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.
Acronym study
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.
Term 841
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.
Term 842
A network protocol used to collect and organize information about managed devices on IP networks and to modify that information to change device behavior.
Term 843
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.
Term 844
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.
Term 845
Social engineering is the psychological manipulation of people into divulging confidential information or performing actions that compromise security.
Term 846
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.
Term 847
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.
Term 848
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.
Term 849
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.
Term 850
Google Cloud's globally distributed, strongly consistent, and horizontally scalable database service designed for mission-critical, transactional workloads.
Term 851
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.
Term 852
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.
Term 853
Spyware is malicious software that secretly monitors and collects information about a user's activity without their knowledge or consent.
Term 854
SQL is a standard programming language used to manage, query, and manipulate relational databases by issuing commands like SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE.
Term 855
SQL is a standardized programming language used to manage and manipulate relational databases, enabling querying, updating, and data retrieval.
Term 856
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.
Term 857
SSE (Security Service Edge) is a cloud-centric security framework that converges web, cloud, and network security into a single edge service.
Term 858
SSE (Security Service Edge) is a cloud-delivered security framework that converges web, cloud, and private access controls at the network edge.
Term 859
SSH (Secure Shell) is a cryptographic network protocol that provides secure, encrypted communication and remote administration between two devices over an unsecured network.
Term 860
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a cryptographic protocol that encrypts data transmitted between a client and a server to ensure privacy and data integrity.
Term 861
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.
Term 862
Single Sign-On (SSO) is an authentication process that allows a user to access multiple applications or systems with one set of login credentials.
Term 863
A security vulnerability where an attacker tricks a server into making unauthorized requests to internal or external resources on behalf of the attacker.
Term 864
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.
Term 865
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.
Term 866
Static Network Address Translation (NAT) is a one-to-one mapping between a private IP address and a public IP address that never changes.
Term 867
AWS Step Functions is a serverless orchestration service that lets you coordinate multiple AWS services into a visual, state-machine-based workflow.
Term 868
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.
Term 869
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.
Term 870
A storage class is a category of data storage that defines how data is stored, accessed, retrieved, and billed in a cloud environment.