Glossary of terms

A

Access management

Asset inventory

Attack surface analysis

Attack surface management

C

Cloud asset management

Cloud native cybersecurity

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Configuration management database

Continuous controls monitoring (CCM)

Continuous threat exposure management (CTEM)

Critical assets

Cyber asset attack surface management (CAASM)

Cyber asset management

Cyber attack surface

Cyber risk management

D

Data integration

DevOps continuous compliance automation

Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)

E

Exploitable vulnerabilities

External attack surface management (EASM)

G

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC)

I

Identity management

Internal attack surface

M

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

N

P

Privilege management

S

Security operations

Security posture

Software Bill of Materials (SBOM)

V

Vulnerability management

Z

N