MITRE ATT&CK
MITRE ATT&CK® is a knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques. Established and maintained by the MITRE Corporation, a US not-for-profit best known for managing research and development programs, ATT&CK...
Monte Carlo simulation
A probability simulation technique used to understand the impact of risk and uncertainty in complex problems. The technique builds models of possible results by running a large number of trials...
Multi-factor authentication
A form of authentication in which a user is granted access only after providing two or more distinct credentials. The first form of authentication is often a password, the other...
Network slicing
Network slicing is a method of dividing a physical network into multiple virtual networks, each designed to meet specific performance and service requirements. This is especially important in 5G networks,...
Network telescope
A network telescope is a tool used in network security to monitor and analyze traffic patterns, particularly from unused or underutilized IP address spaces. By observing traffic in these “dark”...
Network Time Protocol attack
A kind of distributed denial-of-service attack in which query packets to an NTP server are generated at a high rate.
Next-Gen Firewall
“A firewall that goes beyond port/protocol inspection and blocking to add application-level inspection and intrusion prevention. Industry convergence has resulted in a next generation firewall being functionally equivalent to an...
Next-generation firewall
A next-generation firewall (NGFW) is a hardware- or software-based network security system that detects and blocks sophisticated attacks by enforcing security policies at the application level in addition to the...