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Glossary
Simplifying the terminology of the industry, the jargons and technical terms that can help you set better expectations.

















| Backup and Disaster Recovery (BDR) |
| Botnet |
| Breach Notification Rule |
| Business Associate |
| Business Associate Agreement (BAA) |
| Business Continuity Plan (BCP) |
| Business Email Compromise (BEC) |
| CMMC |
| Co-Managed IT |
| Covered Entity |
| Credential Stuffing |
| Dark Web |
| Data Breach |
| DDoS Attack |
| Encryption |
| Endpoint |
| Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) |
| ePHI |
| Exploit |
| Firewall |
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| HIPAA |
| HIPAA Privacy Rule |
| HIPAA Security Rule |
| Identity and Access Management (IAM) |
| Incident Response |
| Insider Threat |
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| Malware |
| Managed Detection and Response (MDR) |
| Managed Service Provider (MSP) |
| Minimum Necessary Rule |
| Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) |
| Network Segmentation |
| NIST Cybersecurity Framework |
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| Patch Management |
| PCI DSS |
| Penetration Testing |
| Phishing |
| Principle of Least Privilege |
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| Ransomware |
| RTO and RPO |
| Security Awareness Training |
| Security Operations Center (SOC) |
| Security Risk Assessment |
| SIEM |
| Single Sign-On (SSO) |
| Smishing |
| SOC 2 |
| Social Engineering |
| Spear Phishing |
| Threat Actor |
| Threat Intelligence |
| Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) |
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| Vishing |
| VPN |
| Vulnerability |
| Vulnerability Scanning |
| Whaling Attack |
| WISP |
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| Zero Trust |
| Zero-Day Vulnerability |
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