Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesEmail spoofing is a form of cyber attack in which a hacker sends an email that has been manipulated to seem as if it originated from a trusted source. By Peter Loshin Email spoofing is a popular tactic used in phishing and spam campaigns because people are more likely to open an email when they think it has been sent by a known sender.
Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteA server farm is a group of computers acting as servers and housed together in a single location. A server farm is sometimes called a server cluster. By TechTarget Contributor A Web server farm can be either (1) a Web site that has more than one server, or (2) an Internet service provider (ISP) that provides Web hosting services using multiple servers.
Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteTyposquatting is a form of Internet cybersquatting, based on the probability that a certain number of Internet users will mistype the name of a Web site (or actually its URL) when surfing the Web. By TechTarget Contributor Typically, a typosquatter will register several possible input errors for a “brand name” Web site known for its high traffic, and then monitor to see
Reading Time-approximately: 9 minutesPhishing is a form of fraud in which an attacker masquerades as a reputable entity or person in email or other forms of communication. By Alexander S. Gillis Attackers will commonly use phishing emails to distribute malicious links or attachments that can perform a variety of functions. Some will extract login credentials or account information from victims. Deceptive phishing is
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesAn M.2 SSD is a small form factor solid-state drive (SSD) that is used in internally mounted storage expansion cards. By Alexander S. Gillis M.2 SSDs conform to a computer industry specification and are designed to enable high-performance storage in thin, power-constrained devices, such as ultrabooks and tablet computers. They are generally smaller than other, comparable SSDs, such as the mSATA. SSDs are a form
Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteA cloud architect is an IT professional who is responsible for overseeing a company’s cloud computing strategy. This includes cloud adoption plans, cloud application design, and cloud management and monitoring. By Nicholas Rando Cloud architects oversee application architecture and deployment in cloud environments — including public cloud, private cloud and hybrid cloud. Additionally, cloud architects act as consultants to their organization and need to stay up-to-date
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesBroadly speaking, a cloud administrator plans, sets up and manages cloud-based workloads. By Chris Tozzi Cloud computing is an attractive field to work in, with jobs that can pay well into the six figures. A cloud administrator is one such role, but becoming one isn’t as straightforward as you might think. Compared to other types of IT jobs, such as
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesA cloud engineer is an IT professional responsible for any technological duties associated with cloud computing, including design, planning, management, maintenance and support. ByWesley Chai andNicholas Rando Cloud engineer is a general term encompassing a few different roles, including: cloud architect cloud software engineer cloud security engineer cloud systems engineer cloud network engineer Each position focuses on a specific type of
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesAn IT project manager is a professional charged with overseeing the process of planning, executing and delegating responsibilities around an organization’s information technology (IT) pursuits and goals. ByWesley Chai and Rachel Lebeaux IT project managers may work in a variety of industries, as nearly all organizations rely on computing technologies. Some organizations establish IT project management offices (PMOs) to guide
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesRole-based access control (RBAC) is a method of restricting network access based on the roles of individual users within an enterprise. By Linda Rosencrance RBAC lets employees have access rights only to the information they need to do their jobs and prevents them from accessing information that doesn’t pertain to them. An employee’s role in an organization determines the permissions
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