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AZ-104/Acronyms/Part 9

Acronym study

AZ-104 Acronyms — Part 9 of 19

Terms 241–270 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 241

Geo-redundant storage

Geo-redundant storage is a data storage strategy that automatically copies and maintains data in at least two geographically separated locations to protect against regional disasters and ensure high availability.

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Term 242

GitHub Advanced Security

GitHub Advanced Security is a suite of security tools integrated into GitHub that helps developers find and fix vulnerabilities, secrets, and code quality issues directly in their repositories.

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Term 243

Global VNet peering

Global VNet peering is a networking feature that connects two virtual networks located in different Azure regions, allowing resources in each network to communicate directly through the Microsoft backbone.

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Term 244

Google Cloud

Google Cloud is a suite of cloud computing services offered by Google that provides infrastructure, platform, and software solutions over the internet.

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Term 245

Google Cloud region

A Google Cloud region is a specific geographic location where you can deploy and run cloud resources, consisting of at least three zones to provide high availability and low latency.

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Term 246

Google Cloud zone

A Google Cloud zone is a deployable location within a region where you can place your cloud resources like virtual machines and storage.

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Term 247

Group

A group is a collection of users, devices, or other objects that are assigned permissions and policies together for simplified management in identity and governance systems like Microsoft Entra ID.

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Term 248

Group Policy

Group Policy is a Windows-based feature that allows administrators to centrally manage and enforce settings for users and computers across an organization.

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Term 249

GRS

GRS (Georedundant Storage) is a data replication method that copies your stored data to a secondary region hundreds of miles away to protect against regional disasters.

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Term 250

Guest access

Guest access allows a user to temporarily connect to a network, application, or shared resource with limited permissions, without being a permanent member of the organization.

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Term 251

Guest user

A guest user is a temporary or limited-access account that allows someone to use a system, network, or application without full user privileges and often without a permanent identity.

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Term 252

Hardware security module

A specialized hardware appliance that securely generates, stores, and manages cryptographic keys in a tamper-resistant environment for enterprise security systems.

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Term 253

Hashing

Hashing is a one-way mathematical function that converts any input data into a fixed-length string of characters, called a hash or digest, which is used to verify data integrity and store passwords securely.

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Term 254

High availability

High availability is a system design approach that aims to keep applications and services operational and accessible with minimal downtime, even when some components fail.

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Term 255

Host firewall

A host firewall is a software-based security tool that runs directly on an individual device, such as a laptop, server, or desktop, to monitor and control incoming and outgoing network traffic based on a set of security rules.

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Term 256

Hot tier

Hot tier is a storage category used for data that is accessed frequently and needs fast retrieval, typically stored on high-performance hardware like SSDs.

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Term 257

Hybrid Azure AD join

Hybrid Azure AD join is a Microsoft identity configuration that registers on-premises domain-joined devices with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) to enable single sign-on and access to both on-premises and cloud resources.

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Term 258

Hybrid cloud

A hybrid cloud is a computing environment that combines a private cloud (on-premises infrastructure) with one or more public cloud services, allowing data and applications to be shared between them.

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Term 259

Hypervisor

A hypervisor is software that creates and runs virtual machines by allowing multiple operating systems to share a single hardware host.

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Term 260

IAM

Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a framework of policies and technologies that ensures the right individuals have the appropriate access to technology resources.

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Term 261

IAM group

An IAM group is a collection of IAM users in a cloud or identity system that simplifies permission management by allowing you to assign policies to multiple users at once.

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Term 262

IAM misconfiguration

An IAM misconfiguration occurs when identity and access management settings are incorrectly set, granting too many or too few permissions to users or services, which can lead to security breaches or operational failures.

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Term 263

IAM policy

An IAM policy is a set of rules that determines who can access specific cloud resources and what actions they are allowed to perform.

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IAM role

An IAM role is a set of permissions that an entity can assume temporarily to access cloud resources securely.

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Term 265

IAM user

An IAM user is an identity created in AWS Identity and Access Management that represents a person or service interacting with AWS resources, with its own credentials and permissions.

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Identity and access management

Identity and access management (IAM) is the security discipline that ensures the right individuals access the right resources at the right times for the right reasons.

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Term 267

Identity as security perimeter

A security model where trust is determined by user identity and context rather than the network location, treating identity itself as the primary boundary for access control.

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Term 268

Inbound ACL

An inbound ACL is a set of rules applied to network traffic entering an interface that decides whether to allow or block that traffic based on criteria like source IP, destination port, or protocol.

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Term 269

Incident

An incident is a security event that violates an organization's policies or threatens its data, systems, or operations, requiring a structured response.

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Incident classification

Incident classification is the process of categorizing security incidents based on type, severity, and impact to ensure appropriate response and resource allocation.

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