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Blue Team

A Blue Team is a group of cybersecurity professionals responsible for maintaining an organization's internal network defenses against all cyberattacks and threats. The blue team is usually referred to during blue/red team simulations which play an important role in an organization's defense against an ever changing cyberthreat landscape. Incident response consultants are usually part [...]

2023-03-07T16:21:16+00:00March 7th, 2023|

Botnet

A Botnet consists of many bots (short for robots) that contain code to execute repetitive tasks with high frequency.

2024-05-02T12:56:27+01:00July 19th, 2022|

Bruggling

Bruggling is a term derived from the word smuggling and browser that describes a technique for data exfiltration using browser bookmark synchronization. 

2022-09-23T21:49:30+01:00August 2nd, 2022|

Brute Force Attack

A brute force attack is a hacking method that uses trial and error to decode login information, passwords and encryption keys to gain unauthorized access to systems, networks and information.

2022-09-23T21:47:41+01:00September 20th, 2022|

Business Continuity Plan (BCP)

A business continuity plan (BCP) is a detailed strategy and set of systems and procedures to restore critical business and continue operating during an unplanned event or significant disruption to operations. A good BDP recognizes potential threats to an organizations and analyzes the impacts it could have on day to day operations. [...]

2023-03-07T16:26:58+00:00March 7th, 2023|

Chief Information Officer (CIO)

A Chief Information Officer (CIO) is a high ranking executive responsible for overseeing an organization's information technology and information systems, ensuring they deliver outcomes that support enterprise goals.

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Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is responsible for an organization's information, cyber and technology security program. A CISO develops, implements and manages policies and procedures designed to protect systems and assets from both internal and external threats.

2023-03-07T16:33:50+00:00March 7th, 2023|

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

A Chief Technology Officer (CTO) focuses on the technological requirements, opportunities and challenges within the business, managing and driving value from technology. This role will know the short and long term needs of an organization and make investments in new technology to enable the organization to fulfil these goals.

2023-03-07T16:32:22+00:00March 7th, 2023|