Responsible disclosure
Reporting a security flaw quietly to whoever can fix it, instead of exploiting or publicising it.
Learn it through a story
- The Group Project Repo (Cybersecurity for Juniors 2, Ch 3)
Related terms
- Red flag A warning sign that something might not be what it claims to be.
- Red team A team authorised to simulate real attacks to find weaknesses.
- Refresh token A longer-lived, separately managed token used to obtain new short-lived access tokens.
- Restore To bring back files from a backup after losing the originals.
- Revocation The ability to invalidate a specific already-issued token before its natural expiry.
- Right to erasure The ability to request that an organisation delete personal data it holds about you.