CyberVista Cloud Security Questions and Answers Flashcards
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Which cloud deployment model provides infrastructure exclusively for a single organization and may be hosted on-premises or by a third party?
Answer: Private cloud
A private cloud dedicates resources to a single organization, offering greater control and privacy than public alternatives.
What is the shared responsibility model in cloud security?
Answer: Security duties are divided between the cloud provider and the customer based on the service model
In the shared responsibility model, the cloud provider secures the underlying infrastructure while customers secure their data, identities, and configurations.
Which cloud service model gives customers the most control over the operating system, middleware, and runtime environment?
Answer: IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provides virtualized compute, storage, and networking, allowing customers to manage everything from the OS up.
What is a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)?
Answer: A security policy enforcement point between cloud users and cloud services
A CASB sits between users and cloud services to enforce security policies such as data loss prevention, access control, and threat protection.
Which attack exploits misconfigured cloud storage buckets to access sensitive data without authentication?
Answer: Cloud storage enumeration
Cloud storage enumeration attacks target publicly accessible or misconfigured buckets (e.g., S3) to read or exfiltrate sensitive data.
What term describes the practice of spreading data and workloads across multiple cloud providers to avoid vendor lock-in and increase resilience?
Answer: Multi-cloud strategy
A multi-cloud strategy uses two or more cloud providers, reducing dependency on any single vendor and improving availability.