Chapter 13- Cloud Security Flashcards

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A way of offering on-demand services that extend the traditional capabilities of a computer or network.

A

Cloud Computing

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2
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Allows providers to fully integrate the storage, network, and servers.

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Hyperconvergence

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3
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VDI allows a cloud provider to offer a full desktop operating system to an end user from a centralized server.

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Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

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4
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A service provider makes resources available to the end users over the internet.

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Public Cloud

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5
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Resources and costs are shared among several different organizations who have common service needs.

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Community Cloud

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6
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Provides all the hardware, operating system, software, and applications needed for a complete service to be delivered.

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Software as a Service (SaaS)

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Provides all the hardware, operating system, and backend software needed in order to develop your own software or service.

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Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

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Provides your organization with the hardware and software needed for a specific service to operate.

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Platform as a Service (PaaS)

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9
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Provides your organization with various types of security services without the need to maintain a cybersecurity staff.

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Security as a Service (SECaaS)

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10
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Utilizes separate virtual networks to allow security professionals to test suspicious or malicious files.

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Sandboxing

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Servers are used to store, transfer, migrate, synchronize, and archive files for your organization.

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File Servers

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12
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Are a frequent target of attacks for the data they hold.

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Email servers

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13
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A specialized type of file server that is used to host files for distribution across the web.

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FTP Server

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14
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A server that acts as a central repository of all the user accounts and their associated passwords for the network.

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Domain Controller

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15
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A private network segment made available to a single cloud consumer within a public cloud.

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Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

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16
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Enterprise management software designed to mediate access to cloud services by users across all types of devices.

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Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)

17
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Security appliance or host positioned at the client network edge that forwards user traffic to the cloud network if the contents of that traffic comply with policy.

A

Forward Proxy

18
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An appliance positioned at the cloud network edge and directs traffic to cloud services if the contents of that traffic comply with policy.

A

Reverse Proxy

19
Q

A method that uses the broker’s conections between the cloud service and the cloud consumer

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Applicatoin Programming Interface (API)

20
Q

A tool to transfer data from or to a server, using one of the supported protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, DICT, TELNET, LDAP, FILE)

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Curl

21
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A cloud service model that supports serverless software architecture by provisioning runtime containers in wich code is executed in a particular programming language.

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Function as a Service (FAAS)

22
Q

A software architecture that runs functions within virtualized runtime containers in a cloud rather than on dedicated server instances.

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Serverless

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