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The resilience discipline of controlled stress test experimentation in continuous integration/continuous delivery environments, CI/CD environments, to uncover systemic weaknesses. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/chaos-engineering Audio reference link: Farnam Street, 2009. Richard Feynman Teaches you the Scientific Method [Website]. Farnam Street. URL https://fs.blog/mental-model-scientific-method/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A mathematical method by which one party (the prover) can prove to another party (the verifier) that something is true, without revealing any information apart from the fact that this specific statement is true. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/zero-knowledge-proof Audio reference link: Staff, 2022. Zero Knowledge Proofs [Video]. YouTube. URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qzNe1hk0oY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A U.S. law designed to improve the portability and accountability of health insurance coverage. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/hipaa Audio reference link: Dr. Dana Brems, 2021. Doctor reacts to “HIPAA violations” [Video]. YouTube. URL https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ksk00s8a_IU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A qualitative public framework for rating the severity of security vulnerabilities in software. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/common-vulnerability-scoring-system Audio reference link: Peter Silva, 2020. What is Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) [Video]. YouTube. URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR63F_lfKf0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A unified security incident detection and response platform that connects to multiple tools in the security stack via APIs, collects telemetry from each, and attempts to correlate that telemetry into a coherent threat picture. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/extended-detection-and-response Audio reference link: Film Major. 2022. Enemy of the State (1998) Faraday Cage HD Tony Scott; Will Smith, Gene Hackman Jon Voight [Video]. YouTube. URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3gy4otg-24 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A cyber information-sharing U.S. Government organization designed to foster the public-private partnership. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/joint-cyber-defense-collaborative Audio reference link: Jen Easterly. 2021. CISA Director Addresses the National Technology Security Coalition [Video]. YouTube. URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucb1FQXqsao Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tools that automate the identification and remediation of cloud misconfigurations.  CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/cloud-security-posture-management Audio reference link: Josh Whedon. 2005. Serenity [Movie]. IMDb. URL https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379786/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A session and user authentication Zero Trust tactic that allows a user to access multiple applications with one set of login credentials. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/single-sign-on Audio reference link: English, J., 2020. What is Single Sign-On (SSO)? SSO Benefits and Risks [Video]. YouTube. URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvHmP2WyBVY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. A system that translates text-based URLs to their underlying numerical IP addresses. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/domain-name-system-dns⁠ Audio reference link: HistoryHeard. “⁠History Heard: Paul Mockapetris.⁠” YouTube, YouTube, 5 Apr. 2009. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. A social engineering technique in which a threat actor poses as a trusted person or entity in order to trick the victim into disclosing information or performing an action that benefits the attacker. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/pretexting⁠ Audio reference link: “⁠Batch Pin Hurt Charlize Theron Skin | the Italian Job (2003) Movie Scene.⁠” YouTube, YouTube, 22 Nov. 2016.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. A layer seven firewall designed to block threats at the application layer of the open system interconnection model, the OSI model.  CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/web-application-firewall⁠ Audio reference link: “VCF East 9.1 - Ches' Computer Security Adventures - Bill Cheswick.” YouTube, 29 Dec. 2015, ⁠https://youtu.be/trR1cuBtcPs⁠.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. An IT governance framework developed by ISACA.  CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/cobit⁠ Audio reference link: isacappc. “How Do You Explain Cobit to Your Dad – or Your CEO?” YouTube, YouTube, 24 Aug. 2016, ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYATVkddIyw⁠.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. A security architecture that incorporates the cloud shared responsibility model, a vendor provided security stack, and network peering with one or more of the big content providers and their associated fiber networks.  CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/security-service-edge⁠ Audio reference link: Netskope (2022). What is Security Service Edge (SSE). YouTube. Available at: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9H84nvgBqw⁠ [Accessed 21 Oct. 2022]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. A social engineering tactic in which hackers build a malicious domain to mimic a legitimate one. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/domain-spoofing⁠ Audio reference link: ⁠“Mission Impossible Fallout - Hospital Scene.”⁠ YouTube, YouTube, 8 Oct. 2018, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. A layer seven firewall that sits in line at the boundary between the internet and an organization's network perimeter that allows security policy enforcement and can perform certain prevention and detection tasks. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/secure-web-gateway⁠ Audio reference link: ‌Vintage Computer Federation (2015). VCF East 9.1 - Ches’ Computer Security Adventures - Bill Cheswick. YouTube. Available at: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trR1cuBtcPs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. Digital evidence that a system or network has been breached. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/indicator-of-compromise⁠ Audio reference link: ‌”⁠Suicide or Murder? | The Blind Banker | Sherlock⁠,” uploaded by Sherlock, 18 October 2015 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. A system that monitors for malicious or unwanted activity, and either raises alerts when such activity is detected or blocks the traffic from passing to the target. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/intrusion-detection-system⁠ Audio reference link: “⁠Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention - CompTIA Security+ SY0-501 - 2.1⁠,” Professor Messer, uploaded 16 November, 2017 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. Hackers bypass, multifactor authentication schemes by sending a blizzard of spamming login attempts until the accounts owner accepts the MFA prompt out of desperation to make the spamming stop.  CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/mfa-prompt-bombing⁠ Audio reference link: movieclips. “⁠Sneakers (2/9) Movie Clip - Defeating the Keypad (1992) HD.⁠” YouTube, YouTube, 29 May 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG5vsPJ5Tos.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. An optional security mode for macOS and iOS that reduces the attack surface of the operating system by disabling certain commonly attacked features.  CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/apple-lockdown-mode⁠ Audio reference link: “⁠How NSO Group’s Pegasus Spyware Was Found on Jamal Khashoggi’s Fiancée’s Phone⁠,” FRONTLINE, YouTube, 18 July 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While our team is out on winter break, please enjoy this episode of Word Notes. A security awareness training technique in which authorized, but fake phishing emails are sent to employees in order to measure and improve their resistance to real phishing attacks.  CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/simulated-phishing⁠ Audio reference link: ⁠“Blackhat (2014) - Hacking the NSA Scene (4/10) | Movieclips.”⁠ YouTube, YouTube, 19 Apr. 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices