Term 571
VPC Service Controls
VPC Service Controls is a Google Cloud security feature that protects the data of managed services by defining perimeters that prevent data exfiltration and unauthorized access across public networks.
Acronym study
Terms 571–595 of 595 Google PCA 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 571
VPC Service Controls is a Google Cloud security feature that protects the data of managed services by defining perimeters that prevent data exfiltration and unauthorized access across public networks.
Term 572
A VPN (Virtual Private Network) creates a secure, encrypted tunnel between your device and a remote server, protecting your data and hiding your online activity.
Term 573
A VPN connection creates a secure, encrypted tunnel between a device and a remote network over the public internet, protecting data from eavesdropping.
Term 574
A VPN Gateway is a network device or service that creates an encrypted tunnel between two or more networks over the internet, allowing secure communication.
Term 575
A Web Application Firewall (WAF) is a security tool that filters, monitors, and blocks HTTP traffic to and from a web application to protect it from common attacks.
Term 576
A Wide Area Network (WAN) is a telecommunications network that connects multiple smaller networks, like local area networks, across large geographical distances.
Term 577
A disaster recovery configuration where a secondary system runs in a reduced power state and receives regular updates, ready to take over within minutes if the primary fails.
Term 578
A Web Application Firewall (WAF) is a security tool that monitors, filters, and blocks HTTP traffic to and from a web application to protect it from common attacks.
Term 579
Weighted routing is a traffic management technique that distributes network requests across multiple servers or paths according to assigned numerical weights, allowing for controlled, uneven load distribution.
Term 580
A set of best practices and design principles for building secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient cloud infrastructure.
Term 581
wget is a free command-line tool for downloading files from the internet using protocols like HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP.
Term 582
Wi-Fi is a technology that lets devices like laptops and phones connect to the internet or communicate with each other wirelessly using radio waves.
Term 583
A Wide Area Network (WAN) is a telecommunications network that connects computers and devices across large geographical distances, such as between cities or countries.
Term 584
A set of rules that allows mobile devices to connect to the internet over a wireless network, primarily used in older mobile phone systems to access web content.
Term 585
A Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) delivers internet access to customers using radio signals instead of physical cables like fiber or DSL.
Term 586
A Wireless LAN (WLAN) is a network that connects devices like laptops and phones to each other and the internet using radio waves instead of physical cables.
Term 587
A wireless network that connects devices over a large geographic area using cellular or satellite technology, like the internet on your phone without cables.
Term 588
A Wireless LAN Controller is a centralized device that manages, configures, and secures multiple wireless access points in a network.
Term 589
A workload identity is a digital credential assigned to an application, service, or automated process that proves its identity to other systems without requiring a human user to log in.
Term 590
Workload Identity Federation lets a non-human software workload (like an app or server) securely prove its identity to a cloud provider using a token from an external identity provider, without needing long-term secrets.
Term 591
WPA2 is a security protocol used to protect Wi-Fi networks by encrypting data transmitted between devices and the access point.
Term 592
WPA3 is the latest security standard for Wi-Fi networks, providing stronger encryption and protection against password guessing attacks compared to its predecessor WPA2.
Term 593
XDR, or Extended Detection and Response, is a unified security platform that collects and correlates data across multiple security layers—endpoints, networks, servers, cloud workloads, and email—to improve threat detection and enable faster response.
Term 594
Zero Trust is a security framework that assumes no user, device, or network is automatically trusted, requiring verification for every access request regardless of its origin.
Term 595
Zonal refers to the practice of grouping computing resources within a single geographic area to improve fault isolation, reduce latency, and meet compliance requirements.