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Intrusion Kill Chain (noun) Sep 30, 2025

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A cybersecurity first principle strategy focused on disrupting known adversary activity at one of several phases of an attack sequence.

CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/intrusion-kill-chain⁠

Audio reference link: "⁠Cybersecurity Days: A Network Defender's Future⁠," by Rick Howard, Integrated Cyber Conference, Integrated Adaptive Cyber Defense (IACD), YouTube, 26 October 2018.

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Identity Orchestration (noun) Sep 23, 2025

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A subset of security orchestration, the management of identities across an organization's set of digital islands.

CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/identity-orchestration

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Diamond Model (noun) Sep 16, 2025

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A cyber threat intelligence analysis model that defines relationship pairs between four core components in the shape of a diamond of adversary playbook activity across the intrusion kill chain: the adversary, their capability, the infrastructure used or attacked, and the victim.

CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/diamond-model ⁠

Audio reference link: “⁠Diamond Presentation v2 0: Diamond Model for Intrusion Analysis – Applied to Star Wars’ Battles⁠,” Andy Pendergrast and Wade Baker, ThreatConnect, YouTube, 4 February 2020.

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MITRE ATT&CK (noun) Sep 09, 2025

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A knowledge base of adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures established and maintained by the MITRE Corporation.

CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/mitre-attck⁠

Audio reference link: “⁠Attack Frameworks - SY0-601 CompTIA Security+ : 4.2⁠,” Professor Messer, YouTube, 29 April 2021.

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DevOps (noun) Sep 02, 2025

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The set of people, process, technology, and cultural norms that integrates software development and IT operations into a system-of-systems.

CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/devops⁠

Audio reference link: "⁠10+ Deploys Per Day: Dev and Ops Cooperation at Flickr⁠," by John Allspaw and Paul Hammond, Velocity 09, 25 July 2009.

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Waterfall Software Development Method (noun) Aug 26, 2025

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A software development model that relies on a series of sequential steps that flow into each other, like a series of waterfalls.

CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/waterfall-software-development⁠

Audio reference link: “⁠Creating Video Games - Agile Software Development,⁠” by Sara Verrilli, MIT OpenCourseWare, YouTube, 10 December 2015

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Agile Software Development Method (noun) Aug 19, 2025

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A software development philosophy that emphasizes incremental delivery, team collaboration, continual planning, and continual learning

CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/agile-software-development⁠

Audio reference link: "⁠Velocity 09: John Allspaw and Paul Hammond, "10+ Deploys Pe,⁠" John Allspaw and Paul Hammond, 2009 Velocity Conference, YouTube, 25 June 2009.

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Pegasus (noun) Aug 12, 2025

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The flagship product of the controversial Israeli spyware vendor, the NSO Group, use for remotely hacking mobile devices, most notably iPhones, via zero-click exploits.

CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/pegasus⁠

Audio reference link:⁠“Cybersecurity beyond the Headlines: A Conversation with Journalist Nicole Perlroth⁠,” Kristen Eichensehr, and Nicole Perlroth, University of Virginia School of Law, YouTube, 14 February 2022

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Domain-based Message Authentication Reporting Conformance (DMARC) (noun) Aug 05, 2025

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An open source email authentication protocol designed to prevent emails, spoofing in phishing, business email compromise or BEC, and other email-based attacks.

CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/pegasus⁠

Audio reference link:"⁠Global Cyber Alliance's Phil Reitinger talks DMARC adoption⁠" “Global Cyber Alliance’s Phil Reitinger Talks DMARC Adoption.” YouTube Video. YouTube, April 27, 2018

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Shields Up (noun) Jul 29, 2025

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A condition announced by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to draw attention to a temporary period of high alert, associated with expectation of a connected wave of cyberattacks prompted by either a widespread vulnerability or an unusually active and capable threat actor.

CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/shields-up⁠

Audio reference link: “⁠Star Trek II Wrath of Khan - Reliant vs Enterprise; First Clash⁠” YouTube, YouTube, 11 Apr. 2015,

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