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  • Security Operations Center (SOC) (noun)

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    A centralized facility or team responsible for monitoring, detecting, analyzing, and responding to cybersecurity incidents within an organization.

    CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/security-operations-center⁠

    Audio reference link: AT&T Tech Channel, 2012. A tour of AT&T’s Network Operations Center (1979) [Video]. YouTube. URL ⁠www.youtube.com/watch?v=cigc3hvMyWw.

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    11 min
  • hunt forward operations (noun)

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    Defensive cyber operations carried out by U.S. Cyber Command's Cyber National Mission Force, CNMF at the request of allied nations.

    CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/hunt-forward-operation⁠

    Audio reference link: Paul Nakasone, G., 2022. Vanderbilt Summit Keynote [Video]. YouTube. URL ⁠www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axg4s9l9wi0⁠.

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    7 min
  • Cyber gravity (noun)

    The invisible force that governs the movement of data across networks.

    Audio reference link: “Things to Come 1936 - HG Wells.” YouTube, YouTube, 28 Sept. 2011, ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atwfWEKz00U⁠. 

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    9 min
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) (noun)

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    The ability of computers to execute tasks typically associated with human intelligence, including natural language processing, problem solving, and pattern recognition.

    CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/ai⁠

    Audio reference link: Staff, 2016. Alan Turing - The Imitation Game - Can Machines Think? [YouTube Video]. Learn Understand Create. URL ⁠www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs7Lo5MKIws.

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    9 min
  • Certification (noun)

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    A credential demonstrating an individual's knowledge in the field of cybersecurity, usually obtained by passing an exam or series of exams. 

    CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/certification

    Audio reference link: Bombal, D., 2022. Are certifications important in Cybersecurity? [Video]. YouTube. URL ⁠www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdgf_Wr82rs⁠.

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    7 min
  • Network slicing (noun)

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    A technique used to create virtual networks within a shared physical network infrastructure.

    CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/network-slicing⁠

    Audio reference link: Whitehead, D.N., 2021. 5G Smart Networks Part 1: Network Slicing [Video]. YouTube. URL ⁠www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCt3rYODZ7g⁠.

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    7 min
  • Device trust (noun)

    The process of verifying that a device is known, secure, and uncompromised before allowing it to connect to a network or access resources.

    CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/device-trust⁠

    Audio reference link: “Favorite Scene of Alan Rickman from Die Hard.” YouTube, YouTube, 14 Jan. 2016, ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mklnXM3LIXo.⁠ 

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    7 min
  • ZTNA (noun)

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    A technology set design to support the cybersecurity first principle strategy of zero trust, that limits device people and software component access to only designated authorized resources and nothing more.

    CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/zero-trust-network-access⁠

    Audio reference link: “Zero Trust Explained by John Kindervag.” YouTube, YouTube, 2 Oct. 2022, ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LZe4Vn-eEo⁠. 

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    8 min
  • GDPR (noun)

    A data privacy legal framework that applies to all countries in the European Union, regulating the transmission, storage, and use of personal data associated with residents of the EU. 

    CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/general-data-protection-regulation⁠

    Audio reference link: “Mr. Robot Predicts JPM Coin!” YouTube, YouTube, 14 Feb. 2019, ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ee-cHbCI0s. 

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    7 min
  • ChatGPT (noun)

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    A conversational language model developed by the company OpenAI. 

    CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/chatgpt⁠

    Audio reference link: jeongphill. “Movie - Her, First Meet OS1 (Operation System One, Os One, OS1).” YouTube, YouTube, 29 June 2014, ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV01B5kVsC0⁠. 

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    9 min

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