🔐 Cybersecurity Glossary
Over 291 professional cybersecurity terms in English & Arabic — your comprehensive reference for the cybersecurity world
291 terms
16 categories
74 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 (42)
ISO_27001 (39)
SAMA CSF (32)
NCA ECC (31)
NIST_CSF (29)
Array (26)
ISO 27001 (16)
11 terms
🏛 Acceptable Use Policy
AUP
سياسة الاستخدام المقبول
A document that outlines the rules and guidelines for using an organization's information technology resources.
🔑 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.
🔐 Advanced Encryption Standard
AES
معيار التشفير المتقدم
A symmetric block cipher chosen by the US government to protect classified information, using key sizes of 128, 192, or 256 bits.
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
AES
معيار التشفير المتقدم
A symmetric encryption algorithm established by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 2001, widely adopted as the global standard for encrypting sensitive data. AES supports key sizes of 128, 192, and 256 bits and is mandated by SAMA CSF for protecting financial data and by NCA ECC for securing classified government information.
⚡ Advanced Persistent Threat
APT
التهديد المتقدم المستمر
A prolonged and targeted cyberattack in which an intruder gains access to a network and remains undetected for an extended period.
§ Anonymization
إخفاء الهوية
The process of removing personally identifiable information from data so individuals cannot be identified.
💻 API Security
أمن واجهات البرمجة
The practice of protecting Application Programming Interfaces from attacks and misuse.
🛡️ ARIA
ARIA
آريا
AI Regulatory Intelligence Advisor — CISO Consulting's enterprise Virtual CISO (vCISO) module. ARIA provides AI-powered cybersecurity advisory services including policy generation, risk assessment, compliance gap analysis, board reports, and document generation in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF formats. Specialized in Saudi regulatory frameworks: SAMA CSF, NCA ECC, PDPL, and international standards including ISO 27001, NIST CSF, and PCI DSS.
🛡 Attack Simulation
BAS
محاكاة الهجوم
Breach and Attack Simulation — automated tools that continuously test security controls by simulating real-world attacks.
⚖ Attack Surface
سطح الهجوم
The total sum of all vulnerabilities and entry points that an attacker could potentially exploit.
☑ Audit Trail
مسار التدقيق
A chronological record of system activities that provides documentary evidence of the sequence of activities that have affected operations, procedures, or events.