Free Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge Questions and Answers

Question 1

Scoping and review activities can be sped up by:

Accepted Answer

Engaging auditors with experience in the cloud space.

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Obtaining a letter of attestation

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Relying on certifications instead of audits

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Outsourcing audits to a "Big 5" auditing shop

Question 2

Access Controls are the greatest solution. Although data security measures are provided, all other alternatives are characterized as controls for enforcing information lifecycle management security, rather than safeguarding and managing data in the cloud. This is shown on page 120 of the guidelines.

Accepted Answer

Access Controls

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Managing data location/residency

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Backups and business continuity

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Ensuring compliance, including audit artifacts (logs, configurations)

Question 3

Which logical model layer is identified as the main difference between cloud and conventional computing?

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Metastructure

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Infostructure

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Infrastructure

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Applistructure

Question 4

Documents generated or maintained on the cloud have a greater burden of evidence in a court of law.

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False

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True

Question 5

The Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) may be used to evaluate a supplier of Security as a Service.

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False

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True

Question 6

Which key feature allows increasing use of immutable infrastructure? (Select the best solution)

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Elasticity

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Measured service

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Broad network access

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On-Demand self-service

Question 7

What is the CSA phrase for something assigned to an object within a specific namespace?

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Identity

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Identifier

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Authorizer

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Persona