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risk map (risk heat map)

A risk map, also known as a risk heat map, is a data visualization tool for communicating specific risks an organization faces. A...
internal audit (IA)

An internal audit (IA) is an organizational initiative to monitor and analyze its own business operations in order to determine ...
pure risk (absolute risk)

Pure risk, also called absolute risk, is a category of threat that is beyond human control and has only one possible outcome if ...

cloud ecosystem

A cloud ecosystem is a complex system of interdependent components that all work together to enable cloud services.
cloud services

Cloud services is an umbrella term that may refer to a variety of resources provided over the internet, or to professional ...
uncloud (de-cloud)

The term uncloud describes the action or process of removing applications and data from a cloud computing platform.

cyberextortion

Cyberextortion is a crime involving an attack or threat of an attack coupled with a demand for money or some other response in ...
Cybercrime

Cybercrime is any criminal activity that involves a computer, networked device or a network.
National Security Agency (NSA)

The National Security Agency is the official U.S. cryptologic organization of the United States Intelligence Community under the ...

Practice Fusion

Practice Fusion Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that developed a free electronic health record (EHR) system available to ...
RHIA (Registered Health Information Administrator)

An RHIA, or registered health information administrator, is a certified professional who oversees the creation and use of patient...
21st Century Cures Act

The 21st Century Cures Act is a wide-ranging healthcare bill that funds medical research and development, medical device ...

crisis management plan (CMP)

A crisis management plan (CMP) is a document that outlines the processes an organization will use to respond to a critical ...
business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR)

Business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) are closely related practices that describe an organization's preparation for ...
business continuity plan (BCP)

A business continuity plan (BCP) is a document that consists of the critical information an organization needs to continue ...

Random Access Memory (RAM)

Random Access Memory (RAM) is the hardware in a computing device where the operating system (OS), application programs and data ...
floating gate transistor (FGT)

A floating gate transistor (FGT) is a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology capable of holding an electrical ...
bad block

A bad block is an area of storage media that is no longer reliable for storing and retrieving data because it has been physically...

hybrid hard disk drive (HDD)

A hybrid hard disk drive is an electromechanical spinning hard disk that contains some amount of NAND Flash memory.