Rules of engagement
The agreed scope and boundaries for an authorised security test.
Learn it through a story
- Red Team, Blue Team, Same Team (Cybersecurity for Juniors 3, Ch 16)
Related terms
- Rogue access point Any unauthorised wifi hardware set up where it doesn't belong, evil twin or otherwise.
- Roll back Return to an earlier, trusted version.
- Root cause The underlying reason behind a problem, as opposed to its visible symptoms.
- Safe harbour A promise not to pursue legal action against researchers who stay within an agreed, published testing scope.
- SAST Static application security testing, scanning source code itself for risky patterns.
- SBOM Software bill of materials, a complete list of every component a piece of software depends on.