Port scanning
nounverified· unreviewed·updated Aug 30, 2026
Using a program to remotely determine which ports on a system are open (e.g., whether systems allow connections through those ports).
MWENISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Senses
ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary
The act of probing a system to identify open ports
Classifications
Entity Type
Threat0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity
—60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
—70%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants
- plural
- Port scannings
- possessive
- Port scanning's
- pluralpossessive
- Port scannings'