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[S](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary#s) [T](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary#t) [U](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary#u) [V](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary#v) [W](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary#w) [X](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary#x) [Y](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary#y) [Z](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary#z) # Jericho’s Cybersecurity Glossary Welcome to Jericho’s Cyberthreat Glossary, where you’ll find definitions and explanations for most things cyber-related. ### A #### [Acceptable Risk](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/acceptable-risk) #### [Access Complexity](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/access-complexity) #### [Access Control List (ACL)](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/access-control-list) #### [Access Point (AP)](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/access-point) #### [Account Lockout](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/account-lockout) #### [Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/advanced-persistent-threats) #### [Antivirus](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/antivirus) #### [Asset Management](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/asset-management) #### [Attack Vector](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/attack-vector) #### [Authentication](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/authentication) #### [Authorization](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/authorization) #### [Availability](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/availability) ### B #### [Back Door](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/back-door) #### [Biometric Authentication](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/biometric-authentication) #### [Birthday Attack](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/birthday-attack) #### [Blacklist](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/blacklist) #### [Blue Team](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/blue-team) #### [Botnet](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/botnet) #### [Brute Force Attack](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/brute-force-attack) #### [Bug Bounty](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/bug-bounty) ### C #### [CAPTCHA](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/captcha) #### [Certificate Authority](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/certificate-authority) #### [Clickjacking](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/clickjacking) #### [Cloud Access Security Broker](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/cloud-access-security-broker) #### [Cloud Computing](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/cloud-computing) #### [Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Cybersecurity](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/cross-site-scripting) ### D #### [Data Encryption](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/data-encryption) #### [Data Loss Prevention](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/data-loss-prevention) #### [Denial of Service (DoS)](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/denial-of-service) #### [Digital Certificate](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/digital-certificate) #### [Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/distributed-denial-of-service) #### [DNS Spoofing](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/dns-spoofing) #### [Domain Name System](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/domain-name-system) #### [Doxxing](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/doxxing) #### [Drive-by Attacks](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/drive-by-attacks) ### E #### [Eavesdropping Attacks](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/eavesdropping-attacks) #### [Endpoint Detection and Response](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/endpoint-detection-and-response) #### [Endpoint Security](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/endpoint-security) #### [Ethical Hacking](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/ethical-hacking) #### [Exploit](https://www.jerichosecurity.com/glossary/exploit) ### F #### [False 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