Less Common Acronyms
Firewall — Your Network's First Line of Defense
Firewall — Your Network's First Line of Defense A firewall is a security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on rules — deciding what gets through and what gets blocked before it ever reaches your systems. ...
Mesh WiFi — What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Beats a Pile of Extenders
Mesh WiFi — What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Beats a Pile of Extenders Mesh WiFi replaces the patchwork of routers and extenders most offices have accumulated over the years with a single, intelligent network that actually covers the whole ...
WORM (Write Once, Read Many) — Storage That Can't Be Tampered With
It's storage that lets you write data once — and after that, nobody can change it. Not you, not an attacker, not even an admin. Filed under the NerdSquad IT Dictionary: the series where we decode the alphabet soup of IT. Today's term sounds like it ...
SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) — Cybersecurity on Autopilot (Kind Of)
Think of SOAR as the air traffic controller for your security tools — keeping everything talking, coordinated, and moving in the right direction without a human having to wave every flag. Welcome back to the NerdSquad IT Dictionary — where we ...
SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) — The Black Box for Your Network
SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) It's the flight recorder for your network — every login, every alert, every weird little event, all in one searchable place. Welcome back to the NerdSquad IT Dictionary — where we translate tech-speak ...