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Cybersecurity Glossary

Unknown Unknowns

The phrase “unknown unknowns” was popularized by former United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and has its origins in psychological research.

In the world of cybersecurity, “unknown unknowns” are the risks that the security team doesn’t know about and that they know how to discover or anticipate. Unknown unknowns are typically the most dangerous to an organization because security and IT teams have no awareness that these assets or resources even exist, let alone details about them. Because IT and security teams are unaware of these assets or resources, it is impossible to secure them.

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Discovery

A dynamic asset inventory, built using natural language processing and advanced analysis of open source intelligence (OSINT), at your fingertips.

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Discovery and Contextualization

Learn how you can uncover your full organizational structure with high accuracy, enterprise scale, details, and evidence so that you can properly understand who owns and manages each digital asset exposed to the internet.

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Discover and Contextualize

Download this brief to learn about the common problems that exist today within asset discovery and contextualization and how CyCognito can be implemented as a solution.

CyCognito Report

State of External Exposure Management, 2024 Edition

State of External Exposure Management Report

Critical vulnerabilities often hide in plain sight—especially in your web servers.

The report is a must-read for understanding today’s external risks and how to prioritize them effectively. Download the report to stay ahead of emerging threats and strengthen your security posture for 2025.

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