Buffer
A physical memory storage location in a device where data are temporarily stored.
Buffer overflow
An anomaly in which a program overruns a buffer’s boundary while writing data to that buffer, and so overwrites adjacent memory. A buffer overflow violates memory safety.
Building Security In Maturity Model
A descriptive model that provides a baseline of observed software security initiatives and activities from a collection of volunteer software development shops. Commonly known by its acronym, BSIMM.
Bulletproof hosting
Cloud services intended for the use of cyber criminals and other threat actors; the services are designed to obstruct law enforcement and other kinds of government investigations, and to provide...
Certification
A credential attesting to an individual’s knowledge, in this context, knowledge in the field of cybersecurity. A certification is usually obtained by passing an examination or a series of examinations...
Certified Signing Request
In public key infrastructure systems, a message an applicant for a digital certificate sends to a certificate authority.