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• 23:37, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Domain Name System (Created page with "== Domain Name System (DNS) == The '''Domain Name System''' (DNS) is a hierarchical and distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the internet or a private network. DNS translates human-readable domain names into numerical IP addresses, which are used to locate and identify devices and services on the network. === How DNS Works === DNS operates using a client-server architecture and involves the following components: # '''DNS Cli...")
• 23:34, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Domain Hijacking (Created page with "== Domain Hijacking == '''Domain hijacking''' refers to the unauthorized transfer of control over a registered domain name from its rightful owner to another individual or entity without their consent. This malicious act often involves exploiting vulnerabilities in domain registration or management systems to gain access to the domain's administrative controls. === How Domain Hijacking Works === Domain hijacking typically involves the following steps: # '''Unauthoriz...")
• 23:34, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page DNS Server (Created page with "== Domain Name System (DNS) Server == A '''Domain Name System (DNS) server''' is a critical component of the internet infrastructure responsible for translating human-readable domain names into numerical IP addresses. DNS servers facilitate the communication between devices connected to the internet by resolving domain names to their corresponding IP addresses, allowing users to access websites, send emails, and perform other network activities. === How DNS Servers Wor...")
• 23:31, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Distributed Denial of Service (Created page with "== Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) == A '''Distributed Denial of Service''' (DDoS) attack is a malicious attempt to disrupt the normal functioning of a targeted server, service, or network by overwhelming it with a flood of illegitimate traffic. Unlike traditional Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, which are carried out from a single source, DDoS attacks harness the power of multiple compromised devices to launch coordinated assaults. === How DDoS Attacks Work ===...")
• 23:30, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Digital Signature (Created page with "== Digital Signature == A '''digital signature''' is a cryptographic technique used to validate the authenticity and integrity of digital messages, documents, or software. Similar to handwritten signatures on paper documents, digital signatures provide assurance that the message or document was created by a particular sender and has not been altered in transit. === How Digital Signatures Work === Digital signatures rely on asymmetric cryptography, which involves the u...")
• 23:26, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Digital Rights Management (Created page with "== Digital Rights Management == '''Digital Rights Management''' (DRM) is a set of technologies, techniques, or systems used by content creators, publishers, distributors, or rights holders to control, manage, or enforce the usage, distribution, or access rights of digital content, media, or intellectual property in digital environments. DRM solutions are designed to protect copyrighted works, prevent unauthorized copying, redistribution, or piracy, and enable rights hol...")
• 23:24, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Digital Certificate (Created page with "== Digital Certificate == A '''Digital Certificate''' is a cryptographic credential used in cybersecurity to establish the identity, authenticity, and trustworthiness of entities, such as individuals, organizations, devices, or services, in electronic communications, transactions, or interactions over computer networks, such as the internet. It serves as a digital equivalent of a physical identity document, providing proof of identity, ownership, or authorization for ac...")
• 23:13, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Differential Privacy (Created page with "== Differential Privacy == '''Differential Privacy''' is a privacy-preserving technique used in data analysis and statistical disclosure control to enable the extraction of useful insights from datasets while minimizing the risk of disclosing sensitive or personal information about individual data subjects. It aims to achieve a balance between data utility and privacy protection by introducing noise, randomness, or perturbations to query responses or aggregated results...")
• 23:11, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Dictionary Attack (Created page with "== Dictionary Attack == A '''Dictionary Attack''' is a type of cyberattack that involves systematically trying a large number of words or phrases from a precompiled list (known as a dictionary) to guess passwords or encryption keys. This attack method exploits the likelihood that many users choose weak or common passwords, such as words found in dictionaries, common phrases, or easily guessable character combinations. === Overview === In a Dictionary Attack, an attack...")
• 23:02, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Device Fingerprinting (Created page with "== Device Fingerprinting == '''Device Fingerprinting''' is a technique used in cybersecurity and digital marketing to uniquely identify and track devices, such as computers, smartphones, or IoT devices, based on their unique hardware or software characteristics. Device fingerprinting analyzes various attributes and parameters of a device, including its hardware configuration, software settings, network attributes, and user behavior patterns, to generate a unique identif...")
