Capterra Glossary
Doxxing
Doxxing is the act of broadcasting someoneʻs personal information—such as their name, address, banking information, and phone number—online. Doxxing is usually performed with malicious intent, in an attempt to harass or cause harm to its victims. Sometimes, doxxing is used to blackmail victims into doing something they wouldnʻt normally agree to, such as making a large financial payment to the doxxer.
What Small and Midsize Businesses Need to Know About Doxxing
Small and midsize businesses can mitigate the threat of doxxing by following cybersecurity best practices.
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- Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Managed Service Provider (MSP)
- Haptics
- WAN (Wide-Area Network)
- Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Augmented Reality (AR)
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Service-Level Agreement (SLA)
- Scalability
- Data Center
- Authorization
- Multitenancy