Glossary

hardening

Process of securing a system by reducing its surface of vulnerability. Reducing available vectors of attack typically includes removing unnecessary software or unnecessary usernames or signins, deactivating unneeded features in configuration files, and disabling or removing unnecessary services.

offering

A comprehensive grouping of business functions, such as Sales or Product Management, that is delivered as a unit to support one or more business processes.

personally identifiable information

Any piece of information that can potentially be used to uniquely identify, contact, or locate a single person. Within the context of an enterprise, some PII data can be considered public, such as a person's name and work phone number, while other PII data is confidential, such as national identifier or passport number.