• 23:00, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Descriptive Metadata (Created page with "== Descriptive Metadata == '''Descriptive Metadata''' refers to structured information that describes the characteristics, properties, or attributes of digital resources, such as documents, images, audio files, or video clips, to facilitate their discovery, identification, retrieval, and management within information systems, digital libraries, or content repositories. Descriptive metadata provides essential contextual information about the content, context, or provenan...")
• 22:57, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Derogatory Domain (Created page with "== Derogatory Domain == A '''Derogatory Domain''' refers to an internet domain name that contains offensive, inappropriate, or disparaging language, symbols, or terms that may be considered offensive, discriminatory, or derogatory towards individuals, groups, or organizations. Derogatory domains are often used for malicious or abusive purposes, such as cyberbullying, hate speech, or online harassment, to target specific individuals, communities, or ethnic groups with of...")
• 22:55, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Deepfake (Created page with "== Deepfake == '''Deepfake''' is a portmanteau of "deep learning" and "fake," referring to synthetic media generated by artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, particularly deep learning techniques, to create hyper-realistic but fraudulent images, videos, or audio recordings that depict individuals saying or doing things they never said or did. Deepfake technology leverages deep neural networks, generative adversarial networks (GANs), or other machine learning models t...")
• 22:53, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Deep Packet Inspection (Created page with "== Deep Packet Inspection == '''Deep Packet Inspection''' (DPI) is a network monitoring and packet filtering technology used to inspect the content of data packets traversing a network, including the payload, headers, and protocols, to perform advanced analysis, classification, and filtering based on packet contents, application behavior, or security policies. DPI enables granular visibility, control, and management of network traffic, allowing network administrators or...")
• 22:52, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Decryption (Created page with "== Decryption == '''Decryption''' is the process of transforming encrypted data or ciphertext back into its original form or plaintext using an encryption key or decryption algorithm. It involves reversing the encryption process, applying mathematical operations or cryptographic techniques to recover the original data from its scrambled or unintelligible state, allowing authorized users or systems to access and interpret the decrypted information. === Overview === Dec...")
• 22:49, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Data Tokenization (Created page with "== Data Tokenization == '''Data Tokenization''' is a data security technique used to protect sensitive information by substituting it with unique tokens or placeholders while preserving its format and length. Tokenization involves the process of generating and assigning token values to sensitive data elements, such as credit card numbers, social security numbers, or personal identification information (PII), to prevent unauthorized access, theft, or misuse of sensitive...")
• 22:46, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Data Sovereignty (Created page with "== Data Sovereignty == '''Data Sovereignty''' refers to the concept that data is subject to the laws and regulations of the country or jurisdiction in which it is located or where it is processed, stored, or transferred. It encompasses the rights and responsibilities of individuals, organizations, or governments over data governance, privacy, and control within their respective legal jurisdictions, ensuring compliance with data protection laws, privacy regulations, and...")
• 22:45, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Data Sanitization (Created page with "== Data Sanitization == '''Data Sanitization''' refers to the process of cleansing, scrubbing, or purging sensitive or confidential information from storage devices, digital media, or electronic systems to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, or recovery of data remnants after the end of its useful life or intended use. Also known as data wiping, data erasure, or data destruction, data sanitization aims to render data irrecoverable by overwriting, degaussing, or phy...")
• 22:42, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Data Masking (Created page with "== Data Masking == '''Data Masking''' is a data protection technique used to conceal or obfuscate sensitive information within a dataset while preserving its usability and integrity for legitimate purposes. Also known as data obfuscation or anonymization, data masking replaces sensitive data elements, such as personally identifiable information (PII), financial records, or classified information, with fictitious, modified, or scrambled values to prevent unauthorized acc...")
• 22:40, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Data Loss Prevention (Created page with "== Data Loss Prevention == '''Data Loss Prevention''' (DLP) refers to a set of technologies, processes, and strategies designed to identify, monitor, control, and prevent the unauthorized or accidental exposure, leakage, or misuse of sensitive data across networks, endpoints, and cloud environments to safeguard against data breaches, compliance violations, and insider threats. === Overview === Data Loss Prevention aims to protect sensitive information, such as persona...")
