Impossible travel
A detection technique flagging logins from two locations too far apart to reach in the time between them.
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- Ananya Didi's SOC Shift (Cybersecurity for Juniors 2, Ch 7)
Related terms
- Identity provider A central service other systems rely on to verify who someone is.
- IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference) A flaw where a system trusts an ID in a request instead of checking who's allowed to see it.
- Image scanning Automatically checking a container image's layers for known vulnerabilities.
- In-app purchase Spending real money inside an app, often disguised as game currency.
- Incident response The organised process of containing, investigating, and recovering from a security incident.
- Integrity Ensuring information hasn't been improperly altered or tampered with.