Glossary

A glossary of terms used on this site.
  • Threat - “circumstance or event with the potential to harm systems or information”
  • Event - “an occurrence of a system, service or network state indicating a possible breach of security policy, failure of safeguards or a previously unknown situation that may be relevant to security. A cyber security event has the potential to become, but is not confirmed to be, a cyber incident.”
  • Alert - “a notification generated in response to a deviation from normal behaviour”
  • Incident - “an unwanted or unexpected cyber security event, or a series of such events, that have a significant probability of compromising business operations. A cyber incident requires corrective action”