Glossary

Code Review & Security Terms,
Explained Simply

Code Review & Security Terms, Explained Simply

Explore our comprehensive glossary of terms and definitions.

Explore our comprehensive glossary of terms and definitions.

A

A

Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV)

Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV)

Agent Personas

Agent Personas

Agentic AI Pentesting

Agentic AI Pentesting

Agentic DAST

Agentic DAST

AI Chat

AI Chat

AI Code Review

AI Code Review

AI Learnings

AI Learnings

AI Penetration Testing

AI Penetration Testing

Anti-Pattern

Anti-Pattern

AST (Abstract Syntax Tree) Engine

AST (Abstract Syntax Tree) Engine

Attack Chain

Attack Chain

Attack Path (SAST)

Attack Path (SAST)

Attack Surface

Attack Surface

Attack Surface Management (ASM)

Attack Surface Management (ASM)

Authentication Bypass

Authentication Bypass

Auto Approve PR

Auto Approve PR

AWS Penetration Testing

AWS Penetration Testing

B

B

Binary Reverse Engineering

Binary Reverse Engineering

Black Box Penetration Testing

Black Box Penetration Testing

Blast Radius

Blast Radius

BOLA (Broken Object Level Authorization)

BOLA (Broken Object Level Authorization)

Business Logic Vulnerability

Business Logic Vulnerability

C

C

Capability Envelope

Capability Envelope

CI/CD Pipeline Risk

CI/CD Pipeline Risk

CI/CD Review Hook

CI/CD Review Hook

CLI

CLI

Cloud Attack Path

Cloud Attack Path

Cloud Threat Detection

Cloud Threat Detection

Code Complexity

Code Complexity

Code Memory

Code Memory

Code Security Gating

Code Security Gating

Code Smell

Code Smell

Code-Aware Testing

Code-Aware Testing

Compliance Evidence

Compliance Evidence

Container Scanning

Container Scanning

Context Graph

Context Graph

Continuous Penetration Testing

Continuous Penetration Testing

CORS Misconfiguration

CORS Misconfiguration

CSPM (Cloud Security Posture Management)

CSPM (Cloud Security Posture Management)

Custom Agents

Custom Agents

Custom Rules

Custom Rules

CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures)

CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures)

CWE (Common Weakness Enumeration)

CWE (Common Weakness Enumeration)

D

D

DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing)

DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing)

Data Leak

Data Leak

Dataflow Tracing

Dataflow Tracing

Dead Code

Dead Code

Defensive vs Offensive Security

Defensive vs Offensive Security

Developer 360

Developer 360

Developer Productivity Metrics

Developer Productivity Metrics

Docstrings

Docstrings

DORA Metrics

DORA Metrics

Duplicate Code

Duplicate Code

E

E

End-of-Life (EOL) Dependency

End-of-Life (EOL) Dependency

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System)

Exploit-Proven Security

Exploit-Proven Security

F

F

False Positive

False Positive

Fix in IDE

Fix in IDE

Frontend QA Agent

Frontend QA Agent

Full Assessment

Full Assessment

Full Codebase Context

Full Codebase Context

G

G

Git History Secret Scanning

Git History Secret Scanning

Git Hooks

Git Hooks

Gray Box Penetration Testing

Gray Box Penetration Testing

I

I

IaC (Infrastructure as Code) Scanning

IaC (Infrastructure as Code) Scanning

IAM Privilege Escalation

IAM Privilege Escalation

IDE Integration

IDE Integration

IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

IMDS (Instance Metadata Service)

IMDS (Instance Metadata Service)

Infrastructure Scan

Infrastructure Scan

Inline Review

Inline Review

J

J

JS Bundle Analysis

JS Bundle Analysis

JWT Manipulation

JWT Manipulation

K

K

Kubernetes Pod Security

Kubernetes Pod Security

L

L

Lambda Function Abuse

Lambda Function Abuse

Leaked Credentials

Leaked Credentials

License Compliance

License Compliance

M

M

Managed Identity Over-Scope

Managed Identity Over-Scope

MCP Server

MCP Server

Measure-Only Control

Measure-Only Control

Multi-Tenant SaaS Penetration Testing

Multi-Tenant SaaS Penetration Testing

O

O

Origin-less Deep Link

Origin-less Deep Link

Outcome-Based Penetration Testing

Outcome-Based Penetration Testing

OWASP Top 10

OWASP Top 10

P

P

Passive Reconnaissance

Passive Reconnaissance

PDF Compliance Report

PDF Compliance Report

Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing

PR Summary

PR Summary

Proof-of-Concept (PoC) Exploit

Proof-of-Concept (PoC) Exploit

Protection Score

Protection Score

Q

Q

Quality Gate

Quality Gate

R

R

Reachability Analysis

Reachability Analysis

Retesting

Retesting

Review Dashboard

Review Dashboard

S

S

SAST (Static Application Security Testing)

SAST (Static Application Security Testing)

SBOM (Software Bill of Materials)

SBOM (Software Bill of Materials)

SCA (Software Composition Analysis)

SCA (Software Composition Analysis)

Secret Scanning

Secret Scanning

Security Dashboard

Security Dashboard

Security Hotlist

Security Hotlist

Sequence Diagram

Sequence Diagram

SQL Injection (SQLi)

SQL Injection (SQLi)

SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)

SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)

Steps of Reproduction

Steps of Reproduction

Subdomain Enumeration

Subdomain Enumeration

T

T

Technical Debt

Technical Debt

Tenant Isolation

Tenant Isolation

Test Coverage

Test Coverage

Threat Actor Monitoring

Threat Actor Monitoring

Types of Penetration Testing

Types of Penetration Testing

V

V

VM Scanning

VM Scanning

W

W

White Box Penetration Testing

White Box Penetration Testing

Workload Identity Confusion

Workload Identity Confusion

X

X

XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Z

Z

Zero Data Retention

Zero Data Retention

Zero False Positives

Zero False Positives

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