# Definitions D

## Data Protection Act 2018

The Data Protection Act 2018 is the UK’s implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Links

* [https://www.gov.uk/data-protection](https://www.gov.uk/data-protection)

## Defense in Depth

Defense in depth is a concept used in information security in which multiple layers of security controls (defense) are placed throughout an information technology (IT) system. Its intent is to provide redundancy in the event a security control fails or a vulnerability is exploited that can cover aspects of personnel, procedural, technical and physical security for the duration of the system's life cycle.

Links

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense\_in\_depth\_(computing)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_in_depth_\(computing\))

## Diamond Model of Intrusion Analysis

The diamond model of intrusion analysis is a model used by information security professionals to authenticate and track cyber threats.

## Dig

Extensive web interface to dig for doing online dns lookup / nameserver query.

## Digital Millennium Copyright Act

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a 1998 United States copyright law that implements two 1996 treaties of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). It criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services intended to circumvent measures that control access to copyrighted works (commonly known as digital rights management or DRM).

Links

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital\_Millennium\_Copyright\_Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act)

## DNSRecon

DNSRecon is a Python script that provides the ability to perform: Check all NS Records for Zone Transfers.

Links

* [https://github.com/darkoperator/dnsrecon](https://github.com/darkoperator/dnsrecon)

## Domain Name System

The Domain Name System (DNS) is the hierarchical and distributed naming system used to identify computers reachable through the Internet or other Internet Protocol (IP) networks.

Links

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain\_Name\_System](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System)

## Dumpster Diving

Dumpster diving (also totting, skipping, skip diving or skip salvage) is salvaging from large commercial, residential, industrial and construction containers for unused items discarded by their owners but deemed useful to the picker.

Links

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumpster\_diving](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumpster_diving)
