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  • Sideloading (noun)

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    The process of installing applications on a device without the use of official software distribution channels.

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

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    7 min
  • Microsegmentation (noun)

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    A zero trust security technique that isolates application workloads from each other, allowing each one to be protected individually.

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

    Audio reference link: “⁠Micro-Segmentation Masterpieces⁠,” PJ Kirner, Illumio CTO and Co-Founder, Tech Field Day, YouTube, 13 December 2020.

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    7 min
  • Homograph phishing (noun)

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    The use of similar-looking characters in a phishing URL to spoof a legitimate site.

    CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/homograph-phishing⁠

    Audio reference link: “⁠Mission Impossible III 2006 Masking 01⁠,” uploaded by DISGUISE MASK, 28 July 2018.

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    7 min
  • Anti-cheat software (noun)

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    Software designed to prevent cheating in video games. 

    CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/anti-cheat-software⁠

    Audio reference link: “⁠The BIG Problem with Anti-Cheat⁠,” by Techquickie, YouTube, 5 June 2020

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    9 min
  • Pseudoransomware (noun)

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    Malware, in the guise of ransomware, that destroys data rather than encrypts.

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

    Audio reference link: “⁠Some Men Just Want to Watch the World Burn | the Dark Knight⁠,” by YouTube, 2 November 2019.

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    8 min
  • Trusted Platform Module (TPM) (noun)

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    A browser configuration control that prevents accessing resources within a private network.

    CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/trusted-platform-module⁠

    Audio reference link: “⁠TPM (Trusted Platform Module) - Computerphile⁠,” Computerphile, 23 July 2021

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    7 min
  • Private Network Access (PNA) (noun)

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    A browser configuration control that prevents accessing resources within a private network.

    CyberWire Glossary ⁠link⁠.

    Audio reference link: “⁠Chrome Limits Access to Private Networks⁠,” by Daniel Lowrie, ITProTV, YouTube, 19 January 2022.

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    6 min
  • Web 3.0 (noun)

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    The potential next evolution of the worldwide web that decentralizes interaction between users and content away from the big silicon valley social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, and towards peer-to-peer interaction using blockchain as the underlying technology. 

    CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/web-30⁠

    Audio reference link: “⁠What Elon Musk Just Said about Metaverse, Web3 and Neuralink⁠,” By Clayton Morris, Crypto News Daily, YouTube. 2 December 2021.

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    7 min
  • Identity access management (IAM) (noun)

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    A set of solutions for ensuring that the right users can only access the appropriate resources.

    CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/identity-and-access-management⁠

    Audio reference link: “⁠The Wrath of Khan (1982) ‘Kirk’s Response⁠,’” by Russell, YouTube, 16 May 2017.

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    12 min
  • Policy Orchestration (noun)

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    The deployment of rules to the security stack across all data islands, cloud, SaaS applications, data centers, and mobile devices designed to manifest an organization's cybersecurity first principle strategies of zero trust, intrusion kill chain prevention, resilience, and risk forecasting. 

    CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/policy-orchestration⁠

    Audio reference link: “⁠The Value of Using Security Policy Orchestration and Automation⁠,” by David Monahan, uploaded by EMAResearch, 3 April, 2018

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    7 min

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