• 22:38, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Data Exfiltration (Created page with "== Data Exfiltration == '''Data Exfiltration''' refers to the unauthorized or illicit transfer, extraction, or theft of sensitive or proprietary data from a computer network, system, or device by an attacker or insider with the intent to access, misuse, or disclose the stolen information for malicious purposes. === Overview === Data exfiltration is a common tactic employed by cybercriminals, hackers, insiders, or advanced persistent threat (APT) groups to steal valuab...")
• 22:35, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Data Encryption Standard (Created page with "== Data Encryption Standard == The '''Data Encryption Standard''' (DES) is a symmetric-key block cipher algorithm used for encrypting and decrypting electronic data. Developed by IBM in the early 1970s, DES was adopted as a federal standard for encryption in the United States and became widely used in various applications, including financial transactions, communications, and data security. === Overview === DES operates on fixed-size blocks of plaintext data, typicall...")
• 21:57, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Data Dump (Created page with "== Data Dump == A '''Data Dump''' refers to the unauthorized or unintentional release, disclosure, or exposure of a large volume of data, information, or files, typically stored in electronic format, onto the internet, dark web, or other public forums, often resulting in privacy breaches, security vulnerabilities, and potential harm to individuals or organizations. === Overview === A Data Dump occurs when a significant amount of data is leaked, stolen, or made publicl...")
• 21:52, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Data Classification (Created page with "== Data Classification == '''Data Classification''' is the process of categorizing and organizing data assets based on their sensitivity, value, importance, and regulatory requirements to facilitate effective data management, protection, and security controls. === Overview === Data Classification is a fundamental component of information security and data governance practices, enabling organizations to identify, label, and manage data according to its level of confide...")
• 21:50, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Wireshark Certified Network Analyst (Created page with "== Data Breach == A '''Data Breach''' occurs when sensitive, confidential, or protected information is accessed, disclosed, or compromised without authorization, potentially exposing individuals, organizations, or systems to security risks, identity theft, financial fraud, or reputational damage. === Overview === A Data Breach occurs when cybercriminals, hackers, or malicious actors gain unauthorized access to sensitive data, such as personal identifiable information...")
• 21:44, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Dark Web (Created page with "== Dark Web == The '''Dark Web''' is a part of the internet that is not indexed by traditional search engines and is accessible only through specialized software, configurations, or authorization, allowing users to operate anonymously and conduct illicit activities, trade illegal goods, and exchange sensitive information without detection. === Overview === The Dark Web is a subset of the Deep Web, which refers to all web pages that are not indexed by standard search e...")
• 21:43, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (Created page with "== Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification == The '''Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification''' (CMMC) is a unified standard and certification framework developed by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to assess and enhance the cybersecurity posture of defense contractors and subcontractors in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) supply chain. === Overview === The CMMC framework aims to strengthen the cybersecurity defenses and resilience of organizations...")
• 18:40, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Cybersecurity Framework (Created page with "== Cybersecurity Framework == A '''Cybersecurity Framework''' is a set of guidelines, best practices, standards, and methodologies designed to help organizations manage cybersecurity risks, protect critical assets, and enhance cybersecurity posture through effective governance, risk management, and compliance strategies. === Overview === Cybersecurity frameworks provide a structured approach to cybersecurity governance, risk assessment, and mitigation, enabling organi...")
• 18:35, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Cyberespionage (Created page with "== Cyberespionage == '''Cyberespionage''' refers to the use of computer networks and digital technologies to conduct espionage activities, gather intelligence, and steal sensitive information from government agencies, businesses, organizations, or individuals, typically for strategic, political, economic, or military purposes. === Overview === Cyberespionage involves the covert acquisition of confidential data, intellectual property, trade secrets, or classified infor...")
• 18:30, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Cyberattack (Created page with "== Cyberattack == A '''Cyberattack''' is a deliberate, malicious attempt to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access to computer systems, networks, or digital devices, often with the intent to steal sensitive information, cause financial harm, or disrupt normal operations. === Overview === Cyberattacks exploit vulnerabilities in software, hardware, or human behavior to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of digital assets, data, and services...")
