Term 91
BCP
BCP is a proactive process that creates a framework to ensure critical business functions continue during and after a disruptive event.
Acronym study
Terms 91–120 of 863 SC-900 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 91
BCP is a proactive process that creates a framework to ensure critical business functions continue during and after a disruptive event.
Term 92
A formal security model that prevents users from reading information at a higher classification level than their own and from writing information down to a lower classification level.
Term 93
BeyondCorp is a zero-trust security model developed by Google that shifts access control from the network perimeter to individual users and devices, enabling secure work from any location without a traditional VPN.
Term 94
Biba is a security model that uses a lattice-based system to enforce integrity, ensuring that data cannot be corrupted by unauthorized or less trustworthy subjects.
Term 95
Bicep is a domain-specific language (DSL) used to declare Azure resources in a declarative, modular way, similar to how you write code but for infrastructure.
Term 96
A billing account in Google Cloud is a container for all the charges generated by using cloud resources, linked to a payment method and used to track and pay for your usage.
Term 97
Binary Authorization is a security control that ensures only trusted container images are deployed in a Kubernetes or cloud environment.
Term 98
Biometrics is the technology that uses unique physical or behavioral traits, like fingerprints or voice patterns, to verify a person's identity.
Term 99
BitLocker is a full-disk encryption feature built into Windows that protects data by encrypting the entire drive so that unauthorized users cannot access files without the correct recovery key.
Term 100
A BitLocker policy is a set of configuration rules that IT administrators use to manage how BitLocker Drive Encryption is enabled, enforced, and recovered on Windows devices within an organization.
Term 101
The Blue team is the group of cybersecurity professionals responsible for defending an organization's systems, networks, and data against attacks and maintaining the security posture.
Term 102
A blueprint in IT certification is a document that outlines the topics, skills, and weighting for an exam, telling you exactly what to study.
Term 103
A branch policy is a set of rules and conditions enforced on a Git branch to control how code changes are proposed, reviewed, and merged, ensuring code quality and protecting critical branches.
Term 104
Brewer-Nash is a security model that prevents conflicts of interest by restricting access to data based on the user's past access history and organizational membership.
Term 105
A policy allowing employees to use their personal laptops, smartphones, or tablets for work tasks instead of using company-issued equipment.
Term 106
Broken access control is a security vulnerability that occurs when an application does not properly enforce restrictions on what authenticated users are allowed to do, allowing them to access unauthorized data or perform unauthorized actions.
Term 107
Budgets in cloud computing are monitoring tools that allow you to set spending limits and receive alerts when your costs approach or exceed those limits.
Term 108
A Business continuity plan (BCP) is a documented strategy that outlines how an organization will continue critical operations during and after a disruptive event.
Term 109
Business Continuity Planning is the process of creating a strategy to keep an organization's essential functions running during and after a major disruption.
Term 110
A systematic process used to identify and evaluate the potential effects of an interruption to critical business operations as a result of a disaster, accident, or emergency.
Term 111
BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) is a policy allowing employees to use their personal devices for work tasks, increasing flexibility but introducing security and management challenges.
Term 112
A captive portal is a web page that you must see and interact with before you are allowed full access to a public or guest Wi-Fi network.
Term 113
CDP is a Cisco proprietary protocol used by network devices to share information about themselves with directly connected neighbors, helping network administrators discover and understand the topology.
Term 114
A trusted entity that issues digital certificates to verify the identity of websites, devices, and users in secure online communications.
Term 115
Certificate pinning is a security technique that associates a specific digital certificate or public key with a particular server, so that an app or system will only trust that exact certificate, rejecting any others even if they are issued by a trusted certificate authority.
Term 116
A Certificate Signing Request (CSR) is a specially formatted message sent by an applicant to a Certificate Authority (CA) to request a digital certificate that binds their public key to their identity.
Term 117
A certificate warning is a security alert a web browser or application displays when it cannot fully trust the digital certificate presented by a website or service.
Term 118
Change management is the structured process of planning, approving, implementing, and reviewing changes to IT systems to minimize risk and disruption.
Term 119
The CIA triad is a foundational security model that guides organizations in protecting data through confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Term 120
A security model that enforces data integrity by ensuring that only authorized, well-formed transactions change data, and that those changes are logged and controlled.