Glossary
September 9, 2022
ID 90
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
An integrated system of comprehensive endpoint protection (for example, mobile devices, computers or laptops) using various security technologies. An example of an Endpoint Protection Platform is Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business solution.
EPP application
An application included in a protection system for endpoint devices (Endpoint Protection Platform, EPP). EPP applications are installed on endpoint devices within the IT infrastructure of an organization (for example, mobile devices, computers, or laptops). An example of an EPP application is Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Nodes included in Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response EPP solution.
IOC
Indicator of Compromise. A set of data about a malicious object or action.
IOC file
A file that contains a set of compromise indicators that are compared to the indicators of an event. If the compared indicators match, the application considers the event to be an alert. The alert probability may increase if exact matches of data about the object with several IOC files were found during the scan.
OpenIOC
An open standard for Indicator of Compromise (IOC) description created on the basis of XML and containing over 500 various indicators of compromise.
Response
Incident response is a structured methodology for handling security incidents, breaches, and cyber threats.
Targeted attack
An attack targeted at a specific person or organization. Unlike mass attacks by computer viruses aimed at infecting maximum number of computers, targeted attacks can be aimed at infecting the network of a certain organization or even one server in the organization IT infrastructure. A special trojan program may be developed for each targeted attack.
Tenant
A tenant is an organization to which you supply Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity Endpoint Detection and Response.