• 18:29, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Cyber Range (Created page with "== Cyber Range == A '''Cyber Range''' is a controlled and secure environment designed to simulate real-world cybersecurity scenarios, providing a platform for training, testing, and evaluating the skills, capabilities, and responses of cybersecurity professionals, incident responders, and IT personnel. === Overview === A Cyber Range is an essential tool for cybersecurity training, education, and preparedness. It allows organizations to simulate cyber threats, attack s...")
• 16:07, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Cyber Insurance (Created page with "== Cyber Insurance == '''Cyber Insurance''' is a type of insurance coverage designed to protect individuals and organizations against financial losses and liabilities resulting from cyber-related incidents, data breaches, and security breaches. === Overview === Cyber insurance provides financial protection and risk transfer mechanisms to policyholders in the event of cybersecurity incidents, such as data breaches, ransomware attacks, business interruption, network int...")
• 16:05, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Cyber Hygiene (Created page with "== Cyber Forensics == '''Cyber Forensics''', also known as digital forensics or computer forensics, is the practice of collecting, analyzing, and preserving digital evidence from computers, networks, and electronic devices to investigate cybercrimes and security incidents. === Overview === Cyber forensics involves the application of forensic techniques, tools, and methodologies to identify, collect, and analyze digital evidence related to cybercrimes, data breaches, h...")
• 16:04, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Cyber Forensics (Created page with "== Cyber Forensics == '''Cyber Forensics''', also known as digital forensics or computer forensics, is the practice of collecting, analyzing, and preserving digital evidence from computers, networks, and electronic devices to investigate cybercrimes and security incidents. === Overview === Cyber forensics involves the application of forensic techniques, tools, and methodologies to identify, collect, and analyze digital evidence related to cybercrimes, data breaches, h...")
• 15:59, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Cryptography (Created page with "== Cryptography == '''Cryptography''' is the science and practice of securing communication and data by encoding it into an unintelligible form, making it unreadable to unauthorized users. === Overview === Cryptography encompasses techniques and methods for ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity of information through the use of mathematical algorithms and cryptographic protocols. It involves the transformation of plaintext (readable data) into ciph...")
• 15:51, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Cryptographic Vulnerabilities (Created page with "== Cryptographic Vulnerabilities == '''Cryptographic vulnerabilities''' refer to weaknesses or flaws in cryptographic systems that can be exploited to compromise the security and integrity of encrypted data and communications. === Overview === Cryptographic vulnerabilities arise due to design flaws, implementation errors, or weaknesses in cryptographic algorithms, protocols, or key management practices. These vulnerabilities can be exploited by attackers to bypass enc...")
• 15:50, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Cryptanalysis (Created page with "== Cryptanalysis == '''Cryptanalysis''' is the study of cryptographic systems with the goal of analyzing and breaking them to gain access to encrypted data without knowledge of the decryption key. === Overview === Cryptanalysis is an interdisciplinary field that combines elements of mathematics, computer science, and cryptography to analyze the security of cryptographic algorithms and protocols. The primary objective of cryptanalysis is to identify weaknesses, vulnera...")
• 15:48, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Cross-Site Scripting (Created page with "== Cross-Site Scripting == '''Cross-Site Scripting''' (XSS) is a type of security vulnerability that allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. === Overview === Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) is a prevalent web security vulnerability that arises when a web application accepts user input without proper validation or sanitization and then includes that input in its output HTML content. Attackers exploit XSS vulnerabilities to inject m...")
• 15:45, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Cross-Site Request Forgery (Created page with "== Cross-Site Request Forgery == '''Cross-Site Request Forgery''' (CSRF) is a type of security vulnerability that occurs when a malicious actor tricks a user into performing unauthorized actions on a web application in which the user is authenticated. === Overview === Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) is a common web security threat that exploits the trust relationship between a user's browser and a web application. In a CSRF attack, the attacker crafts a malicious re...")
• 15:41, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (Created page with "== Cross-Origin Resource Sharing == '''Cross-Origin Resource Sharing''' (CORS) is a security mechanism implemented by web browsers to allow web servers to specify which origins are permitted to access resources on a web page from a different domain. === Overview === Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) is a fundamental security feature of modern web browsers that enables web servers to control access to resources, such as APIs, fonts, images, and scripts, from differe...")
