Common terms

Term	Meaning
Workspace	Your team's shared Byrsa environment.
Cloud account	An AWS account connected to Byrsa.
Resource / asset	A cloud object such as an EC2 instance, security group, bucket, or database.
Misconfiguration	A resource configuration that fails a security check. Some pages call these records vulnerabilities.
Runtime finding	A security issue imported from Amazon Inspector, often a software-package vulnerability.
CVE	An identifier for a publicly reported software vulnerability.
Attack path	A potential route through connected resources that helps you investigate security risk.
Alert rule	Conditions that decide when and where Byrsa should send a notification.
Alert event	A notification occurrence that your team can review and acknowledge.
Task	A work item for tracking an investigation or security improvement.
Risk exception	A documented decision to accept or set aside an issue for a defined period.
Assessment	A review of collected security checks against a framework.
First recorded	When Byrsa first added the finding.
Closure first observed	When Byrsa first recorded that the finding was closed.
Inventory freshness	How recently Byrsa observed a resource.