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AZ-104/Acronyms/Part 16

Acronym study

AZ-104 Acronyms — Part 16 of 19

Terms 451–480 of 566 AZ-104 acronyms and key terms. Each entry includes a plain-English definition and a link to the full 800-word glossary page with exam context and practice questions.

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Term 451

Security awareness

Security awareness is the ongoing practice of educating people within an organization about cybersecurity risks, safe behaviors, and their individual responsibilities to protect information assets.

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Term 452

Security baseline

A security baseline is a documented minimum set of security configurations and settings that must be applied to a system, device, or network to ensure a known secure starting point.

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Term 453

Security Command Center

Security Command Center is a centralized cloud security management platform that helps organizations detect, investigate, and respond to threats across their cloud infrastructure.

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Term 454

Security control

A security control is a safeguard or countermeasure designed to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information systems and data.

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Term 455

Security defaults

Security defaults is a set of basic security settings in Microsoft Entra ID that automatically enables common protections like multifactor authentication for all users in a tenant.

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Term 456

Security governance

Security governance is the framework of rules, policies, and processes that an organization uses to align its cybersecurity activities with its business goals and legal obligations.

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Term 457

Security group

A security group is a virtual firewall that controls inbound and outbound traffic to AWS resources, such as EC2 instances, based on defined rules.

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Term 458

Security Hub

Security Hub is a cloud security posture management service that aggregates and prioritizes security alerts and compliance checks from multiple AWS services into a single place.

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Term 459

Security kernel

The security kernel is the core, trusted part of an operating system that enforces access control and security policies for all system operations.

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Term 460

Security misconfiguration

Security misconfiguration occurs when security settings are defined, implemented, or maintained incorrectly, leaving systems, applications, or networks vulnerable to unauthorized access or data breaches.

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Term 461

Security model

A security model is a formal framework that defines how subjects (users, processes) can access objects (files, resources) based on rules, ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

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Term 462

Security operations center

A Security Operations Center (SOC) is a centralized team and facility that monitors, detects, analyzes, and responds to cybersecurity incidents across an organization's IT environment 24/7.

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Term 463

Security pillar

The Security pillar is a set of best practices for designing and operating cloud systems that protect data, systems, and assets through confidentiality, integrity, and availability controls.

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Term 464

Security policy

A security policy is a formal set of rules and guidelines that an organization establishes to protect its information assets and technology resources.

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Term 465

Security posture

An organization's overall cybersecurity strength, including policies, controls, and readiness to defend against and respond to threats.

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Term 466

Security recommendation

A security recommendation is a prescribed action, configuration, or update that aims to reduce risk and protect systems, data, and users from known threats or vulnerabilities.

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Term 467

Security strategy

A security strategy is a high-level plan that outlines how an organization protects its information assets, aligns security with business goals, and manages risk over time.

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Term 468

Security update

A security update is a software patch released to fix a vulnerability that could be exploited by attackers to compromise a system.

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Term 469

Segment

A segment is a division of a larger network, such as a collision domain, broadcast domain, or a portion of a TCP data stream, used to organize traffic and improve performance.

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Serial console

A serial console is a direct, low-level connection to a computer or network device that uses a serial port to let you send commands and receive text output, often for initial setup or emergency troubleshooting.

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Term 471

Serverless

Serverless is a cloud computing model where the cloud provider manages the servers, and you only pay for the actual compute time your code uses, without having to worry about provisioning or maintaining infrastructure.

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Term 472

Serverless architecture

Serverless architecture is a cloud computing model where the cloud provider automatically manages the infrastructure, allowing developers to build and run applications without thinking about servers.

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Term 473

Serverless computing

Serverless computing is a cloud execution model where the cloud provider dynamically manages the allocation and provisioning of servers, allowing developers to write and deploy code without thinking about the underlying infrastructure.

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Term 474

Serverless function

A serverless function is a single-purpose piece of code that runs in the cloud only when triggered, without you managing any servers.

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Term 475

Serverless security

Serverless security is the practice of protecting applications that run on serverless computing platforms, where the cloud provider manages the infrastructure and the customer is responsible for securing the code, data, and access controls.

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Term 476

Serverless SQL pool

Serverless SQL pool is an on-demand, pay-per-query analytics service in Azure that lets you query data stored in data lakes without provisioning or managing any dedicated infrastructure.

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Term 477

Service Control Policy

A Service Control Policy (SCP) is a centralized governance tool in AWS Organizations that allows you to define and enforce maximum permissions for all accounts in an organization, acting as a security guardrail that limits what actions principals can perform.

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Term 478

Service endpoint

A service endpoint is a specific network address (URL or IP/port) that client applications use to access the functionality or data of a cloud or web service.

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Term 479

Service Health

Service Health is a monitoring feature in Microsoft 365 and Azure that provides real-time and historical status of cloud services, including outages, advisories, and incidents.

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Shared access

Shared access is a permission model where multiple users, systems, or services are granted common access rights to a resource such as a file, database, network drive, or cloud storage.

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