Service Model Definitions
This cloud service model delivers software over the internet, often using a web browser.
What is SaaS (Software as a Service)
This platform is known for its enterprise cloud solutions like Azure Active Directory and SQL Database.
What is Microsoft Azure.
This process protects data by converting plain data (plaintext) into an unreadable form (ciphertext) which can only be revealed with the correct decryption key.
What is Encryption.
This standard ensures that cloud providers handle healthcare data in compliance with strict privacy regulations, protecting patient confidentiality.
What is HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act).
This feature allows a system to receive the latest updates with minimal/no user intervention.
What is Automatic Updates.
This cloud service model gives a high level of customization and control, providing virtual machines, servers, networking, and operating systems.
What is IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)
This cloud provider is known for its vast infrastructure and services like AWS Lambda, EC2, and S3.
What is Amazon Web Services.
This is a one-to-one process that transforms data into a fixed string of characters, often used to verify data integrity.
What is Hashing.
This regulation governs how personal data is collected, processed, and stored within the European Union, with heavy penalties for violations.
What is GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).
This cloud billing model charges users based on their actual usage of resources like storage, compute power, or bandwidth.
What is a Metered Connection.
This cloud service model provides developers the ability to create and deploy applications without worrying about infrastructure.
What is PaaS (Platform as a Service)
This cloud provider offers a popular container orchestration engine, a strong AI/ML platform, a fast-growing serverless function tool, and is known for powering tools like Gmail and YouTube.
What is Google Cloud.
This security measure requires users to provide two or more factors of verification before gaining access to a service or system.
What is Multifactor Authentication (MFA).
This acronym refers to an international standard for information security management, which includes cloud services and other IT infrastructure.
What is ISO (International Organization for Standardization).
This refers to the ability of a cloud service to stay continuously operational and running even after disruptions.
What is High Availability.
This cloud service model provides virtualized network services that can include firewalls load balancing.
What is NaaS (Network as a Service)
This is the largest cloud service provider in Asia, known for its focus on e-commerce and artificial intelligence.
What is Alibaba Cloud
A security flaw that is unknown to the vendor of a system or service, which has no available patch.
This compliance standard specifically focuses on financial institutions, ensuring that data security measures are in place to protect sensitive banking data such as credit card information.
What is PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard)?
This benefit ensures that cloud data is backed up and ready to be recovered in the event of a major system failure or other catastrophic event.
What is Disaster Recovery.
This cloud service model provides virtual desktops to end users.
What is DaaS (Desktop as a Service)
Which cloud service provider currently holds the largest percentage of the global cloud infrastructure market.
What is Amazon Web Services (AWS).
This is a malicious attack that floods a system with traffic via multiple sources in means of making the service/system unavailable to others.
What is a Distributed Denial of Service Attack (DDoS).
NIST is a U.S government agency that develops cybersecurity standards for cloud and other IT infrastructures. What does the acronym stand for?
What is National Institute of Standards and Technology.
This cloud service benefit refers to the ability to easily scale resources up or down in real time based on demand.
What is Elasticity.