The process of turning raw information into intelligence products that leaders use to make decisions with.

A cloud-based software distribution method where app infrastructure, performance, and security are maintained by a service provider and accessible to users, typically via subscription, from any device connected to the internet.

A cryptographic hack that relies on guessing all possible letter combinations of a targeted password until the correct codeword is discovered.

A process of converting encrypted data into something that a human or computer can understand.

A cyber attack designed to impair or eliminate access to online services or data.

A type of side channel attack in which an attacker with physical access to a computer performs a memory dump of a computer’s Random Access Memory or RAM during the reboot process in order to steal sensitive data. 

On-demand pay-as-you-go Internet delivered compute, storage, infrastructure, and security services that are partially managed by the cloud provider and partially managed by the customer.

An acronym for Advanced Persistent Threat to describe hacker groups or campaigns normally, but not always, associated with nation state cyber espionage and continuous low-level cyber conflict operations.

An undocumented or publicly unknown method to access a computer system undetected or to break a cypher used to encode messages.

From the intrusion kill chain model, a technique where the hacker compromises sites commonly visited by members of a targeted community in order to deliver a malicious payload to the intended victim.