Knowledge Base
Glossary
Plain-English definitions for the terminology used across Agilewing.
- Auto-scaling
- Automatically adjusting the number of computing resources based on current traffic or workload demands.
- BYOK
- A practice where customers generate and manage their own encryption keys instead of using the cloud provider's keys.
- CASB
- A security tool that sits between cloud service users and providers to enforce security policies and monitor activity.
- CCPA
- A California law that gives residents the right to know what personal information is collected about them and to request its deletion.
- CDN
- A system of distributed servers that delivers web content to users based on their geographic location, speeding up page loads.
- China MLPS 2.0
- A Chinese government security framework that requires certain levels of protection for information systems based on their importance.
- Cross-border Compliance
- Adhering to the legal and regulatory requirements of multiple countries when moving data across borders.
- Data Sovereignty
- The concept that data is subject to the laws and regulations of the country where it is stored or processed.
- DDoS Mitigation
- Techniques used to detect and block malicious traffic floods that try to overwhelm a website or service.
- DLP
- Security measures that monitor and protect sensitive data from being accidentally or intentionally shared outside the organization.
- Edge Caching
- Storing copies of web content close to end users so they can access it faster without reaching the original server.
- Encryption at Rest
- The process of encoding stored data so that it cannot be read without the correct decryption key.
- GDPR
- A European Union law that sets strict rules for how businesses collect, store, and use personal data of EU residents.
- IAM
- A set of processes and technologies that ensure the right individuals have appropriate access to systems and data.
- MSS
- Outsourced monitoring and management of a company's security systems, often provided by a third-party vendor.
- PCI-DSS
- A set of security requirements that any company handling credit card information must follow to protect cardholder data.
- PDPA
- A data privacy law in Thailand that governs how personal data of Thai individuals is collected, used, and disclosed.
- PoP
- A physical location where a network connects to the internet, providing local access points for content delivery.
- RPO
- The maximum acceptable amount of data loss measured in time, indicating how often backups should be taken.
- RTO
- The maximum acceptable time a system can be offline after a disruption before it impacts the business.
- SASE
- A network architecture that combines network security functions with WAN capabilities to support remote and cloud services.
- SIEM
- A tool that aggregates and analyzes security data from across an organization’s IT environment to detect threats.
- SLA
- A contract that defines the expected performance metrics, such as uptime and response time, that a service provider must meet.
- WAF
- A firewall that filters and monitors HTTP traffic to and from a web application, blocking attacks like SQL injection.
- Zero Trust
- A security model that requires every user and device to be verified before accessing network resources, regardless of location.