Glossary
Forensic
Forensic
Refers to the discipline of investigating the aftermath of a cyberattack.
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FSN
Fournisseurs de Service Numérique
French acronym. A legal person providing any information society service
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Full disclosure
This term refers to vulnerabilities that have been made public and patched. They are handled under a full disclosure policy.
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GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
The GDPR regulates the processing of personal data within the European Union.
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GPO
Group Policy Object
Settings deployed by administrators of a Windows network across all or some of the company’s workstations and servers.
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GRC
Governance, Risk and Compliance
Activities designed to ensure that the IT organisation takes account of the organisation’s current and future needs and complies with all IT-related requirements.
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Greybox
A type of audit in which auditors have access to multiple user accounts within the same application, each with different levels of privilege.
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Hardening
This is the process of securing a system
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HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
A set of US federal regulations that sets the standard for the protection of sensitive patient data.
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HMI
Human-Machine Interface
A Human-Machine Interface (HMI) is a user interface that connects a person to a machine, a system or a device.
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IAM
Identity and Access Management
Identity and Access Management (IAM) enables the management of access rights to an organisation’s information system (IS).
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ICAP
Internet Content Adaptation Protocol
A protocol developed in 2000 by a consortium comprising, among others, Network Appliance, Akamai Technologies and Novell.
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