Dumpster Diving: A practice where individuals sift through trash (physical or digital) in an attempt to uncover valuable information that could be used for unscrupulous purposes. While traditionally associated with searching through physical refuse for discarded documents, in a more modern sense, it can also refer to searching through discarded digital data.
Categories: CC D5: Security Operations | CCSP D2: Cloud Data Security | CISM D1: Information Security governance | CISSP D7: Security Operations | Security+ D2: Threats Vulnerabilities and Mitigations | SSCP D4: Incident Response and Recovery
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