Encyclopedia of Cybersecurity

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Dictionary Attacks

Dictionary Attacks are a type of cyberattack in which an attacker systematically tries to gain unauthorized access to user accounts or systems by guessing passwords or passphrases using a predefined list of words or phrases from a “dictionary.” Unlike brute force attacks, which try every possible combination of characters, dictionary attacks rely on a curated […]

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Differential Privacy

Differential privacy is a framework and concept in data privacy that aims to enable the analysis of datasets for useful insights while protecting the privacy of individual data subjects. It provides a mathematical definition of privacy guarantees and a set of techniques for achieving those guarantees in practice. At its core, differential privacy ensures that

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Digital Certificate

A digital certificate, also known as a public key certificate or identity certificate, is an electronic credential used to verify the identity of entities, such as individuals, organizations, devices, or websites, in a networked environment. Digital certificates serve as a means of securely exchanging cryptographic keys, authenticating digital identities, and establishing trust between parties during

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Digital Rights Management

Digital Rights Management (DRM) is a set of technologies, techniques, and practices used to control and manage the access, distribution, usage, and protection of digital content, such as multimedia files, documents, software, and electronic media. DRM solutions are employed by content creators, publishers, distributors, and rights holders to enforce copyright protection, prevent unauthorized copying, sharing,

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Digital Signature

A digital signature is a cryptographic technique used to provide authenticity, integrity, and non-repudiation to digital documents, messages, or transactions. Similar to handwritten signatures on paper documents, digital signatures are used to verify the identity of the signer and ensure that the content of the signed data has not been altered or tampered with after

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Digital Signatures

Digital signatures are cryptographic techniques used to provide authenticity, integrity, and non-repudiation to digital documents, messages, or transactions. Similar to handwritten signatures on paper documents, digital signatures serve as a way to verify the identity of the signer and ensure that the signed content has not been altered or tampered with since the signature was

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Distributed Denial of Service

Denial of Service (DoS) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks represent significant threats in the realm of cybersecurity, often employed by malicious actors to disrupt the normal operation of machines or networks. These attacks aim to render a targeted system or network unavailable to its intended users by inundating it with an overwhelming volume

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