Knowledge Base
Glossary
Plain-English definitions for the terminology used across Agilewing.
- BYOK
- A practice where customers generate and control their own encryption keys instead of relying on the cloud provider’s key management.
- CCPA
- A California law that gives consumers rights to know, delete, and opt out of the sale of their personal information.
- CDN
- A network of geographically distributed servers that caches and delivers web content from locations closest to the user for faster load times.
- China MLPS 2.0
- A Chinese cybersecurity regulation that requires organizations to classify and protect their information systems according to security levels.
- Cloud Migration
- The process of moving applications, data, and other IT assets from on-premises infrastructure to a cloud environment.
- Cross-Border Data Transfer
- The movement of data across national borders, which can trigger compliance obligations under privacy and security regulations.
- Data Residency
- The physical location where an organization’s data is stored, influencing which laws and security standards apply.
- Data Sovereignty
- The principle that digital data is subject to the laws and governance of the country in which it is stored or processed.
- DLP
- Tools and policies that identify, monitor, and block sensitive data from being transferred or leaked outside an organization.
- Edge Computing
- A model that processes data near the source—such as on a device or local server—instead of sending it to a distant data center, reducing latency.
- GDPR
- A European Union law that sets strict requirements for how businesses collect, store, and process personal data of EU individuals.
- Lift-and-Shift
- A migration approach where applications are moved to the cloud without making significant changes to their architecture.
- MSS
- An outsourced service where a third party monitors, detects, and responds to security events on behalf of a client.
- Multi-CDN
- A strategy that uses more than one content delivery network simultaneously to improve reliability, performance, and resilience against outages.
- PCI-DSS
- A set of security standards that organizations must follow when handling credit card transactions to protect cardholder data.
- PDPA
- A generic term for data protection laws in various countries (e.g., Singapore, Thailand) that regulate how personal data is handled.
- PoP
- A physical location, often a server rack, where a CDN or network provider has equipment to serve content and handle traffic for a region.
- Re-Platforming
- A migration strategy that involves moving an application to the cloud while making modest modifications, such as switching to a managed database service.
- RPO
- The maximum acceptable amount of data loss measured in time, indicating how far back in time data must be recoverable.
- RTO
- The maximum acceptable time allowed to restore a system after a disruption, defining how quickly operations must resume.
- SASE
- A cloud-native architecture that combines network connectivity and security functions, such as firewall and identity access, into a single service.
- SIEM
- A platform that aggregates security data from multiple sources, analyzes it for threats, and generates alerts for analysts.
- SLA
- A contract that specifies the expected performance metrics, uptime guarantees, and remedies if those targets are not met.
- SOC
- A dedicated team and facility that continuously monitors an organization’s systems to detect, analyze, and respond to security incidents.
- Zero Trust Architecture
- A security model that requires every user, device, and application to be authenticated and authorized before accessing resources, regardless of network location.