The AI, Cloud & Cybersecurity
Encyclopedia
A reference for AI, cloud and cybersecurity terminology — from foundational concepts to AI-driven threats and defenses.
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Ransomware
Ransomware locks or steals an organization’s data and demands payment to release it — and modern attacks defeat backups alone.…
Ransomware as a Service
Ransomware as a service (RaaS) is a cybercrime business model where developers lease ransomware tools to affiliates who launch attacks…
Relationship-Based Access Control
ReBAC grants access based on the links between users and resources — like owner, member, or team mate. Google built…
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) connects a large language model to an external knowledge base so it can generate responses grounded in…
Reverse Proxy
A reverse proxy sits in front of web servers and forwards client requests to the right backend. This guide covers…
Risk Scoring Engines
Risk scoring engines assign a live trust score to every access request based on real-time signals — like user behavior,…
Risk-Based Access Control
Risk-based access control scores every access request in real time — adapting its response based on who is asking, from…
Role-Based Access Control
94.7% of firms have used RBAC — making it the most adopted access model in the world. This guide covers…
Rule-Based Access Control
Rule-based access control grants or denies access based on conditions — like time, IP, device, and location — not on…
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