IaaS
A cloud service providing infrastructure resources such as virtual machines, networks and storage volumes.
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IAM
All the processes and tools used to manage identities and their access rights.
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A method that tests several candidate network paths to establish real-time communication.
View →ICMP
A control protocol used in particular by ping and to report certain network errors.
View →Idempotence API
Idempotence API is a concept or mechanism used in applications & api to ensure that the same repeated operation does not cause several adverse reactions.
View →Identity Federation
A trust relationship allowing an identity managed in one system to access another service.
View →Identity Protection Entra
The Microsoft Entra service that detects and evaluates user and sign-in risks from identity signals.
View →Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR)
A cybersecurity concept used to describe a threat, technique, control, or defensive process.
View →IDS
A system that detects suspicious network or system activities without necessarily blocking them.
View →IGMP Snooping
IGMP Snooping is a concept or mechanism used in & multicast network to limit IPv4 multicast to really interested ports.
View →IKEv2
IKEv2 is a concept or mechanism used in vpn & ipsec to negotiate security settings and keys for IPsec.
View →Image-Level Backup
An image-level backup that captures a machine or VM at disk/volume level rather than only selected files.
View →IMAP
A protocol that synchronizes emails and folders between a server and multiple devices.
View →Immutable backup
An immutable backup cannot be modified or deleted for a defined period.
View →Immutable Backup
A backup that cannot be modified or deleted for a defined period.
View →Impact ITSM
An ITSM or monitoring concept used to organize support, changes, and service quality.
View →Incident Management
An ITSM or monitoring concept used to organize support, changes, and service quality.
View →Incremental Backup
A backup that only copies the data modified since the last relevant backup point.
View →Incremental Forever
A strategy where an initial full is followed mainly by incremental backups.
View →Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
A Cloud or DevOps mechanism used to automate deployment, configuration, or application lifecycle.
View →Infrastructure Master
An internal Active Directory mechanism related to replication, FSMO roles, or object lifecycle.
View →inode
A file system structure that describes a file or directory.
View →Instant VM Recovery
A backup or recovery mechanism used to protect data and meet recovery objectives.
View →Intersite Topology Generator (ISTG)
An internal Active Directory mechanism related to replication, FSMO roles, or object lifecycle.
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