# Cloud, hosting and security

Every entry in Cloud, hosting and security on the Tulsa Ecosystem Map. Tulsa entries first, then by connections.

- [Data privacy](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/data-privacy): How a company collects, uses, stores and shares information about people.
- [Hosting](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hosting): Renting space on a server so your site or app can be reached on the internet at all hours.
- [Compliance](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/compliance): Meeting the laws, regulations and standards that apply to a company.
- [Deployment](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/deployment): Putting the latest version of your app onto the live servers where real users can reach it.
- [Server](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/server): A computer that stays on and connected to the internet so it can run your app and answer requests from people's phones and browsers.
- [Data center](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/data-center): A building that houses the computers, storage and network equipment that run online services, along with the power and cooling they need.
- [Managed service](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/managed-service): A service where the provider handles the upkeep instead of the customer's own team.
- [SOC 2](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/soc-2): An examination of how a service company protects customer data.
- [Encryption](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/encryption): Scrambling data with a key so only someone with the right key can read it.
- [Cloud provider](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cloud-provider): A company that rents out computing services, such as servers, storage and databases, over the internet and on demand.
- [Object storage](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/object-storage): A cloud service for storing files such as images, videos and documents.
- [Domain](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/domain): The address people type to reach your site, such as example.com.
- [Static site](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/static-site): A website made of fixed pages that look the same for every visitor.
- [Backup](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/backup): A copy of data kept so it can be recovered if the original is lost or damaged.
- [Cloud](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terms/cloud): Computers and storage that you rent over the internet from a large provider, instead of owning the machines yourself.
- [Production](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/production): The live version of your app that real customers use.
- [Vendor lock-in](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/vendor-lock-in): Depending on one vendor so heavily that switching to another would cost a lot of time or money.
- [DNS](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/dns): Domain Name System.
- [Serverless](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/serverless): A way to run code where the cloud provider sets up and looks after the servers.
- [Terms of service](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terms-of-service): The legal agreement between a service and the people who use it.
- [Environment](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/environment): A separate copy of a system used for one purpose.
- [Region](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/region): A geographic location where a cloud provider groups its data centers.
- [Secrets](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/secrets): Passwords, API keys and other credentials that software needs to run.
- [Uptime](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/uptime): The share of time a service is working and reachable.
- [CDN](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cdn): Content delivery network.
- [Data governance](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/data-governance): The rules and responsibilities for how an organization's data is collected, stored, used and protected.
- [Hyperscaler](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hyperscaler): An informal name for the very largest cloud providers, which run huge fleets of data centers.
- [Multi-factor authentication](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/mfa): A sign-in that asks for more than one kind of proof, drawn from something a person knows, something a person has and something a person is.
- [SSO](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/sso): Single sign-on.
- [Tracking pixel](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tracking-pixel): A tiny invisible image or snippet of code on a web page or email that reports back when someone views it or takes an action.
- [First-party tracking](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/first-party-tracking): Collecting analytics on your own website through your own systems, rather than sending visitor data to outside ad or analytics companies.
- [Free tier](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/free-tier): The part of a paid service that costs nothing, within set limits.
- [Container](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/container): A package that holds an app together with everything it needs to run, so it behaves the same on a laptop and on a server.
- [Edge](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/edge): Running code and storing data in many locations close to users, instead of in one distant data center, mainly so responses arrive faster.
- [Egress](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/egress): Data leaving a cloud provider's network, for example when a visitor downloads a file.
- [Observability](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/observability): Being able to see what a running system is doing through its logs, metrics and traces, so a team can tell when something goes wrong and why.
- [On-premises](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/on-premises): Running software on servers an organization owns and keeps in its own building or data center, instead of in the cloud.
- [Scaling](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/scaling): Adding capacity so a system can handle more use.
- [Zero-day vulnerability](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/zero-day-vulnerability): A security flaw that attackers know about before the software's maker has a fix, so defenders have had zero days to patch it.
- [301 redirect](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/redirect-301): An instruction that sends visitors and search engines from an old web address to a new one permanently, so old links keep working and…
- [Access control](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/access-control): Rules about who can see or change what in a system.
- [HTTPS](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/https): The secure version of the way browsers talk to websites.
- [ISO/IEC 27001](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/iso-27001): An international standard for running an information security management system.
- [Key rotation](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/key-rotation): Replacing passwords, API keys and other secrets on a schedule or after a possible leak, so an old stolen key stops working.
- [Multi-tenancy](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/multi-tenancy): One copy of a software system serving many customer organizations at once, with each one's data kept separate.
- [Protected health information](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/protected-health-information): Under US health privacy law (HIPAA), health information that can identify a person, such as a diagnosis tied to a name.
- [Role-based access control](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/role-based-access-control): A way of managing access where permissions are given to roles, such as admin, editor or viewer, and each person is assigned a role.
- [VPC](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/vpc): Virtual private cloud.
- [Code signing](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/code-signing): Attaching a digital signature to software so computers and app stores can confirm who made it and that it was not altered.
- [Data lineage](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/data-lineage): A record of where a piece of data came from and every step that changed it along the way.
- [Internet service provider](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/internet-service-provider): The company that provides an internet connection to a home, school or business.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cloud