🔐 Cybersecurity Glossary
Over 307 professional cybersecurity terms in English & Arabic — your comprehensive reference for the cybersecurity world
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14 terms
🔑 Access Control List
ACL
قائمة التحكم بالوصول
A list of permissions attached to a system resource that specifies which users or system processes are granted access.
🔑 Biometric Authentication
المصادقة البيومترية
Authentication method using unique biological characteristics such as fingerprints, facial recognition, or iris patterns.
🔑 Directory Service
خدمة الدليل
A centralized database that stores and manages user identities, credentials, and access permissions (e.g., Active Directory, LDAP).
🔑 FIDO2
FIDO2
معيار FIDO2
An open authentication standard that enables passwordless login using public key cryptography and biometrics.
🔑 Identity Provider
IdP
مزود الهوية
A system that creates, maintains, and manages identity information for users while providing authentication services.
🔑 Least Privilege
أقل الصلاحيات
The principle that users should be given the minimum levels of access needed to perform their job functions.
🔑 Multi-Factor Authentication
MFA
المصادقة متعددة العوامل
An authentication method requiring two or more verification factors: something you know, something you have, or something you are.
🔑 OAuth 2.0
OAuth
بروتوكول OAuth 2.0
An authorization framework that enables applications to obtain limited access to user accounts via delegation tokens.
🔑 Passwordless Authentication
المصادقة بدون كلمة مرور
Authentication methods that verify user identity without traditional passwords, using biometrics, tokens, or cryptographic keys.
🔑 Privileged Access Management
PAM
إدارة الوصول المميز
A set of cybersecurity strategies and technologies for exerting control over elevated access and permissions for users, accounts, and systems.
🔑 Role-Based Access Control
RBAC
التحكم بالوصول القائم على الدور
A method of restricting system access to authorized users based on their role within the organization.
🔑 SAML
SAML
لغة توكيد أمن التأليف
Security Assertion Markup Language — an XML-based standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between parties.
🔑 Single Sign-On
SSO
تسجيل الدخول الموحد
An authentication scheme that allows a user to log in with a single ID to gain access to multiple related but independent systems.
🔑 Zero Trust
ZT
الثقة المعدومة
A security model based on the principle of never trust, always verify, requiring strict identity verification for every person and device attempting to access resources.