Glossary

Welcome to the Glossary! Whether you're already familiar with some of these terms or you're just becoming acquainted, our top-level glossary is a great resource for learning all of the relevant goods. Scroll through the full list below, search by term, or select by individual letter.
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Account Takeover Fraud (ATO)

Unauthorized access to an online account usually obtained through compromised credentials.

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active content

Code hidden in documents, such as macros, which can be weaponized.

active content

adaptive data loss prevention (A-DLP)

Solutions that automatically apply the optimal security treatment based on data’s content, context, and required regulation policies. This includes real-time redaction, encryption, blocking, or deleting. Fortra’s Digital Guardian and Clearswift product lines deliver adaptive data loss prevention solutions.

adaptive data loss prevention

advanced persistent threat (APT)

A cybercrime category directed at business and political targets. APTs require a high degree of stealth over a prolonged duration of operation to be successful.

advanced persistent threat

antivirus (AV)

A program that searches, detects, prevents, and removes software viruses from a computer or server.

virus protection

artificial intelligence (AI)

A branch of computer science dealing with the simulation of intelligent behavior in computers; also the capability of a machine to imitate intelligent human behavior.

artificial intelligence and machine learning