Rules Glossary

Browse 13 rules terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

13 Rules Terms

Business Logic
The rules and decisions in software that reflect how the business actually operates, such as pricing, eligibility, workflows, and policy constraints. Business...
Detection Logic
The specific conditions, correlations, thresholds, or behavioral patterns used to decide when security telemetry should produce an alert. Strong detection...
Firewall Rule Set
The concrete ordered collection of firewall rules that controls traffic based on addresses, ports, protocols, applications, or identities. The quality of a...
Flight Rules
A set of practical operating rules for how to behave under pressure, often in incidents, launches, or complex workflows. The phrase evokes aviation-style...
Guideline
A recommended rule or principle that helps shape decisions and behavior without necessarily functioning as a rigid law in every case. In culture, good...
Loop Hole
A playful or mistaken spelling of loophole, often preserved jokingly in chats or docs when discussing exceptions and unintended escapes around rules. In...
Monitoring Rule
A defined condition that tells a monitoring system when to raise an alert, create a case, or record a notable event. Monitoring rules may be based on...
Rule Engine
A system that evaluates defined conditions and logic to decide whether to trigger an action, allow behavior, or produce a result. In security, rule engines...
Ruleset
A collection of related rules used by a security control, monitoring platform, firewall, or policy system to decide how to handle activity. Rulesets must be...
Three Laws
A joking or serious set of core rules that supposedly govern a system, tool, or team. In engineering slang, invoking three laws usually means people are trying...
WAF Rule
A detection or blocking rule used by a web application firewall to inspect and filter HTTP traffic. It shows up in application security, identity,...
Web Application Firewall Rule
A specific web application firewall rule that matches suspicious request patterns and applies protective actions. It shows up in application security,...
YARA Rule
A pattern-matching rule used to identify malware, files, or memory artifacts by strings and conditions. It shows up in application security, identity,...

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