Learning Glossary

Microsegmentation is an emerging security best practice that offers several advantages over more established approaches like network segmentation and application segmentation.

A Zero Trust security model is based on a philosophy that no person or device inside or outside of an organization's network should be granted access to connect to IT systems or services until authenticated and continuously verified.

Web application and API protection is a security measure that helps to protect web and mobile applications from attack. It can be implemented in a number of ways, including firewalls, web application firewalls, and intrusion detection and prevention systems.

Bots are software programs that carry out automated tasks. Botnets are networks of computers infected with bot software that can be controlled remotely by an attacker.

Compliance and regulatory frameworks are sets of documented guidelines and best practices. Organizations follow these guidelines to meet regulatory requirements, improve processes, strengthen security, and achieve other business objectives (such as becoming a public company, or selling cloud solutions to government agencies).