Cyber vandalism
A cyber attack without any obvious rational criminal, political, or ideological motive, usually defacement of a vulnerable website to display the hacker’s prowess.
Cyber vigilantism
A hack directed against a cyber criminal site or organization. While extralegal (and often illegal) cyber vigilantism is conducted to impede or punish cyber crime, and not necessarily crimes of...
Cybersecurity skills gap
The difference between organizational employee job requirements and the skillsets available in the labor market.
Daemon definition
An operating system program running in the background designed to perform a specific task when certain conditions or events occur.
Dark Patterns
<!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-spot-avoid-dark-patterns/</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol> <!-- /wp:list -->
Data breach
Release of secure information into an insecure environment. A data breach may be intentional or unintentional. Physical loss of a device can constitute a data breach—not all data breaches are...
Data compromise
Same as “data breach”—the loss or exposure of information meant to be secure, private, or otherwise restricted.