• 15:32, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Content Security Policy (Created page with "== Content Disarm & Reconstruction == '''Content Disarm & Reconstruction''' (CDR) is a cybersecurity technique used to mitigate the risk of malicious content by sanitizing and rebuilding files to remove potential threats while preserving their functionality and usability. === Overview === Content Disarm & Reconstruction (CDR) is an advanced security approach that aims to protect organizations from malware, exploits, and other cyber threats hidden within files, documen...")
• 15:31, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Content Disarm and Reconstruction (Created page with "== Content Disarm & Reconstruction == '''Content Disarm & Reconstruction''' (CDR) is a cybersecurity technique used to mitigate the risk of malicious content by sanitizing and rebuilding files to remove potential threats while preserving their functionality and usability. === Overview === Content Disarm & Reconstruction (CDR) is an advanced security approach that aims to protect organizations from malware, exploits, and other cyber threats hidden within files, documen...")
• 15:28, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Container Security (Created page with "== Container Security == '''Container Security''' refers to the practices, tools, and processes used to secure containerized applications and environments against cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and attacks. === Overview === Containerization technology, popularized by platforms like Docker and Kubernetes, allows developers to package applications and their dependencies into lightweight, portable containers that can run consistently across different computing environme...")
• 15:24, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Construction Industry Institute Cybersecurity Guidelines (Created page with "== Construction Industry Institute (CII) Cybersecurity Guidelines == The '''Construction Industry Institute (CII) Cybersecurity Guidelines''' are a set of best practices, recommendations, and standards developed by the Construction Industry Institute (CII) to address cybersecurity challenges and risks in the construction industry. === Overview === The CII Cybersecurity Guidelines provide guidance and resources for construction companies, contractors, project owners, a...")
• 15:22, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Concealment Cipher (Created page with "== Concealment Cipher == A '''Concealment Cipher''' is a type of cryptographic algorithm or technique used to hide or disguise the presence of encrypted data within innocuous or inconspicuous cover objects, such as images, audio files, text documents, or other digital media. === Overview === Concealment ciphers are designed to conceal the existence of encrypted information by embedding it within the content of seemingly ordinary or benign carrier files, making it diff...")
• 15:20, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Compliance Auditing (Created page with "== Compliance Auditing == '''Compliance Auditing''' is the process of assessing and evaluating an organization's adherence to regulatory requirements, industry standards, internal policies, and best practices to ensure legal and ethical compliance, risk mitigation, and operational effectiveness. === Overview === Compliance auditing involves reviewing and analyzing various aspects of an organization's operations, processes, systems, and controls to determine whether th...")
• 15:19, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Command and Control (Created page with "== Command and Control == '''Command and Control''' (C2), also known as C&C or C2C, refers to the centralized infrastructure and communication channels used by attackers to manage and control compromised computer systems, networks, or devices remotely. === Overview === In cyberattacks, Command and Control servers serve as the centralized hubs through which attackers can remotely communicate with and control compromised devices, execute malicious commands, exfiltrate d...")
• 15:17, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Cold Storage Backup (Created page with "== Cold Storage Backup == '''Cold Storage Backup''' is a data backup strategy that involves storing backup copies of data in offline or disconnected storage media, such as tape drives, optical discs, or external hard drives, to protect against data loss, corruption, or unauthorized access. === Overview === Cold Storage Backup is designed to provide a secure and reliable means of preserving data for long-term retention and disaster recovery purposes. Unlike online or c...")
• 15:16, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Code Signing Certificate (Created page with "== Code Signing Certificate == A '''Code Signing Certificate''' is a digital certificate used by software developers to digitally sign their code, scripts, and executables to verify their authenticity and integrity. This cryptographic signature allows users and systems to confirm that the code has not been tampered with or altered since it was signed by the developer. === Overview === Code Signing Certificates provide a way for software developers to assure users that...")
• 15:15, 5 May 2024 Ccocrick talk contribs created page Code Injection (Created page with "== Code Injection == '''Code Injection''' is a security vulnerability that occurs when an attacker is able to insert and execute malicious code within a computer program or application. This technique is commonly used to exploit weaknesses in web applications, allowing attackers to perform unauthorized actions, steal data, or compromise the integrity of the system. === Overview === Code Injection attacks typically involve inserting malicious code into input fields, pa...")