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Refuse Derived Fuel Produced from domestic and business waste, which includes biodegradable material as well as plastics. Non-combustible materials such as glass and metals are removed, and the residual material is then shredded.

Energy From Waste An energy recovery process that generates renewable power in the form of electricity, heat or transport fuels from the controlled incineration of residual waste. An EfW plant contributes towards carbon emissions reductions and the reuse and recycling…

Not For Resale A license which can be used in a test environment for training or demonstration purposes.  Often used to support partner or resell programmes.

A denial of service attack which floods a server with requests, causing it to not function properly and/or crash. Often executed by multiple infected PC’s being manipulated by the attacker.

Web Application Firewall A firewall designed to protect a specific HTTP Web Application.  WAFs can be either hardware appliances or software based, including software as a service.  WAFs work by filtering web traffic and applying rules to prevent malicious attacks.…

Virtual Private Cloud A configurable shared computing resource within a Public Cloud, providing isolation from other users and organisations so as to be considered ‘Private’. Several cloud providers offer VPC including Amazon (AWS), Microsoft (Azure).

Hardware Security Module A physical device used to hold Cryptographic (Encryption) Keys. HSMs have the advantage of allowing organisations to keep their own encryption keys and provide additional controls such as tamper proofing. Often HSMs are certified to internationally recognized…

User Generated Content Blogs, Articles, Posts, Graphics, Podcasts, Videos or other content created by the users of a system or website, and made publicly available. Social media provides a platform for this, although other websites such as news sites and…

Politically Exposed Person A term mainly used in financial regulation which describes a person who is or has been in a prominent public function.  Generally PEPs are considered at higher risk of potential involvement in bribery or corruption due the…

Minimum Viable Product A term often used in product design or software development which describes the minimum features and functionality a product or service needs to have in order to satisfy early adopters.