🔐 Cybersecurity Glossary
Over 314 professional cybersecurity terms in English & Arabic — your comprehensive reference for the cybersecurity world
314 terms
16 categories
144 frameworks
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🏛 Governance & Strategy 35
⚖ Risk Management 17
🔑 Identity & Access 14
🌐 Network Security 16
🔒 Data Protection 11
⚡ Threat & Attack 22
🚨 Incident Response 13
☑ Compliance & Audit 12
🔐 Cryptography 11
☁ Cloud Security 9
💻 Application Security 11
§ Privacy & Data Law 12
🛡 Security Operations 17
♻ Business Continuity 9
🇸🇦 Saudi Regulations 14
🛡️ Platform Tools 1
NCA_ECC (122)
SAMA_CSF (76)
PCI_DSS (47)
PDPL (45)
ISO_27001 (39)
NCA ECC (37)
SAMA CSF (35)
NIST_CSF (29)
Array (26)
ISO 27001 (17)
17 terms
🛡 Attack Simulation
BAS
محاكاة الهجوم
Breach and Attack Simulation — automated tools that continuously test security controls by simulating real-world attacks.
🛡 Blue Team
الفريق الأزرق
A group of security professionals responsible for defending against simulated and real attacks.
🛡 Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform
TIP
منصة استخبارات التهديدات السيبرانية
A technology platform that aggregates, correlates, and analyzes threat data from multiple sources to provide actionable intelligence.
🛡 Endpoint Detection and Response
EDR
كشف نقاط النهاية والاستجابة
A cybersecurity technology that continuously monitors endpoints to detect and respond to cyber threats.
🛡 Extended Detection and Response
XDR
الكشف والاستجابة الموسعة
A unified security solution that integrates multiple security products into a cohesive system for improved threat detection and response.
🛡 Log Correlation
ارتباط السجلات
The process of analyzing logs from multiple sources to identify patterns, anomalies, and potential security incidents.
🛡 Managed Detection and Response
MDR
الكشف والاستجابة المدارة
An outsourced cybersecurity service that provides threat monitoring, detection, and response capabilities.
🛡 Patch Management
إدارة التحديثات الأمنية
The process of distributing and applying updates to software to fix vulnerabilities and improve security.
🛡 Purple Team
الفريق البنفسجي
A collaborative approach combining Red Team and Blue Team exercises to improve security effectiveness.
🛡 Red Team
الفريق الأحمر
A group of security professionals authorized to simulate real-world attacks to test an organization's defenses.
🛡 Security Awareness Training
SAT
التدريب على التوعية الأمنية
An educational program designed to reduce human cybersecurity risks by teaching employees to recognize and respond to threats.
🛡 Security Information and Event Management
SIEM
إدارة معلومات وأحداث الأمن
A solution that provides real-time analysis of security alerts generated by applications and network hardware through centralized log collection and correlation.
🛡 Security Orchestration, Automation and Response
SOAR
تنسيق وأتمتة واستجابة الأمن
A stack of compatible tools that allows organizations to collect security data and automate responses to low-level threats.
🛡 Security Rating
التصنيف الأمني
An objective, quantifiable measure of an organization's cybersecurity posture generated by independent security rating platforms.
🛡 Threat Hunting
مطاردة التهديدات
The proactive practice of searching through networks and datasets to detect threats that evade existing security solutions.
🛡 Threat Intelligence
TI
استخبارات التهديدات
Evidence-based knowledge about existing or emerging threats that helps organizations make informed security decisions.
🛡 Vulnerability Assessment
VA
تقييم الثغرات
A systematic review of security weaknesses in an information system to identify, quantify, and prioritize vulnerabilities.