Chapter 6: Securing the Cloud Flashcards
On-premise or cloud-based security policy enforcement points.
Cloud Access Security Broker
Moving the execution of an application to the cloud on an as-needed basis.
Cloud Bursting
A model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources.
Community Cloud
Any cloud delivery model that combines two or more of the other delivery model types.
Hybrid Cloud
The software that allows virtual machines to exist.
Hypervisor
A model of cloud computing that utilizes virtualization; clients pay an outsourcer for the resources used.
Infrastructure as a Structure (IaaS)
An agency that has been involved in developing and supporting standards for the U.S. government for over 100 years.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
A cloud service model wherein the consumer can deploy but does not manage or control any of the underlying cloud infrastructure.
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
A cloud delivery model owned and managed internally.
Private Cloud
A cloud delivery model available to others.
Public Cloud
A collection of technologies that provide the ability to balance network traffic and prioritize workloads.
QoS (Quality of Service)
Isolating applications to keep users of them from venturing to other data.
Sandboxing
A subscription-based business model intended to be more cost effective than smaller individuals/corporations could ever achieve on their own.
Security as a Service
A model of cloud computing in which the consumer can use the provider’s applications, but they do not manage or control any of the underlying cloud infrastructure.
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Virtualization method that is independent of the operating system and boots before the OS.
Type I Hypervisor
