Knowledge Base
Glossary
Plain-English definitions for the terminology used across Agilewing.
- Auto-scaling
- A feature that automatically adds or removes virtual machines or containers based on predefined performance metrics to maintain service levels.
- BYOK
- Bring Your Own Key, a practice where customers generate and manage their own encryption keys instead of relying on the cloud provider's keys.
- CCPA
- The California Consumer Privacy Act, a state law that gives California residents rights to know about and control their personal data.
- CDN
- A network of servers distributed globally that caches copies of content near users to speed up delivery and reduce latency.
- China MLPS 2.0
- China's Multi-Level Protection Scheme, a cybersecurity regulation that requires companies to classify and protect information systems based on risk levels.
- Data sovereignty
- The legal concept that data is governed by the laws of the country or region where it is stored or processed.
- DDoS mitigation
- Services and techniques used to protect a network or service from distributed denial‑of‑service attacks that flood it with traffic.
- DLP
- Data Loss Prevention, a set of tools and policies that detect and block attempts to transfer sensitive data outside an organization.
- Edge computing
- Processing data on devices or servers located close to the data source to minimize delays and bandwidth use.
- Elasticity
- The ability of a cloud platform to automatically adjust compute and storage resources to handle fluctuating demand.
- Encryption at rest
- The protection of stored data by converting it into an unreadable format that can only be decrypted with the correct key.
- Encryption in transit
- The protection of data while it moves across networks, preventing unauthorized interception during transmission.
- GDPR
- The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation that sets strict rules for how personal data is collected, stored, and shared.
- Hybrid cloud
- A computing environment that combines private cloud or on‑premises infrastructure with public cloud services for flexibility and scalability.
- IAM
- Identity and Access Management, a framework of policies and technologies that ensures the right people have the right access to resources.
- Latency
- The time it takes for a data packet to travel from its origin to the destination, affecting how quickly a service responds.
- MFA
- Multi‑Factor Authentication, a security method that requires two or more verification factors—such as a password and a mobile code—to log in.
- Multi-cloud
- The practice of using services from more than one cloud provider to avoid vendor lock‑in and improve resilience.
- PCI-DSS
- The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, a set of security requirements for any organization handling credit card information.
- PDPA
- Singapore's Personal Data Protection Act, a law that regulates the collection, use, and disclosure of individuals' personal data.
- SIEM
- Security Information and Event Management, a platform that aggregates and analyzes security data from across an organization's IT environment.
- SLA
- Service Level Agreement, a contract that defines expected performance metrics, uptime guarantees, and the remedies if those targets are missed.
- SOC
- Security Operations Center, a dedicated team and facility that continuously monitors, detects, and responds to cybersecurity incidents.
- WAF
- Web Application Firewall, a security layer that inspects incoming web traffic to block attacks such as SQL injection and cross‑site scripting.
- Zero Trust
- A security model that requires every user and device to be continuously verified, even if they are already inside the network perimeter.