Security
FIM
Abbreviation for File Integrity Monitoring
In short and in plain language
FIM is a method that watches the files of a website.
It looks for changes that nobody expected.
First, check values of clean files are saved. Later, they are compared with the current state.
If something differs, this can point to tampering. But it can also be an update.
Definition
FIM is a method that monitors the files of a website for unexpected changes. Check values of clean files are stored and later compared with the current state. Deviations can point to tampering or to an update.