Cloud Security Flashcards
A way of offering on-demand services that extend the traditional
capabilities of a computer or network
Cloud Security
allows a cloud provider to offer a full desktop operating system to an
end user from a centralized server
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
A service provider makes resources available to the end users over the
Internet
Public Cloud
A company creates its own cloud environment that only it can utilize as
an internal enterprise resource
Private Cloud
Resources and costs are shared among several different organizations
who have common service needs
Community Cloud
Provides all the hardware, operating system, software, and applications
needed for a complete service to be delivered
Software As a Service (Saas)
Provides all the hardware, operating system, and backend software
needed in order to develop your own software or service
Infrastructure as a Service(IaaS)
Provides your organization with the hardware and software needed for a
specific service to operate
Platform as a Service(PaaS)
Provides your organization with various types of security services without
the need to maintain a cybersecurity staff
Security as a Service(SaaS)
Utilizes separate virtual networks to allow security professionals to test
suspicious or malicious files
Sandboxing
Servers are used to store, transfer, migrate, synchronize, and archive files
for your organization
File Servers
A specialized type of file server that is used to host files for distribution
across the web
FTP Server
A server that acts as a central repository of all the user accounts and their
associated passwords for the network
Domain Controller
Enterprise management software designed to mediate access to cloud
services by users across all types of devices
Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)
A 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
Forward Proxy
An appliance positioned at the cloud network edge and
directs traffic to cloud services if the contents of that
traffic comply with policy
Reverse Proxy
A method that uses the brokers connections between the
cloud service and the cloud consumer
A library of programming utilities used to enable software developers to
access functions of another application
Application Programming Interface (API)
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)
curl
A cloud service model that supports serverless software architecture by
provisioning runtime containers in which code is executed in a particular
programming language
Function as a Service(FaaS)
A software architecture that runs functions within virtualized runtime
containers in a cloud rather than on dedicated server instances
Serverless
A content delivery network policy that instructs the browser to treat
requests from nominated domains as safe
Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) Policy
