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Google Cloud Digital Leader/Acronyms/Part 29

Acronym study

Cloud Digital Leader Acronyms — Part 29 of 34

Terms 841–870 of 1001 Cloud Digital Leader 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 841

SNMP

SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is an application-layer protocol used to collect and organize information about managed devices on IP networks and to modify that information to change device behavior.

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Term 842

SNMP

A network protocol used to collect and organize information about managed devices on IP networks and to modify that information to change device behavior.

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Term 843

SOAR

SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) is a technology stack that helps security teams automate responses to threats by integrating various security tools and standardizing workflows.

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Term 844

SOC

A Security Operations Center (SOC) is a centralized team that monitors, detects, analyzes, and responds to cybersecurity incidents to protect an organization's information systems.

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Term 845

Social engineering

Social engineering is the psychological manipulation of people into divulging confidential information or performing actions that compromise security.

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Term 846

Sole-tenant node

A physical Compute Engine server that is dedicated solely to your project, ensuring that no other customer's virtual machines (VMs) run on that same hardware.

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Term 847

Sort key

A sort key is a field or attribute used to determine the order in which data items are arranged within a database or storage system, often in combination with a partition key.

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Term 848

Sovereign region

A sovereign region is a physically and logically separate set of cloud data centers within a single country, designed to meet strict data residency and compliance requirements imposed by local laws.

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Term 849

SPAN

A Switch Port Analyzer (SPAN) is a feature on network switches that copies traffic from one or more ports to a monitoring port for analysis without disrupting normal network operations.

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Term 850

Spanner

Google Cloud's globally distributed, strongly consistent, and horizontally scalable database service designed for mission-critical, transactional workloads.

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Term 851

Spear phishing

Spear phishing is a targeted cyberattack in which a criminal sends a fraudulent email that appears to come from a trusted source, aiming to trick a specific person or organization into revealing sensitive data or installing malware.

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Term 852

Spot Instance

A Spot Instance is an unused cloud computing resource that a provider offers at a deep discount but that can be reclaimed by the provider with little notice.

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Term 853

Spyware

Spyware is malicious software that secretly monitors and collects information about a user's activity without their knowledge or consent.

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Term 854

SQL

SQL is a standard programming language used to manage, query, and manipulate relational databases by issuing commands like SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE.

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Term 855

SQL

SQL is a standardized programming language used to manage and manipulate relational databases, enabling querying, updating, and data retrieval.

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Term 856

SQL injection

SQL injection is a web security vulnerability that allows an attacker to interfere with the queries an application makes to its database, often to read, modify, or destroy data.

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Term 857

SSE

SSE (Security Service Edge) is a cloud-centric security framework that converges web, cloud, and network security into a single edge service.

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Term 858

SSE

SSE (Security Service Edge) is a cloud-delivered security framework that converges web, cloud, and private access controls at the network edge.

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Term 859

SSH

SSH (Secure Shell) is a cryptographic network protocol that provides secure, encrypted communication and remote administration between two devices over an unsecured network.

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Term 860

SSL

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a cryptographic protocol that encrypts data transmitted between a client and a server to ensure privacy and data integrity.

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Term 861

SSL VPN

An SSL VPN is a virtual private network that uses the Secure Sockets Layer protocol to create an encrypted tunnel for remote users to securely access network resources over the internet.

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Term 862

SSO

Single Sign-On (SSO) is an authentication process that allows a user to access multiple applications or systems with one set of login credentials.

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Term 863

SSRF

A security vulnerability where an attacker tricks a server into making unauthorized requests to internal or external resources on behalf of the attacker.

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Term 864

Standard ACL

A Standard Access Control List (ACL) is a sequential set of permit or deny rules that filters network traffic based solely on the source IP address.

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Term 865

Startup script

A startup script is a file of commands or code that runs automatically when a cloud virtual machine starts up, allowing you to configure the system without manual logging in.

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Term 866

Static NAT

Static Network Address Translation (NAT) is a one-to-one mapping between a private IP address and a public IP address that never changes.

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Term 867

Step Functions

AWS Step Functions is a serverless orchestration service that lets you coordinate multiple AWS services into a visual, state-machine-based workflow.

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Term 868

Step scaling policy

A step scaling policy is a type of auto scaling rule that adjusts the number of computing resources in predefined increments based on the magnitude of a CloudWatch alarm breach.

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Term 869

Sticky bit

The sticky bit is a special permission on Unix/Linux files and directories that restricts file deletion to the file owner, directory owner, or root user, even if others have write access.

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Term 870

Storage class

A storage class is a category of data storage that defines how data is stored, accessed, retrieved, and billed in a cloud environment.

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