The AI, Cloud & Cybersecurity
Encyclopedia
A reference for AI, cloud and cybersecurity terminology — from foundational concepts to AI-driven threats and defenses.
C Terms
CASB
A CASB (cloud access security broker) sits between users and cloud applications to enforce data security, access control, and threat…
Cloud Computing
New to the cloud, or trying to make sense of IaaS, public versus private, and where the savings actually come…
Cloud Cost Management
Cloud cost management is the operational discipline of tracking, allocating, forecasting, and governing cloud infrastructure spend. This guide walks through…
Cloud Cost Optimization
Most teams discover cloud cost optimization the month a bill stops making sense. This guide cuts through vendor pitches with…
Cloud Detection and Response
Cloud detection and response has emerged because EDR, XDR, and SIEM were never built for cloud workloads. This guide walks…
Cloud Infrastructure
Cloud infrastructure is the hardware, virtualization, storage, and networking beneath every cloud. This guide breaks down the four core components,…
Cloud Native
Cloud native is an approach to building and running scalable applications using microservices, containers, service meshes, immutable infrastructure, and DevOps…
Cloud Security
Cloud security is the discipline of protecting data, applications, and infrastructure across cloud environments. This guide covers the shared responsibility…
Cloud Workload Protection Platform
A cloud workload protection platform (CWPP) secures virtual machines, containers, and serverless functions from runtime threats across multi-cloud and hybrid…
CNAPP
CNAPP (cloud native application protection platform) merges cloud posture management, workload protection, access control, data security, and build-time scanning into…
Context-Aware Access Control
Context-aware access control checks real-time signals — like location, device, time, and behavior — before granting or denying every request.…
Continuous Authentication
Continuous authentication verifies a user’s identity all through the session — not just at login. It uses behavioral biometrics, device…
Continuous Authorization
Continuous authorization checks whether a user should still have access — not just at login, but for every action during…
CSPM (Cloud Security Posture Management)
CSPM stands for cloud security posture management — a cloud security technology that continuously monitors cloud environments to find and…
Cyber Threat Intelligence
Cyber threat intelligence (CTI) turns raw threat data into actionable insight that drives threat detection, incident response, and proactive defense.…
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting computer systems, networks, and sensitive data from cyber attacks, theft, and damage. This guide…
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