# Glossary

Definitions of common terms used in RAD Security.


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  <Expandable title="Agent">
    An autonomous runtime security entity that continuously monitors, analyzes, and responds to security events within its assigned scope.
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  <Expandable title="Runtime">
    The live execution environment under observation, including containers, processes, and services running in production.
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  <Expandable title="Playbook">
    Automated remediation or workflow script that defines the sequence of actions to take in response to specific security events.
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  <Expandable title="Control Plane">
    The centralized management system that hosts agent intelligence and orchestrates SecOps workflows across the platform.
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  <Expandable title="Data Fabric">
    The infrastructure that streams logs, metrics, and traces from runtime environments to the reasoning engine for analysis.
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  <Expandable title="Agentic AI">
    AI systems that can reason, plan, and act autonomously within defined guardrails and policy constraints.
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  <Expandable title="Runtime Security">
    Security measures that operate on live systems and workloads, providing real-time protection and response capabilities.
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  <Expandable title="Telemetry">
    Data collected from runtime environments including process behavior, network traffic, and system calls.
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