HTTPS
A secure, encrypted connection to a website, shown by a padlock in the address bar.
Learn it through a story
- The Wifi at the Mela (Cybersecurity for Juniors 1, Ch 7)
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Related terms
- Ground truth Facts that have been carefully checked in the real world.
- Hardcoded secret A password, key, or token written directly into source code instead of kept separately.
- Hashing Turning data into a fixed, one-way fingerprint used to check a match.
- HTTPS / TLS Encryption that protects your connection to a specific site, shown as a padlock in the browser.
- IAM (identity and access management) The system of roles and permissions controlling who can access what in the cloud.
- Identity and access management (IAM) The discipline of managing who or what can access a system, and what they can do.