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.
View definitionICE
A method that tests several candidate network paths to establish real-time communication.
View definitionICMP
A control protocol used in particular by ping and to report certain network errors.
View definitionIdempotence API
Idempotence API is a concept or mechanism used in applications & api to ensure that the same repeated operation does not result in multiple...
View definitionIdentity Federation
A trust relationship allowing an identity managed in one system to access another service.
View definitionIdentity Protection Entra
the Microsoft Entra service that detects and evaluates user and sign-in risks from identity signals
View definitionIdentity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR)
ITDR monitors identity-related activity to detect, investigate, and respond to account compromise and directory attacks.
View definitionIDS
A system that detects suspicious network or system activities without necessarily blocking them.
View definitionIGMP Snooping
IGMP Snooping is a concept or mechanism used in & multicast network to limit IPv4 multicast to really interested ports.
View definitionIKEv2
IKEv2 is a concept or mechanism used in vpn & ipsec to negotiate security settings and keys for IPsec.
View definitionImage-Level Backup
an image-level backup that captures a machine or VM at disk/volume level rather than only selected files
View definitionIMAP
A protocol that synchronizes emails and folders between a server and multiple devices.
View definitionImmutable backup
Immutable backups protect restore points from changes or deletion for a defined retention period. Check enforcement, privileged access, capacity and r...
View definitionImpact ITSM
In IT service management, impact describes how widely an incident affects users, business operations, or critical services.
View definitionIncident Management
Incident management aims to restore normal service as quickly as possible while reducing disruption to business operations.
View definitionIncremental Backup
A backup that only copies the data modified since the last relevant backup point.
View definitionIncremental Forever
A strategy where an initial full is followed mainly by incremental backups.
View definitionInfrastructure as Code (IaC)
Infrastructure as Code provisions and manages computing resources through versioned configuration rather than manual changes.
View definitionInfrastructure Master
The Infrastructure Master FSMO role updates references to objects from other domains in Active Directory.
View definitioninode
A file system structure that describes a file or directory.
View definitionInstant VM Recovery
Instant VM recovery starts a virtual machine directly from backup storage to reduce service downtime during restoration.
View definitionIntersite Topology Generator (ISTG)
The ISTG coordinates replication topology between Active Directory sites.
View definitionIntune
Microsoft's cloud device management service, applications and security policies.
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