DevOps Glossary

Computing environment that uses a mix of on-premises, private cloud and third-party, public cloud services.

Approach where features are treated as experiments to validate business outcomes.

Measure of the amount of data processed by a system's input/output operations in a given amount of time.

Interactive Application Security Testing; security testing methodology that analyzes code for security vulnerabilities while the app is run.

Integrated Development Environment; software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development.

Tool for analyzing and troubleshooting logs from Microsoft Internet Information Services.

Microsoft's web server for hosting websites, web applications, and services on Windows operating systems, offering various features and security options.

Performance measurement for storage devices, indicating how many read/write operations can be performed in one second.

Composite hardware, software, network resources, and services required for the existence, operation, and management of an enterprise IT environment.

Daily work of managing the IT infrastructure and systems that support an organization's business operations.

Practices and processes for operating, administering, and maintaining IT infrastructure and services.

IT Service Intelligence; uses machine learning for monitoring, anomaly detection, and service health.

Infrastructure as Code; managing and provisioning infrastructure through code instead of manual processes.

Infrastructure as a Service; cloud-computing service in which compute, storage, and networking resources are provided on-demand.

Open source monitoring system checking availability and performance of network resources.

Framework of policies and technologies for ensuring that the right users have the appropriate access to resources.

Security issue where an organization fails to properly inventory, update, and manage its IT assets.

Any unplanned interruption or reduction in quality of a service, requiring prompt response and resolution to minimize impact.

Structured approach to responding to and resolving IT service disruptions, minimizing their impact on business operations.

The Incident Prozess involves identifying, managing, and resolving unexpected disruptions to restore normal service, minimizing impact and preventing recurrence.

Organized approach to addressing and managing the aftermath of a security breach or attack.

Pieces of forensic data that identify potentially malicious activity on a network or system.

Open-source time series database designed to handle high write and query loads, often used for monitoring and metrics.

Set of policies and procedures for systematically managing an organization's sensitive data.

Composite of all DevOps components that make up an organization's environment, including hardware, software, and networking.