Containment
Isolating an infected device to stop an attack from spreading further.
Learn it through a story
- The Ransomware Email to the Placement Cell (Cybersecurity for Juniors 2, Ch 9)
Related terms
- Confidentiality Ensuring only authorised people can see or access information.
- Consent A clear, specific agreement to a particular use of your data, not a vague blanket approval.
- Container escape A process breaking out of its container boundary to affect the underlying host.
- Credential The username-and-password (or similar) pair that lets you into an account.
- Credential reuse Using the same password on more than one account.
- Credential rotation Replacing a leaked key or password with a fresh one, rather than only hiding the old one.