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An extension of the traditional Basic Input/Output System or BIOS that, during the boot process, facilitates the communication between the computer’s firmware and the computer’s operating system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An operating system program running in the background designed to perform a specific task when certain conditions or events occur. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Also known as spyware and adware, it is a software category where developers design the application neither to cause explicit harm nor to accomplish some conventional legitimate purpose, but when run, usually annoys the user and often performs actions that the developer did not disclose, and that the user regards as undesirable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/

An automatic software bug and vulnerability discovery technique that inputs invalid, unexpected and/or random data or fuzz into a program and then monitors the program's reaction to it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems that derive from the original Unix system built by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie in the 1960s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A network monitoring and filtering technique that examines both the header information and the payload of every packet traversing a network access point. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A clandestine set of applications designed to give hackers access and control over a target device. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A set of behaviors that precisely describes a cyber adversary attack campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Information used by leadership to make decisions regarding the cybersecurity posture of their organization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this case Identity is the set of credentials, usually electronic that vouch for who you are and theft is to steal. The theft of a person's identity for purposes of fraud. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices