Term 901
Role Based Access Control Design
Role Based Access Control Design is the process of planning and defining who can access specific resources in a system based on their job role, not their identity.
Acronym study
Terms 901–930 of 1222 SK0-005 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 901
Role Based Access Control Design is the process of planning and defining who can access specific resources in a system based on their job role, not their identity.
Term 902
Root cause analysis is a systematic process used to identify the fundamental underlying cause of a problem, rather than just treating its symptoms.
Term 903
Rootkit installation is the process by which an attacker places hidden malicious software on a system to gain persistent, stealthy administrative access while avoiding detection by the operating system and security tools.
Term 904
A Route 53 health check is a feature of Amazon Route 53 DNS service that monitors the availability and performance of an endpoint, such as a web server, from multiple global locations to automatically route traffic away from failures.
Term 905
Row-Level Security is a database feature that restricts which rows of data a user can see based on their identity or role, acting like a custom filter per person.
Term 906
Reverse Path Forwarding check is a security feature that helps prevent IP spoofing by verifying that a packet's source address is reachable through the interface on which it was received.
Term 907
Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is the maximum acceptable amount of data loss measured in time, defining how recent data must be to resume operations after a disruption.
Term 908
Radio Resource Management is a set of Cisco wireless LAN controller algorithms that automatically manage radio frequency channels, power levels, and coverage to optimize wireless network performance and reliability.
Term 909
RSSI is a measurement of the power level in a received radio signal, used by wireless devices to gauge signal strength.
Term 910
Recovery Time Objective is the maximum acceptable time to restore a system or data after a disaster, defining how quickly normal operations must resume.
Term 911
A runbook is a documented set of step-by-step procedures that IT teams use to handle routine operations, incidents, and maintenance tasks consistently and efficiently.
Term 912
RX (Receive / Receiver) is the signal path or hardware component that accepts incoming data from a network medium.
Term 913
Safe Attachments is a Microsoft Defender for Office 365 feature that opens email attachments in a virtual sandbox to detect and block malicious content before they reach your inbox.
Term 914
Safe Links is a Microsoft Defender for Office 365 feature that scans URLs in emails and documents in real time to protect users from malicious websites.
Term 915
A safeguard is a control, measure, or action designed to protect an organization's assets from threats, vulnerabilities, and risks.
Term 916
Salting is the process of adding a unique, random string of data to each password before it is hashed, so that even identical passwords produce completely different hash values.
Term 917
SAM stands for Source Account Mapping, a process in CI/CD and monitoring that links source code changes to specific user accounts for tracking and security.
Term 918
A dedicated, high-speed network that provides block-level storage access to servers, making storage appear as locally attached drives.
Term 919
SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) is a network architecture that combines wide-area networking (WAN) and security services into a single, cloud-delivered platform.
Term 920
Static Application Security Testing is a white-box method of analyzing source code, bytecode, or compiled binaries for security vulnerabilities without executing the program.
Term 921
A flexible pricing model from cloud providers that gives you discounted rates on compute usage in exchange for a commitment to a consistent amount of spending over a one- or three-year term.
Term 922
An SBOM is a formal, machine-readable inventory of all software components and dependencies used in a software application or system.
Term 923
SC (Subscriber Connector) is a snap-in fiber optic connector with a square, push-pull coupling mechanism used for high-density data and telecom networks.
Term 924
SCA (Software Composition Analysis) is a security testing method that automatically identifies open-source components, libraries, and dependencies in software to find known vulnerabilities and license compliance issues.
Term 925
SCP (Secure Copy Protocol) is a network protocol used to securely transfer files between computers over an encrypted SSH connection.
Term 926
A security feature that prevents unauthorized access to a mobile device by requiring a specific action or credential to unlock the screen.
Term 927
A screened subnet is a network architecture that places a buffer network, often called a DMZ, between an internal trusted network and an external untrusted network, using two firewalls to control traffic.
Term 928
SD-WAN is a software-defined approach to managing wide-area networks that improves performance, lowers cost, and simplifies connectivity between branch offices and data centers.
Term 929
Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is an approach to network management that separates the control plane (decision-making) from the data plane (traffic forwarding), allowing centralized, programmable network control.
Term 930
SDS (Software-Defined Storage) is a storage architecture that separates storage software from underlying hardware, allowing centralized management and flexible allocation of storage resources.