Glossary

The Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, or House Bill 4390, is significant legislation to enhance data privacy and security protections for individuals in Texas.

TLSA stands for Transport Layer Security Authentication, an integral part of the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC).

A top-level domain (TLD) is one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet.

Transport Layer Security (TLS), and its now-deprecated predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), are cryptographic protocols designed to provide communications security over a computer network.

A virtual private server (VPS) is a virtual machine sold as a service by an Internet hosting service. The virtual dedicated server (VDS) also has a similar meaning.

A virtual private server (VPS) is a virtual machine sold as a service by an Internet hosting service. The virtual dedicated server (VDS) also has a similar meaning.

A web application firewall (WAF) is a specific form of application firewall that filters, monitors, and blocks HTTP traffic to and from a web service. By inspecting HTTP traffic, it can prevent attacks exploiting a web application's known vulnerabilities, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), file inclusion, and improper system configuration.

WordPress (WordPress.org) is a content management system (CMS) written in PHP paired with a MySQL, MariaDB, or SQLite database. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system, referred to within WordPress as Themes.