Perimeter
The boundary a security approach is built around, once the network edge, now increasingly identity.
Learn it through a story
- Identity Is the New Perimeter (Cybersecurity for Juniors 3, Ch 12)
Related terms
- Payee / payer The person or business receiving a payment, and the person sending it.
- Payload The data section of a JWT, encoded but not encrypted, readable by anyone holding the token.
- Payment confirmation screen The step showing the receiving name before a payment is finalised.
- Permission An app's request to access a part of your phone, like your camera or contacts.
- Permission creep When an app asks for more access than its actual job needs.
- Permission drift Configuration gradually becoming more permissive than originally intended, often unnoticed.