Kill Switch
What is Kill Switch?
A mechanism built into software or hardware that allows it to be shut down or disabled remotely. In security, kill switches can be used to disable compromised devices or halt the spread of malware.
Terms that appear alongside kill switch
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as kill switch. The number is how many controls name both.
- nist 3 shared controls
- eu ai act 3 shared controls
- impact assessment 2 shared controls
- audit 2 shared controls
- data subject 2 shared controls
- gdpr 2 shared controls
- risk identification 2 shared controls
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What the standards actually require on kill switch
Requirements naming kill switch across this standard, quoted from the control text.
The control team must ensure that at the end of testing the testers and threat intelligence provider securely delete compromised passwords, credentials and keys, securely tell the entity which accounts were compromised and securely collect, store and dispose o...
dora-rts-on-threat-led-penetration-testing-commission-delegated-regulation-eu-2025-1190::7.2 · Article 7(1)(g) to (i): Conduct and restoration duties of testers and threat intelligence providers →Questions people ask about kill switch
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