Web Data Storage 3.3

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)

An open standard file format and data interchange format that uses human-readable text to store and transmit data.

XML (Extensible Markup Language)

A markup language that provides rules to define simple and complex data structures.

Cookie

A small text file created by a webserver and stored on a client’s system to identify the client.

Local Storage

Data that is created and stored on the client’s system by JavaScript and remains on the system indefinitely until the client removes it.

Persistent Cookie

A cookie that has a set expiration time and remains on the client’s system until that time.

Session Cookie

A cookie that does not have a set expiration time and expires when the user closes the browser window or tab.

Session Storage

Data that is created and stored on the client’s system by JavaScript and only remains on the system until the browser window or tab is closed.

Third-Party Cookie

A cookie created by an organization other than the one that owns the website that the user is visiting.

Web Storage

Storage that resides within a client’s browser and is available to websites and web applications.

Backward Compatibility

The ability of new software or hardware to support software or hardware that was created using older versions of the same software or hardware.

Deserialize

The process of converting serialized plain-text data into the programming equivalent in the memory.

File Stream Object

A programming object that represents the data going into or being read out of a digital file. Also called file pointer.

Serialize

The process of converting programming objects and data structures into the plain-text equivalent for long-term storage.

Database Management Systems (DBMS)

Software designed to maintain access to some form of data storage, either relational or nonrelational.

Database Schema

The definition of a database structure.

No-SQL Database

A model of data storage that uses alternative methods of storing and organizing data.

Relational Database

A model of data storage that stores similar data within related tables of data.

Future-Proof

A development approach or technique that helps ensure something will remain usable in the future and as other things change and evolve.

Authentication Token

A digital file that serves as proof of authentication and can be used to access one or more systems without having to reauthenticate each time.

Availability

The state of being on and accessible to users.

CIA Triad

A common model that forms the basis for the development of security systems and includes the facets of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Confidentiality

The state of keeping information private and preventing access to those who are not authorized to view the information.

DOMPurify

A free JavaScript API that utilizes DOM-only features to help prevent XSS attacks through sanitization.

Integrity

In computer science, the state of being authentic and unaltered.

Risk Analysis

The process of identifying and analyzing potential issues that could negatively impact business operations, projects, or assets.

Risk Assessment

The process of identifying potential hazards and analyzing what could happen if the hazard or disaster occurred.

Risk Management

The continuing process of identifying, analyzing, evaluating, and treating exposure to loss and monitoring the risk controls and financial resources required to mitigate any impact on the organization.

Sanitization

The process of detecting potentially malicious code placed inside of a form field and rendering it ineffective in order to prevent XSS attacks.

Validation

The process of ensuring that only the correct type of data is entered into the correct field.