A cybersecurity glossary with tech terms in clear language

Business email compromise (BEC) is a cybercrime where attackers use stolen or fake credentials to send convincing emails, tricking recipients into revealing sensitive info or transferring funds.

Cloud detection and response (CDR) quickly detects, analyzes, investigates, and responds to threats, similar to managed detection and response (MDR) and extended detection and response (XDR) services.

Cloud security includes the policies, technologies, and practices used to secure cloud computing and its data, applications, and infrastructure.

Endpoint detection and response (EDR) collects endpoint data to establish normal patterns, helping monitor for compromises and providing intelligence for containment and remediation.

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MDR solutions quickly detect, analyze, investigate, and respond to threats using EDR, network and cloud protection, and logs.

MDR in cybersecurity provides remotely delivered SOC functions, rapidly detecting, analyzing, investigating, and responding to threats through disruption and containment.

Managed security services (MSS) provide outsourced threat monitoring, intrusion detection, and firewall management, helping organizations enhance security and ease in-house workloads.

Ransomware protection involves methods and technologies to defend IT systems from ransomware—malicious software that encrypts data, blocking access until a ransom is paid.

A security operations center (SOC) is a centralized unit that monitors, detects, and responds to cybersecurity incidents, using people, processes, and technology to enhance security posture and manage threats.

SOC-as-a-Service (SOCaaS) offers 24x7 cloud-based SOC capabilities, including monitoring, alert triage, incident response, and threat remediation on a subscription basis.

Cyber threat intelligence gathers and analyzes data on cyber threats to help organizations prevent attacks by understanding threat actors and vulnerabilities.

Threat hunting is a proactive approach to finding hidden or unresolved threats in a network, using digital forensics and incident response.