Glossary

Privacy terms glossary

Plain-language explanations for encryption, tracking, compliance, and security concepts.

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Identity Provider (IdP)

Authentication

System that authenticates users and issues tokens/assertions to relying parties (SSO).

single sign on authentication multi factor authentication
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Identity Theft

Threats

Fraudulent use of personal identifiers to impersonate a victim.

data breach phishing account takeover
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Immutable Backups

Data Management

Backup configuration preventing modification/deletion (WORM/retention locks) for a defined retention period.

backups ransomware disaster recovery
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Incident Response (IR)

Security

Coordinated process for detecting, containing, and remediating incidents.

data breach data leak key rotation
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Private Browsing Mode

Privacy

Reduced local persistence of browsing state.

third party cookies tracking fingerprinting
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Information Governance

Data Management

Framework of policies, roles, and controls for managing information lifecycle and compliance.

data classification retention policy security audit
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Information Security

Security

Discipline and control set ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA).

incident response security audit patch
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Intrusion Detection System (IDS)

Security

Detection system analyzing traffic/logs to identify threats; provides alerts rather than blocking.

incident response monitoring web application firewall
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IP Address

Networking

Numeric identifier for network routing.

vpn dedicated ip shared ip
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IP Logging

Networking

Retention of IP addresses and related metadata.

ip address no log policy vpn