Glossary

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  • Blue Team - Security team members who emphasize defensive security practices
  • Buffer Overflow - An attack on an application where more data is sent than the program is prepared to accept, resulting in unexpected application behavior
  • Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) - A web-based attack in which unsanitized inputs to the server results in unexpected behavior by the web client
  • Digital Forensics - The method of examining digital media for evidence of malfeasance
  • Fuzzing
  • Incident Response - The response to attacks or malware by the security team
  • OSInt (Open-Source Intelligence) - The use of freely available resources to gather information about a target
  • Packet Capture - The gathering of network traffic for analysis by a network protocol analyzer
  • Penetration Testing
  • Purple Team
  • Red Team - Security team members who emphasize offensive security practices such as penetration testing
  • SQL Injection