moving target defense
nounid
3301·updated May 9, 2026verified
The concept of controlling change across multiple system dimensions in order to increase uncertainty and apparent complexity for attackers, reduce their window of opportunity, and increase the costs of their probing and attack efforts.
MWE
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Classifications
Entity Type
Control85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- moving target defenses
- possessive
- moving target defense's
- pluralpossessive
- moving target defenses'
Framework definitions
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
- §1
- The presentation of a dynamic attack surface, increasing an adversary's work factor necessary to probe, attack, or maintain presence in a cyber target.
- §1 · glossary
- The concept of controlling change across multiple system dimensions in order to increase uncertainty and apparent complexity for attackers, reduce their window of opportunity, and increase the costs of their probing and attack efforts.Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)
- §1 · legacy_primary
- The presentation of a dynamic attack surface, increasing an adversary's work factor necessary to probe, attack, or maintain presence in a cyber target.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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