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S2 Cloud 1-3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cloud Services | A system of technologies that stores, processes, and allows access to the shared information in the cloud |
| Infrastructure as a service | virtual machines and servers are used for customers to host a wide range of applications and IT services are provided; basic building blocks for cloud IT |
| Platform as a service | A model that provides a virtual platform for customers to create custom software; focus on deployment + management of app. |
| Software as a service | A model that provides applications using the internet that a third party manages; completed product that is run + managed by service provider |
| MFA | security system that requires more than one method of authentication from independent categories of credentials to verify identity |
| Shared Responsibility Model | A cloud service that provides tools and methods to secure the cloud, but the user shares in the security by implementing security based on the services provided |
| AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) | manages access to AWS resources and permissions |
| Denial of Service (DoS) | An attacker can issue a DoS attack against the cloud service to render it inaccessible, thereby disrupting the service |
| Watering Hole Attack | A security exploit in which the attacker seeks to compromise a specific group of end users by infecting websites that members of the group are known to visit. |
| Amazon Inspector | helps customers identify security vulnerabilities + deviations from security best practices in applications (EC2 instances) |
| AWS Trusted Advisor | A security assessment service that applies to an entire AWS account. It gives best practices advice on security, cost optimization, performance, fault tolerance, and service limits. |
| Amazon S3 | storage service; a service that provides scalable cloud storage |
| Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) | storage for EC2 instances; persistent block-based storage volumes that can be attached to EC2 instances |
| Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | creates and manages relational databases in the cloud |
| Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) | provides secure, resizable compute capacity/virtual servers in the cloud |
| EC2 Instance | A virtual server in Amazon EC2 for running applications on the AWS infrastructure. |
| Instance Store Volumes | Temporary storage that is not persistent through instance stops, terminations, or hardware failures |
| Amazon Machine Image (AMI) | Special type of virtual appliance that is used to create a virtual machine (VM) within EC2 + serves as the basic unit of deployment for services delivered using Amazon EC2. |
| IPv4 Address | A 32-bit number that uniquely identifies a network interface on a machine. |
| IPv6 Address | A 128-bit alphanumeric string that identifies a device in the addressing scheme |
| Elastic IP Address | A static IPv4 address designed for dynamic cloud computing that is associated with your Amazon Web Services (AWS) account |
| Static Website | A website that does not change based on user interactions |
| Dynamic Website | A website that does change based on user interactions |
| Amazon CloudFront | Global content delivery service offered by AWS |
| CDN | System for distributing content, such as videos or images to users w/ low latency |
| Edge Location | location where AWS stores cached content closer to users for faster delivery |
| Origin | The location where all the objects associated with the webpage are permanently stored |
| Distribution | A collection of edge locations |
| TTL | The min + max length of time to cache content at an edge location |