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Cloud-native is a modern approach to building and running applications that fully exploits the cloud computing model by using containers, microservices, serverless functions, and automated orchestration to achieve scalability, resilience, and rapid delivery.
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A cloud-only identity is a user account that exists solely in a cloud-based identity provider and has no counterpart in any on-premises directory service.
Term 153
Amazon CloudFront is a fast content delivery network (CDN) service that securely delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs to customers globally with low latency and high transfer speeds.
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Communication Compliance is the set of policies, tools, and practices used by organizations to monitor, capture, and review electronic communications in order to meet regulatory, legal, and internal governance requirements.
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A community cloud is a multi-tenant cloud infrastructure shared by several organizations with common concerns, such as compliance, security, or industry regulations.
Term 156
Compartmented security mode is a multilevel security (MLS) system where subjects are cleared for all sensitivity levels but only have access to specific compartments of information based on their need-to-know.
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Compliance is the process of ensuring that an organization follows laws, regulations, standards, and internal policies that apply to its operations and data handling.
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A Compliance Manager is a tool or service that helps organizations assess, monitor, and improve their adherence to regulatory standards, industry frameworks, and internal policies.
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A compliance policy is a set of rules that ensures devices, users, and applications meet an organization's security and regulatory requirements before they can access corporate resources.
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A compliance scan is an automated security assessment that checks systems, networks, and applications against a defined set of regulatory or organizational standards to verify adherence to required policies.
Term 161
Compliance state is the current status of a system, application, or device indicating whether it meets a defined set of security policies, regulatory requirements, or configuration standards.
Term 162
Conditional access is a security framework that evaluates signals like user location, device health, and risk level to grant or block access to resources in real time.
Term 163
Conditional Access integration is a security framework that evaluates signals such as user identity, location, device state, and application sensitivity to grant or block access to resources before a session is established.
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A Conditional Access policy is a set of rules in Microsoft Entra ID that automatically grants or blocks access to cloud apps based on signals like user identity, location, device health, and risk level.
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A connected route is a network path that a router knows about automatically because it has a network interface directly connected to that network.
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Connection troubleshoot is the process of identifying and resolving issues that prevent a device from establishing or maintaining a network connection.
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A container is a lightweight, standalone software package that includes everything needed to run an application, such as code, runtime, system tools, and libraries.
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A container escape is a security exploit where an attacker breaks out of the isolated environment of a container to gain unauthorized access to the host operating system or other containers.
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Container image scan is the automated process of inspecting a container image for security vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and exposed secrets before it is deployed.
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A container instance is a running software package created from a container image that includes its own code, runtime, and dependencies, isolated from the host system.
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A container registry is a centralized storage and distribution system for container images, enabling developers to push, pull, and manage versions of application snapshots across environments.
Term 172
Container scanning is the automated process of inspecting container images for known security vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and compliance issues before they are deployed.
Term 173
Container security is the practice of protecting containerized applications and their underlying infrastructure from threats throughout the entire lifecycle.
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The Contributor role is a built-in Azure role that grants full access to manage resources within a scope but does not allow granting access to other users.
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Cool tier is a low-cost, online-only storage access tier in Microsoft Azure Blob Storage designed for data that is infrequently accessed and stored for at least 30 days.
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Cosmos DB API is a collection of interfaces that lets applications interact with Azure Cosmos DB, a globally distributed NoSQL database, using different data models and query languages.
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Cross-Region Replication is the automated copying of data from a storage bucket in one geographic region to a bucket in a different geographic region for disaster recovery, compliance, or lower latency access.
Term 178
A custom domain is a personalized internet address (like contoso.com) that you can use with cloud services instead of the default domain provided by the service provider.
Term 179
A virtual machine extension for Azure that downloads and runs scripts on a VM after it is deployed, used for configuration, software installation, and post-deployment tasks.
Term 180
Data Lake Storage Gen2 is a cloud-based storage service that combines a scalable data lake with enterprise-grade file system capabilities for big data analytics.