Glossary
Glossary
Security terms, in plain English.
Short, clear definitions of the security and compliance terms startups run into.
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Glossary
SBOM Explained: Software Bill of Materials
An SBOM is a machine-readable list of every component inside a piece of software, so that when a vulnerability is…
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SCA Explained: Safer Open-Source Dependencies
SCA identifies the open-source libraries your application depends on and checks each one against known vulnerabilities and licence obligations. Glossary…
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SAST Explained: Static Application Security Testing
SAST analyses your source code without running it, looking for insecure patterns that could become vulnerabilities once the code ships.…
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CSPM Explained: Cloud Security Posture Management
CSPM continuously checks your cloud accounts against secure configuration baselines and flags the settings that would expose data or grant…
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SIEM Explained: From Raw Logs to Real Alerts
A SIEM collects security events from across your systems, correlates them, and raises an alert when the combination looks like…
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API Security: Risks and Controls That Work
API security is the practice of protecting the endpoints your applications expose, where the main risk is not a malformed…
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ISO 27001: Clauses, Annex A and Certification
ISO 27001 is the international standard for information security management. It sets out how a company should identify risks to…
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WAF Explained: What a Web Application Firewall Blocks
A WAF sits in front of your application, inspects every incoming request, and blocks the ones carrying an attack before…
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