Securing the Cloud Terms (Ch. 6)

Question 1

On-premise or cloud-based security policy enforcement points.

Answer 1

cloud access security broker

Question 2

Moving the execution of an application to the cloud on an as-needed basis.

Answer 2

cloud bursting

Question 3

A model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources.

Answer 3

cloud computing

Question 4

Cloud delivery model in which the infrastructure is shared by organizations with something in common.

Answer 4

community cloud

Question 5

Any cloud delivery model that combines two or more of the other delivery model types.

Answer 5

hybrid cloud

Question 6

The software that allows virtual machines to exist.

Answer 6

hypervisor

Question 7

A model of cloud computing that utilizes virtualization; clients pay an outsourcer for the resources used.

Answer 7

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Question 8

An agency (formerly known as the National Bureau of Standards [NBS]) that has been involved in developing and supporting standards for the U.S. government for over 100 years.

Answer 8

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Question 9

A cloud service model wherein the consumer can deploy but does not manage or control any of the underlying cloud infrastructure.

Answer 9

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Question 10

A cloud delivery model owned and managed internally.

Answer 10

private cloud

Question 11

A cloud delivery model available to others.

Answer 11

public cloud

Question 12

A collection of technologies that provide the ability to balance network traffic and prioritize workloads.

Answer 12

QoS (quality of service)

Question 13

Isolating applications to keep users of them from venturing to other data.

Answer 13

sandboxing

Question 14

A subscription-based business model intended to be more cost effective than smaller individuals/corporations could ever achieve on their own. The consumer can use the provider’s applications, but they do not manage or control any of the underlying cloud infrastructure.

Answer 14

Security as a Service

Question 15

Virtualization method that is independent of an operating system and installed on “bare metal”

Answer 15

Type I hypervisor

Question 16

Virtualization method that is dependent on the operating system, often called a “hosted hypervisor”

Answer 16

Type II hypervisor

Question 17

stores everything related to the user (wallpaper, folders, windows, and so on) remotely and client software locally simulates the user’s desktop environment and capabilities while running them on the host.

Answer 17

VDE A virtual desktop environment (VDE)

Question 18

is the process of running a user desktop inside a virtual machine that lives on a server in the datacenter. It enables fully personalized desktops for each user yet maintains centralized management and security.

Answer 18

VDI Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)

Question 19

Emulating one or more physical computers on the same host.

Answer 19

virtualization

Question 20

The act of breaking out of one virtual machine into one or more others on the same physical host.

Answer 20

VM escape

Question 21

Growth that occurs on a large number of virtual machines and requires resources—usually administration related—to keep up with.

Answer 21

VM sprawl