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Single Sign-On (SSO) is an authentication process that allows people to access multiple systems with one log-in for a better user experience and enhanced security.

A Distributed Denial of Service or DDoS attack is a malicious cyberattack where a website or online service is intentionally flooded with so much traffic that it becomes overwhelmed and unavailable to legitimate users.

A WAF or Web Application Firewall is security software that protects a website by filtering and blocking harmful web traffic such as cyberattacks.

Basic authentication is a small browser popup that can show up on a web page that requires you to provide a username and password to access the web page.

Rate limiting is a way to control the number of requests a user can make to a server within a certain time frame to help prevent overloading and abuse which ensures greater stability, better performance, and higher security.

URL redirects help you reach the right destination on a website by automatically redirecting you from one web page or URL to another.

A web crawler is a software tool that visits websites and gathers information from the web pages.

A static website shows the same content to everyone and does not grab information directly from a database.

A CDN, or Content Delivery Network, helps speed up websites by bringing their web content closer to the locations of the website users.