Smart Lockout Entra
the Microsoft Entra mechanism that distinguishes likely legitimate attempts from password attacks to reduce abusive lockouts
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SMB
The protocol used mainly by Windows for file and printer sharing.
View definitionSMB Compression
an SMB feature that compresses data during transfer to reduce the amount sent over the network
View definitionSMB Direct
an SMB extension that uses RDMA for low-latency, high-throughput transfers with low CPU usage
View definitionSMB Encryption
SMB Encryption is a concept or mechanism used in Windows server to encrypt data SMB between client and server.
View definitionSMB Multichannel
An SMB feature that uses multiple network connections simultaneously for higher throughput and resilience.
View definitionSMB Signing
SMB Signing is a concept or mechanism used in Windows server to sign SMB messages to reduce some alteration or alteration-like attacks
View definitionSMB Witness
an SMB mechanism that lets a client quickly receive notifications about server state for a clustered file service
View definitionSMTP
The protocol used to send and transfer emails
View definitionSMTP AUTH
The mechanism by which a client authenticates to a server SMTP before sending messages
View definitionSnapshot
A snapshot captures a virtual machine or storage volume's state at a point in time for certain rollback operations; it is not an independent backup.
View definitionSnapshot Chain VMware
A VMware snapshot chain links base disks and successive delta disks; long chains can affect performance and consolidation.
View definitionSnapshot Consolidation
A VMware operation that merges or cleans files from snapshot remaining.
View definitionSnapshot Memory VMware
A VMware memory snapshot captures guest RAM state in addition to disk state when memory capture is enabled.
View definitionSNAT
A NAT translation that replaces a packet source address as it crosses a device.
View definitionSNI
SNI allows you to indicate the targeted domain name at the beginning of a TLS connection
View definitionSNMP
SNMP, Simple Network Management Protocol, collects network-device status and counters and supports device notifications.
View definitionSOAR
SOAR is a concept or mechanism used in cybersecurity to automate and orchestrate incident responses
View definitionSOC
A team or function to monitor, detect and treat cybersecurity events.
View definitionSoftware RAID Linux
Linux software RAID combines disks into resilient or higher-performance arrays using kernel-managed components such as md.
View definitionSPF
A record DNS which indicates which servers are allowed to send emails for a domain.
View definitionSPF PermError
SPF PermError signals a permanent error making the policy SPF Impossible to assess correctly.
View definitionSPF SoftFail
SPF SoftFail Generally corresponds to the ~all mechanism and indicates that an unauthorized source should be treated with caution.
View definitionSplit DNS
The split DNS returns different answers depending on the origin of the request.
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