Term 961
Security strategy
A security strategy is a high-level plan that outlines how an organization protects its information assets, aligns security with business goals, and manages risk over time.
Acronym study
Terms 961–990 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 961
A security strategy is a high-level plan that outlines how an organization protects its information assets, aligns security with business goals, and manages risk over time.
Term 962
A security update is a software patch released to fix a vulnerability that could be exploited by attackers to compromise a system.
Term 963
A segment is a division of a larger network, such as a collision domain, broadcast domain, or a portion of a TCP data stream, used to organize traffic and improve performance.
Term 964
A self-hosted agent is a software component that you install and manage on your own infrastructure to run automated tasks for a CI/CD or DevOps platform.
Term 965
SELinux (Security-Enhanced Linux) is a mandatory access control (MAC) security mechanism built into the Linux kernel that enforces policies to restrict how processes and users interact with files, devices, and system resources.
Term 966
Sender Policy Framework (SPF) is an email authentication method that prevents spammers from sending emails that appear to come from your domain by listing which servers are allowed to send email for that domain.
Term 967
A sensitivity label is a metadata tag applied to digital content that classifies the content's level of confidentiality and governs how it can be shared, protected, and accessed.
Term 968
Serverless computing is a cloud execution model where the cloud provider dynamically manages the allocation and provisioning of servers, allowing developers to write and deploy code without thinking about the underlying infrastructure.
Term 969
Serverless security is the practice of protecting applications that run on serverless computing platforms, where the cloud provider manages the infrastructure and the customer is responsible for securing the code, data, and access controls.
Term 970
Serverless SQL pool is an on-demand, pay-per-query analytics service in Azure that lets you query data stored in data lakes without provisioning or managing any dedicated infrastructure.
Term 971
A service is a software component or system that performs a specific function and is available to be used by other programs or users over a network.
Term 972
A service account is a special type of account used by an application or a virtual machine, rather than a human user, to authenticate and interact with cloud services and APIs securely.
Term 973
A service account key is a credential file used to authenticate and authorize a non-human user, like an application or a virtual machine, to access Google Cloud resources.
Term 974
Service configuration management is the practice of identifying, controlling, and maintaining information about the components (configuration items) that make up an IT service, ensuring that accurate and current data is always available.
Term 975
A Service Control Policy (SCP) is a centralized governance tool in AWS Organizations that allows you to define and enforce maximum permissions for all accounts in an organization, acting as a security guardrail that limits what actions principals can perform.
Term 976
Service enumeration is the process of actively connecting to a target system to identify running services, open ports, and detailed information about those services for security assessment.
Term 977
A service failure is an interruption or degradation of a software application, system, or network component that prevents it from delivering its intended function to users or other systems.
Term 978
Service level management is the IT practice of defining, monitoring, and improving the quality and performance of IT services to meet agreed-upon targets with customers.
Term 979
A structured set of organizational capabilities for delivering and managing IT services to meet customer needs and business outcomes.
Term 980
Service relationship management is the practice of coordinating and overseeing the interactions between IT service providers and their customers to ensure value is co-created and delivered effectively.
Term 981
Service request management is the practice of handling standardized, pre-defined user requests for information, access, or changes that follow an approved and low-risk procedure.
Term 982
The Service Trust Portal is a Microsoft website that gives IT professionals and auditors access to compliance documentation, audit reports, and security information about Microsoft cloud services.
Term 983
A session is a temporary, managed connection between a user and a system that tracks activity and state across multiple interactions until the user logs out or the session ends.
Term 984
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is a signaling protocol used to start, maintain, and end voice and video calls over IP networks.
Term 985
A session token is a unique identifier generated by a server that allows a user to remain authenticated without re-entering their credentials during a single browsing session.
Term 986
A centralized repository in Microsoft Intune that provides a single, searchable list of all configurable device settings for Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android devices.
Term 987
sFlow is a network monitoring technology that samples packets and exports traffic statistics to a central collector for analyzing network performance and security.
Term 988
SFP (Small Form-factor Pluggable) is a compact, hot-swappable transceiver that connects a network device to fiber optic or copper cabling for data transmission.
Term 989
SFP+ is an enhanced version of the Small Form-factor Pluggable transceiver that supports data rates up to 16 Gbps, commonly used for 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel connections in enterprise networking.
Term 990
SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) is a secure method for transferring files over a network using an encrypted SSH connection.