Prevention Glossary

Browse 7 prevention terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

7 Prevention Terms

Endpoint Protection: Endpoint Protection is preventive endpoint controls such as anti-malware, exploit mitigation, device policy, and application control. Security teams use it to...
Inline Security: Security controls that sit directly in the traffic or execution path so they can inspect, modify, allow, or block activity in real time. Inline security can...
Intrusion Prevention System: Intrusion Prevention System is a control that not only detects suspicious traffic or behavior but can also block or reset it in line. Security teams use it to...
Phishing Prevention: The combination of controls used to reduce phishing success, including mail filtering, domain authentication, safe browsing, phishing-resistant MFA, awareness...
Preventative Control: A security control designed to stop an unwanted event, action, or compromise from occurring in the first place rather than merely detecting or documenting it...
Real-Time Protection: Protective security functionality that evaluates and blocks threats as files, processes, or traffic are encountered instead of only detecting them later. It is...
Stitches in Time: A reference to fixing something early before it grows into a larger mess. In engineering slang, stitches in time are the small maintenance tasks that save...