2.2 Summarize virtualization and cloud computing concepts

Question 1

Virtual Machine

Answer 1

running multiple OS on a single computer.

Question 2

Hypervisor

Answer 2

Software that allows you to run a VM. (also known as virtual machine monitor (VMM))

Question 3

Types of Hypervisor

Answer 3

Type 1: Software that runs directly on the hardware.

Type 2: The OS that runs the hypervisor is installed on top the hardware.

Question 4

VM Sprawl

Answer 4

Organization has too many VM that have no process to manage it . Administrators can not mange them.

Question 5

VM Escape (attack)

Answer 5

Attacker is able to jump from one virtual machine to the next.

Question 6

Infastructures as code

Answer 6

Code that describes the application description and then is deployed. Allow application instances follow a specific config setting.

Question 7

SDN

Answer 7

(Software Defined Networking) is a network that separates the control plane and data plane.

Question 8

SDV

Answer 8

(Software defined Visibility) Allows virtual firewalls to be placed instead of placing them physically. Focus on encryption

Question 9

Edge computing

Answer 9

IoT that specific and don’t need to be on the internet to function. Ran of your local network.

Question 10

Fog Computing

Answer 10

Separates local data and cloud data. Devices that send specific data to the cloud but doesn’t need to send everything to the cloud.

Question 11

IaaS

Answer 11

(infrastructure as a Service) Only provides the hardware for the infrastructure

Question 12

SaaS

Answer 12

(Software as a Service)
On demand software Third party takes care of the application.

Question 13

PaaS

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(Platform as a Service)
middle ground of IaaS and SaaS. Provides you with infrastructure but no on software or management. Allows you to build your app.

Question 14

XaaS

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(Anything as a service) Any service provided over the cloud.

Question 15

On/Off Premises

Answer 15

All infrastructure located in house/locally. Off is the opposite of on On Premises

Question 16

CPS

Answer 16

Cloud service Provider
Third parties that sell cloud services.

Question 17

MSP

Answer 17

Managed Service Providers. They manage and repair the service.

Question 18

MSSP

Answer 18

Manage Security Service Provider
They focus on security for CPS.

Question 19

Cloud Deployment Models

Answer 19

Public
Community
Private
Hybrid

Question 20

Public Cloud

Answer 20

Service that everyone has access too.

Question 21

Community Cloud

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Organizations that come to together to share a cloud service. Cost efficiency

Question 22

Private Cloud

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Virtualized your own data center locally

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Hybrid Cloud

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A mixture of pubic data and Private cloud data

Question 24

Thin Client

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a device that allows you to connect to a virtual desktop. Also called a VDI (virtual Desktop Infrastructure)

Question 25

Containerization

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Seperates apps data within VM

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Microservice Architecture

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Uses API to break up different Services

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Serverless Architecture

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Application are up into a computerized container and built and disabled as needed.

Question 28

Transit Gateway

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VPC (virtual Private Cloud) is a router within the cloud. that takes you to different VPC

Question 29

Resource Policies

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Restricts services being built within the cloud.

Question 30

Service Integration

Answer 30

Mixing different CPS you need to use SIAM (Service Integration and Management) allows to view all different clouds at once.