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Glossary.

Key terms, clear definitions and practical context for the technologies, domains and operational environments we work in.

Definitions

Key terms.

Concise definitions designed to support a common operational language.

Attack Surface

The total set of points where an unauthorized actor could attempt to enter, influence or extract data from a system or environment.

A–C / Security & Risk

Business Continuity

The capability to maintain or restore critical functions during and after disruption.

A–C / Security & Risk

Correlation

The process of connecting multiple signals, events or observations to identify relationships, patterns or operational significance.

A–C / Security & Risk

Data Sovereignty

The principle that data is subject to the laws, governance requirements and jurisdictional controls of the location in which it is stored or processed.

D–F / Data & Intelligence

Edge Intelligence

The processing, analysis and prioritization of data close to where it is generated, reducing dependence on centralized infrastructure.

D–F / Data & Intelligence

Geospatial Intelligence

Intelligence derived from the analysis of imagery, location data and geographically referenced information.

G–L / Technology & Architecture

Local Inference

The execution of an AI model on local or edge infrastructure rather than relying exclusively on a remote cloud service.

G–L / Technology & Architecture

Operational Intelligence

The integrated analysis of multi-source data to generate actionable insights in support of operational decision-making.

M–R / People & Operations

Resilience

The ability to anticipate, absorb, adapt to and recover from disruption while sustaining critical objectives.

M–R / People & Operations

Risk

The effect of uncertainty on objectives, considered through likelihood, consequence and the context in which decisions are made.

M–R / People & Operations

Threat

Any potential event, actor or condition that could cause harm to people, assets, information, operations or objectives.

S–Z / Geopolitics & Global Context

Threat Intelligence

Analyzed information about threats, actors, capabilities, intent and context used to support security decisions.

S–Z / Geopolitics & Global Context

Zero Trust

A security model that continuously verifies identity, context and authorization rather than relying on implicit trust based on network location.

S–Z / Geopolitics & Global Context

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