TechCrunch reports that Israeli cloud security startup Upwind is preparing to close a $100 million Series B round from Craft Ventures, Greylock, Cyberstarts, Leaders Fund, and others. The funding ...

Terms often used in discussions of cyber security, briefly defined. Your corrections, suggestions, and recommendations for additional entries are welcome: email the editor at [email protected].

Andrew Hammond, Ph.D. is Historian & Curator at the International Spy Museum, home of the world's preeminent collection of intelligence-related artifacts. Previous chapters have included seven years ...

The state of a web application when it's vulnerable to attack due to an insecure configuration. One of OWASP's top-ten categories of application security risk. "OWASP security misconfiguration" on the ...

An unskilled hacker who uses scripts written by others to attack systems. Stereotypically, script kiddies are young people attempting to impress others with their hacking skills. "script kiddie" on ...

Andrew Hammond, Ph.D. is Historian & Curator at the International Spy Museum, home of the world's preeminent collection of intelligence-related artifacts. Previous chapters have included seven years ...

Software designed to prevent cheating in video games. "anti-cheat software" on the Word Notes podcast.

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A set of related requirements signifying specific product behaviors, as mandated by business or organizational need.

Meet David Moulton, the voice for Threat Vector, the Palo Alto Networks podcast dedicated to sharing knowledge, know-how, and groundbreaking research to safeguard our digital world. Moulton, leads ...

Dave Bittner is a security podcast host and one of the founders at CyberWire. He's a creator, producer, videographer, actor, experimenter, and entrepreneur. He's had a long career in the worlds of ...

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