, analyzes source code, bytecode or binaries without running them to find security flaws early in development.

  • SBOM

    Cybersecurity › Application security

    An SBOM is a machine-readable inventory of every component and dependency in a software product, used to track vulnerabilities, licenses and supply…

  • Security audit

    Cybersecurity › Security standards

    A security audit is a systematic, evidence-based evaluation of how well an organization's security controls meet a defined standard or policy.

  • Security playbook

    Cybersecurity › Incident response

    A security playbook is a documented, step-by-step procedure for handling one specific type of security incident, from detection through recovery.

  • Security policy

    Cybersecurity › Security standards

    A security policy is a management-approved document that sets an organization's rules, responsibilities and expectations for protecting information.

  • SIEM

    Cybersecurity › Infrastructure defense

    SIEM is the security platform that collects, normalizes and correlates logs across an organization to detect threats, aid investigations and meet audit…

  • SOC 2

    Cybersecurity › Security standards

    SOC 2 is an AICPA attestation framework in which an independent auditor reports on a service organization's controls for security and related…

  • SQL injection

    Cybersecurity › Application security

    SQL injection is a vulnerability in which untrusted input changes the structure of a database query, letting attackers read or modify data.

  • SSO

    Cybersecurity › Identity & access

    SSO (single sign-on) lets a user authenticate once with a central identity provider and then reach many applications without signing in again.

  • SSRF

    Cybersecurity › Application security

    SSRF (server-side request forgery) is a flaw that lets an attacker make a server send requests to internal or unintended network destinations.

  • Symmetric encryption

    Cybersecurity › Cryptography

    Symmetric encryption is the cryptography method that uses one shared secret key both to encrypt and to decrypt data, as in AES…