Glossary
Glossary
Security terms, in plain English.
Short, clear definitions of the security and compliance terms startups run into.
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Patch Management
Deploying a patch is the easy part. Knowing what you own, and proving the update actually landed on all of…
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HIPAA
HIPAA is a US federal law, not a certificate. Nobody can issue you one, which is exactly why buyers ask…
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SOAR
SOAR exists because most companies own a dozen security tools that cannot talk to each other. The orchestration layer is…
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CNAPP
CNAPP is not a capability. It is five capabilities sold together, and the only reason to buy them together is…
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DSPM
Your production database is well protected. DSPM is about the eleven copies of it that are not. Glossary Data The…
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RBAC
RBAC is simple to design and difficult to keep. Roles are easy to create, permissions are easy to add, and…
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API Discovery
Ask an engineering team how many APIs they run and you get a confident number. Ask a discovery tool and…
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API Gateway
An API gateway is infrastructure that happens to enforce security, not a security product. Treating it as one is how…
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