Glossary

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weaponized document protection

The structural sanitization of documents to ensure complete removal of malicious code without delaying sharing and access. It prevents embedded macro-malware and ransomware from entering your network due to phishing emails, drive-by downloads, or attacking uploads.

web application firewall (WAF)

A specific form of application firewall that filters, monitors, and blocks HTTP traffic to and from a web service. By inspecting HTTP traffic, it can prevent attacks exploiting a web application's known vulnerabilities.

web client

The client, or user, side of the web. It typically refers to the web browser in the user’s machine. It may also refer to plug-ins and helper applications that enhance the browser to support special services from the site.

workflow

A set of steps that executes a seamless end-to-end working process or “flow.”

workload automation (WLA)

Solutions designed to maintain service levels across a diverse mix of platforms and applications with unified job scheduling and workload automation. Products from Fortra’s JAMS and Automate product lines provide WLA solutions.