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Insider Threat "UBA" (User Behavior Analytics) glossary

Terms used in Insider Threat "UBA" (User Behavior Analytics) and its documentation.

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Terms used in Insider Threat "UBA" (User Behavior Analytics) and its documentation.

TermMeaning
AnomalyActivity that differs from a user's own baseline or their peers', produced by detection content for review.
BaselineA user's or peer group's normal pattern of activity, built from historical data.
Peer groupUsers in similar roles whose activity is compared with each other.
PseudonymThe identifier analysts see in place of a user's real identity.
Identity revealAn approved, logged step that shows an analyst who a pseudonymized user is.
InquiryAn analyst's structured review of one or more anomalies.
ReferralA package sent to counterintelligence, security, HR or law enforcement after legal review and senior official approval.
Detection contentThe models and rules that score activity and produce anomalies.
Senior officialThe person who owns the insider threat program and approves referrals and the monitoring policy.
Source coverageWhich networks and data sources are reporting, and where gaps leave activity unseen.

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