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moving target defense

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

The presentation of a dynamic attack surface, increasing an adversary's work factor necessary to probe, attack, or maintain presence in a cyber target.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
moving target defenses
possessive
moving target defense's
pluralpossessive
moving target defenses'